An art song recital featuring compositions from Tours, France and Minneapolis. Experience the joy of collaboration with song, art and community!
Mezzo-soprano Clara Osowski and pianist Mark Bilyeu will perform in a recital, Mirror & Opposite. They have returned from the Académie Francis Poulenc in Tours, France, and will share their experiences working with musicians from around the world. During this tour they attended workshops and performances devoted to La Mélodie Française or French art song. Sponsored by Minneapolis and Tours Sister Cities, Alliance Française Minneapolis–St. Paul, Fredrikson & Byron, and WAM.
Join us in the West Wing of the Weisman Art Museum for a performance after their return from France surrounded by all the wonderful visual art the Weisman has to offer!
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE: Osowski and Bilyeu will share some of their
experiences in France and perform compositions that will have benefited
from their work at the Academy. Juxtaposing Minneapolis and Tours
composers, Osowski and Bilyeu will present a world premiere of Stephen
Paulus’ mezzo-soprano version of A Heartland Portrait, the complete Le
Travail du Peintre of Poulenc, and the extremely rare American
performance of Noël Lee’s Quatre Chants sur Baudelaire (see Program).
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MANY THANKS TO OUR
SPONSORS WEISMAN ART MUSEUM, FREDRICKSON & BYRON P.A., AND ALLIANCE
FRANÇAISE MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL
Sister Cities are about cultural similarities and contrasts. “Mirror
& Opposite” is based on the quotation from
author/journalist Elizabeth Fishel: “Your sister is both your mirror —
and your opposite” from her book “Sisters”.
For more information, see:
mplstours.org
weisman.umn.edu
