The eighth Georgetown Festival of the Arts offers a celebration of the music of Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and Francis Poulenc. As in previous festivals, all of which have received national recognition, une fête française will offer a series of outstanding performances by splendid musicians and fascinating lectures by impressive scholars.
Chorus Austin and conductor Ryan Heller will join this cast of wonderful musicians for a special choral concert on Sunday, June 3. A pre-concert lecture with Ellsworth Peterson on Heavenly Holiness, Worldly Woe, Earthy Exuberance starts at 3:15 p.m.
A Concert of Choral Music
Mela Dailey, soprano
Virginia Dupuy, mezzo soprano
Festival Chorus and Orchestra
(San Gabriel Chorale, Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble, and Austin Civic Chorus)
Kenneth Sheppard and Ryan Heller, conductors
Ravel Pavane pour une infante défunte
Debussy La damoiselle élue
Debussy Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans
Ravel Trois chansons
Poulenc Un soir de neige
Poulenc Gloria
- Event:
- Georgetown Festival of the Arts (2012)
- Start:
- June 3, 2012 4:00 pm
- Cost:
- 25
- Category:
- Venue:
- Klett Center for the Performing Arts
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Address:
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2211 N. Austin Avenue, Georgetown, TX, 78626, United States
