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Gibier: An Analysis and Recital (Meditation from Thaïs (Vocalise Op. 34,…
Gibier: An Analysis and Recital
Meditation from Thaïs
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Premiered in 1894
Instrumental Interlude persuading the hero to find salvation through God.
"Maybe all (people) got one big soul what everybody's a part of. All faces of the same (person). One big self. Everyone looking for salvation by himself. Each like a coal, drawn from the fire." - The Thin Red Line
Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Composed in 1915
Written as the last of "Fourteen Songs" for voice as a dedication to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova.
"America understands itself as God's handiwork, but the black body is the clearest evidence that America is the work of men." Ta-Nehisi Coates
Spiegel im Spiegel ("Mirror in the Mirror")
Arvo Pärt (1935-Present)
Written in 1978
Drawing upon his inspirations of Gregorian chant, harmonic simplicity, and his Russian Orthodox faith, Pärt constructed this piece in reference to the infinity of images produced by parallel plane mirrors.
"I will never see you as I saw you, again, never touch you or kiss you or scold you again...you have humbled me, my friend, who, now, must learn to live without you." - James Baldwin
Strange Fruit (2017)
Abel Meeropol (1903-1986)
Original constructed in 1937; premiere of the 2017 version
Written and set to music after witnessing the horror of lynchings, specifically that of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in 1930's Marion, Indiana
"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, that's not progress. If you pull it all the way out, that's not progress. The progress comes from healing the wound that the blow made." - Malcolm X
Bibliography
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XIjcTnf8oCIG0UMtvj_upJPtv4JZy4447effq8EElTA/edit?usp=sharing
Additional Resources
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MiaolctqgTSdBaVYqhvFG5-cbRCyOXKwEKCpZo4ruNo/edit?usp=sharing
Gibier- “game”, but only in the sense of “(meat of) wild animal killed by hunters”.
For the sake of continuity, please hold applause until the end
Hart Recital Hall, April 23, 2017 at 12:00 PM
Sticky-notes have been provided for personal questioning and notes. Hopefully you will come share these at the small reception post recital.
