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The Harmony of Water & Music

  • Bezanson Recital Hall 151 Presidents Drive Amherst, MA, 01002 United States (map)

An Elements concert

Department of Music & Dance Listening Room

The Department of Music & Dance's Listening Room is a series organized by Jonathan Hulting-Cohen and Lindsay Pope. This event is hosted by Evan MacCarthy and will feature songs and instrumental works capturing images and echoes of seas, rivers, ice, and aquatic myths. In addition to a small selection of recorded excerpts, live musical performances will include Toru Takemitsu's Toward the Sea, Claude Debussy's "Reflets dans l'eau" from Images, series I, Claude Debussy's "Le tombeau des Naïades" from Chansons de Bilitis, and Franz Schubert's "Wohin?" from Die schöne Mullerin (D. 795). With performers Cobus du Toit, flute; William Hite, voice; Ayano Kataoka, marimba; Julia Ma, piano; Lindsay Pope, voice; Jingjing Wan, piano.