Pierrot Lunaire: the Eerie Melodrama that Revolutionized 20th Century Music – Silver Spring, MD

Pierrot Lunaire: the Eerie Melodrama that Revolutionized 20th Century Music – Silver Spring, MD

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Don’t miss this upcoming 2024 Local Event in Silver Spring, MD. Happening on Saturday, November 2, 2024 at Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Doors open at 8:00 PM.

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of composer Schoenberg’s birth, Origins Concerts presents his chamber music setting of moonstruck poetry

ORIGINS CONCERT SERIES

a hub for adventurous music seekers near downtown Silver Spring, Maryland

ABOUT THE PIECE

Along with Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire revolutionized music in the early 20th century. Igor Stravinsky called it “the solar plexus as well as the mind of early 20th-century music.”

The eerie, hyper-expressive Pierrot Lunaire (translated as Moonstruck Pierrot) is performed in the other-worldly Sprechstimme style that mixes speech and song. The vocalist sings precisely notated rhythms and pitches while also swooping and falling in exaggerated speech and whispers.

PEFORMERS

  • Jennifer Piazza-Pick, voice
  • ​Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor
  • Elizabeth Hill, piano
  • Carrie Rose, flute / piccolo
  • Cheryl Hill, clarinet / bass clarinet
  • Sandy Choi, violin / viola
  • Tobias Werner, cello

PROGRAM

  • Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold Schoenberg

RECEPTION

Meet the artists at a reception following the show!

DONATIONS

Suggested Donation: $15 Adults | $10 Youth 18 and under
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(2) at the door (cash, venmo, zelle)

Additional donations are welcome as we put together this monumental performance!

THANK YOU!

POETRY

Pierrot, the Renaissance theater ‘sad clown’ character, is at the center of the melodrama. The three sets of seven lush poems by Albert Giraud outline Pierrot’s emotional trajectory from love to crime to a return home. Translation of 1st poem:

​1. Mondestrunken (Drunk with Moonlight)

​The wine that one drinks with one’s eyes

Is poured down in waves by the moon at night,

And a spring tide overflows

The silent horizon.

Lusts, thrilling and sweet

Float numberless through the waters!

The wine that one drinks with one’s eyes

Is poured down in waves by the moon at night.

The poet, urged on by his devotions,

Becomes intoxicated with the sacred beverage;

Enraptured, he turns toward heaven

His head, and, staggering, sucks and sips

The wine that one drinks with one’s eyes.

Origins Concert Series is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County Government and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

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Additional Details

Event ID - 1026889844167

Event Venue - Episcopal Church of the Ascension

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Date And Time

Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 @ 08:00 PM
 

Venue

Episcopal Church of the Ascension
 

Location

633 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910
 

Event Types

ClassicalConcert or Performance
 

Event Category

MarylandSilver Spring

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