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Ravel: The Lure of the Exotic, featuring Susan Waterfall
Tuesday, July 18, 3:00 PM PDT
$15 – $30
Susan Waterfall will play Pavane pour un infante défunte, Oiseaux tristes, and Un barque sur l’ocean. She will be joined by Julian Pollack on “Mother Goose Suite.” Jenny Matteucci, soprano, accompanied by Daniel Lockert on piano, will present Cinq mélodies populaires grecques. The Piano Trio in A minor will close out the concert, with Sam Weiser, violin; Evan Kahn, cello; and Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano.
- Julian Pollack, piano
- Daniel Lockert, piano; Jenny Matteucci, soprano
- Sam Weiser, violin
- Evan Kahn, cello
- Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
2023 Featured Composer: Maurice Ravel
For 2023, Susan Waterfall’s composer series will feature the innovative and influential Maurice Ravel. Immerse yourself in his world and his music, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime with narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists, and various other settings of Ravel’s work across the Festival.
Waterfall’s productions always present exciting, absorbing playing of great music, but are also rare, distinctive examples of what can be called music education, though they’re more conversational, truly a sharing of perspective, interest, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery, weaving in and out of the playing, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock, Berkeley Daily Planet