Aspect Chamber Music Series Presents: Tale of Two Cities | Vienna and Paris

We've got last minute 50% off tickets to Aspect's concert on Friday February 7th at 7:30pm! The price of the ticket includes a complimentary post-concert reception with mulled wine and hors d'oeuvres. What a steal!

Here's what Aspect has to say about their upcoming program:

"This concert is a fascinating journey in song through two of Europe’s greatest cultural capitals—Vienna and Paris. The German Romantic art songs—Lieder—began in Vienna with Schubert in the beginning of the 19th century, stretching through this century all the way to Richard Strauss. Influenced by Schubert, the French art song—Mélodie—emerged later. It was Berlioz who initiated a golden age of Mélodie that continued with Fauré and Debussy well into the 20th century.

These exquisite songs were intended to be performed in the intimate setting of salons—gatherings in aristocratic parlors where patrons, composers, and performers mingled to share fresh ideas and celebrate new creations. In this concert, we present a magnificent tapestry of Lieder and Mélodie while also introducing you to the salonnières—influential, extraordinary women whose gatherings provided the fertile ground in which these songs thrived. Composers and performers vied for the chance to perform at these salons, eager to have their music heard, discussed, and supported, and woven into the cultural fabric of the day.

It was these remarkable women—patrons, friends, and muses to great composers from Mozart and Beethoven to Fauré and Debussy—who were the tastemakers of society and shaped the artistic milieu of both Vienna and Paris."

Groupmuse ticket members will pick up their tickets at the entrance. Seating is assigned.

What's the music?

Rebecca Ringle Kamarei Voice

Bryan Wagorn Piano

Attendees

Francesco C. Groupmuse Superhost