Music For A New World: A Flute & Piano Recital featuring Francesca Hurst, piano & Robert Cart, flute
Free (No admission charge, goodwill donations welcome.)
- Francesca Hurst, piano
- Robert Cart, flute
Lili Boulanger — D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Sergi Casanelles — Sonata for Flute and Piano
Valerie Coleman — Fanmi Imèn ("Human Family")
David Serkin Ludwig — Flute Sonata No. 1
Music for a New World is a fun fresh program of works from the 20th and 21st Centuries by a diverse group of composers from France, Spain, and the United States, including Valerie Coleman, Lili Boulanger, Luis Barroso, David Ludwig, and Sergi Casanelles.
Francesca Hurst and Robert Cart began their artistic collaboration as colleagues in the Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Atlantic Music Festival. Both advocates of new music, as a duo, they perform throughout the United States and Europe. They just returned from Paris where they performed this program to an enthusiastic audience, and presented the European premiere of Barroso's "Habanera y Son".
About Francesca Hurst, piano
Dynamic and engaging, pianist Francesca Hurst delights audiences with a mix of classical and contemporary music. Listeners have described her playing as "moving and compelling" and "powerful yet sensitive." Classically trained, she fell into the new music scene in 2013, when a last-minute gig with Great Noise Ensemble turned into a decade-long engagement as their pianist. At ease with a wide range of repertoire, she makes sense of the music regardless of style and period, is passionate about communicating with audiences, and has a special interest in performing music by women.
As a new music pianist, Francesca has appeared as a solo and collaborative guest artist at festivals like the Atlantic Music Festival, New Music Delaware, New Music Gathering, Charlotte New Music Festival, and the Bang on a Can Music Marathon. Equally versatile in the classical repertoire, she has played in such venues as the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, and internationally in Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, and France. During the pandemic, she created the 100-day online video series Daily Dose of Piano, which featured music from the Baroque to today, including 14 premieres. She was recently named to the Performing Artist Touring Roster of the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and just recorded her debut album of women composers, which will be released in early 2024.
Francesca is on the piano faculty at The Catholic University of America and the University of Virginia, and maintains a thriving private piano studio in Northern Virginia. She is an MTNA Nationally Certified Teacher of Music and holds a DMA in Piano Performance.
https://www.francescahurst.comAbout Robert Cart, flute
Robert Cart is flutist with Philadelphia’s Network for New Music and a faculty member of the Atlantic Music Festival where, each summer, he also serves as flutist and coordinator of the Contemporary Music Ensemble. He has toured as soloist throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and has worked with Bernstein, Leppard, Muti, Previn, and Zinman. He has performed at festivals, including Tanglewood, Ravello, and Aldeburgh, and as solo recitalist at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center. An advocate for new music, he has premiered more than 50 solo, chamber, and orchestral works by Jennifer Higdon, Gary Schocker, Edgar Girtain IV, Luis Barroso, Roger Hudson, and others.
His students occupy positions with professional ensembles, including Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Municipal de São Paulo, New England Symphonic Ensemble, and the Central City Opera. They have won competitions, including the Emmanuel Pahud Masterclass Competition, Eduardo Tagliatti Chamber Music Competition, Young Soloists Competition of the Eleazar de Carvalho Music Festival, Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair Masterclass Competition, SphinxConnect Fellowship, and they have been accepted into music programs at Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, and SUNY Stonybrook.
As a Powell Flutes Artist, Dr. Cart presents clinics and master classes worldwide. His degrees include the Bachelor of Music (DePauw University), the Master of Music (Indiana University), and the Doctor of Musical Arts (University of Maryland College Park). His teachers have included Francis Fuge, Peter Lloyd, James Pellerite, and Gary Schocker, and he has taken additional studies and master classes with Alberto Almarza, Jeffrey Khaner, Marcel Moyse, Michael Parloff, and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Dr. Cart plays a vintage flute made in 1938 by Verne Q. Powell for Joseph LaMonaca, Associate Principal Flute of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Robert is Professor of Flute in the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
https://www.robertcartflute.com