Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Merz Trio w/ Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano
Online streaming is pay what you wish. In person tickets are $20 ($10 students)
Philip Maneval — Of Time and the Heart (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87
Maurice Ravel — La valse
The Merz Trio has made a sweep of recent US chamber awards, having taken top prizes at the 2021 Naumburg, 2019 Concert Artists Guild, and 2019 Fischoff Competitions. For its PCMS debut, the Trio joins forces with Lucy Fitz Gibbon—a soprano noted for her "dazzling, virtuoso singing" (Boston Globe)—for a program that includes songs by James Primosch, a world premiere by Philip Maneval, and beloved instrumental works by Brahms and Ravel.
The livestream will take place at 7:30pm Eastern / 4:30pm Pacific. The video will remain available for 72 hours after each performance, subject to the approval of the artists.
About Merz Trio
Brigid Coleridge, violin |
Julia Yang, cello |
Lee Dionne, piano
About Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Noted for her "dazzling, virtuoso singing" (Boston Globe), Lucy Fitz Gibbon is a dynamic musician whose repertoire spans the Renaissance to the present. She believes that creating new works and recreating those lost in centuries past makes room for the multiplicity and diversity of voices integral to classical music’s future. As such, Ms. Fitz Gibbon has given U.S. premieres of rediscovered works by Baroque composers Francesco Sacrati, Barbara Strozzi, and Agostino Agazzari, as well by 20th-century composers including Tadeusz Kassern, Roman Palester, and Jean Barraqué. She has also worked closely with numerous others, workshopping and premiering works by a wide range of composers including John Harbison, Kate Soper, Sheila Silver, David Hertzberg, Reena Esmail, Roberto Sierra, Anna Lindemann, and Pauline Oliveros. In helping to realize the complexities of music beyond written notes, the experience of working with these composers translates to all music: the commitment to faithfully communicate not only the score, but also the underlying intentions of its creator.
https://lucyfitzgibbon.com/American Philosophical Society: Benjamin Franklin Hall
427 Chestnut StPhiladelphia, PA 19106
United States