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PAUL BOWLES: A Musical Portrait
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The LEFFEST will dedicated a programme to a less known side of writer Paul Bowles, his legacy as a classical composer, in a way shadowed by is literary work.
Paul Bowles is one of the greatest writers and artists of the twentieth century, born in New York. One of the most outstanding figures of the American existentialism of the 50’s and the well-known Beat Generation, along with Jack Kerouak and William S. Burroughs. He spent most of his life in Morocco and Sri Lanka, reflecting an unmistakable and timeless exoticism in his literary work.
Along with literature, Paul Bowles, became relevant in the American musical scene. That is why this year's LEFFEST proposal is to celebrate his musical work, with soprano Carole Blankenship and pianist Irene Hermann who have traveled the world to interpret their works.
PROGRAMME
PROGRAMA
Two Pieces for Solo Piano Prelude for Bernardo Soares Sarabande
Songs in the Popular Idiom
A Little Closer Please
Of All the Things I Love
Folk Song Settings
Lowlands
Boatmen’s Dance
Mary Golden Tree
The Old Grey Goose
Creole Song
Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca
Cancioncilla
Media Luna
Balada Amarilla
Murió al Amanacer
Textos de Gertrude
Stein Scenes from the Door Red Faces
The Ford
Letter to Freddy
A Musical Conversation Farther From the Heart (JB) Once a Lady was Here (PB) Frozen Horse (JB)
Sleeping Song (PB)
My Sister’s Hand in Mine (JB)
Textos de Tennessee Williams
Blue Mountain Ballads Heavenly Grass
Lonesome Man
Cabin
Sugar in the Cane
Three
My Love Was Light
Additionally, the following films will be screened: Paul Bowles: The cage door is always open (Daniel Young, 2012) e a curta-metragem The pleasant feeling of being in a more innocent age: Paul Bowles's impressions on Portugal (Hermínia Sol, 2010), followed by a conversation with Irene Herrmann and Herminia Sol.
Paul Bowles is one of the greatest writers and artists of the twentieth century, born in New York. One of the most outstanding figures of the American existentialism of the 50’s and the well-known Beat Generation, along with Jack Kerouak and William S. Burroughs. He spent most of his life in Morocco and Sri Lanka, reflecting an unmistakable and timeless exoticism in his literary work.
Along with literature, Paul Bowles, became relevant in the American musical scene. That is why this year's LEFFEST proposal is to celebrate his musical work, with soprano Carole Blankenship and pianist Irene Hermann who have traveled the world to interpret their works.
PROGRAMME
PROGRAMA
Two Pieces for Solo Piano Prelude for Bernardo Soares Sarabande
Songs in the Popular Idiom
A Little Closer Please
Of All the Things I Love
Folk Song Settings
Lowlands
Boatmen’s Dance
Mary Golden Tree
The Old Grey Goose
Creole Song
Cuatro Canciones de García Lorca
Cancioncilla
Media Luna
Balada Amarilla
Murió al Amanacer
Textos de Gertrude
Stein Scenes from the Door Red Faces
The Ford
Letter to Freddy
A Musical Conversation Farther From the Heart (JB) Once a Lady was Here (PB) Frozen Horse (JB)
Sleeping Song (PB)
My Sister’s Hand in Mine (JB)
Textos de Tennessee Williams
Blue Mountain Ballads Heavenly Grass
Lonesome Man
Cabin
Sugar in the Cane
Three
My Love Was Light
Additionally, the following films will be screened: Paul Bowles: The cage door is always open (Daniel Young, 2012) e a curta-metragem The pleasant feeling of being in a more innocent age: Paul Bowles's impressions on Portugal (Hermínia Sol, 2010), followed by a conversation with Irene Herrmann and Herminia Sol.