Event listing: Holes in the Sky | National Sawdust | Fri 13 Sep 2019 at 19:00

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National Sawdust80 N 6th St,, Brooklyn, New York, 11249, United States

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Programme

Schumann, Clara (1819-1896)	3 Romances for solo piano, Op.11
Price, Florence (1887-1953)	Memory Mist
Monk, Meredith (b. 1942)	Ellis Island
Works by Simone, Nina (1933-2003)
Prestini, Paola	Limpopo Songs
Works by Mitchell, Joni (b. 1943)
Monk, Meredith (b. 1942)	Obsolete Objects

Performers

Lara Downes	Piano
Bridget Kibbey	Harp
Simone Dinnerstein	Piano
Magos Herrera	Vocals

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Vienna, Austria

A Brooklyn salon for Clara Schumann's 200th birthday

Kurt Gottschalk, 16th September

Downes' playing is soulful, perhaps rather American, which gave Schumann a late-night jazziness. That tendency fit better with selections by Nina Simone and Harlem Renaissance composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.

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