BYOB (Bring Your Own Beret) to CCM's French Festival!

This fall, CCM celebrates all things French with 'Fête Française.'

Date: 10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
By: Curt Whitacre
Phone: (513) 556-2683

CCM, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, presents Fête Française, a festival of music showcasing the work of legendary French composers including Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel. Join us this fall as CCM ensembles explore the decadent harmonies and rich textures that make the music of France uniquely French.

The celebration kicks off on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with a performance of two of Ravel’s most exciting compositions—Concert pour le main gauche and Daphnis and Chloé, featuring the CCM Philharmonia led by music director and conductor Mark Gibson. Originally composed in 1929 for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I, Ravel’s Concert pour le main gauche (Concerto for the Left Hand) has become infamous for the amazing feats of left-handed dexterity it requires to make one hand sound like two.

Orchestra concerts continue through early November and include performances of Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Bizet’s Symphony in C, Debussy’s Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and Ravel’s Bolero, featuring the CCM Philharmonia, Concert Orchestra and Women’s Chorus. Matinées Musicales, a lunch series held Tuesdays at noon in the CCM Atrium, showcases additional student artists.

Festivities will conclude with a semi-staged performance of Poulenc’s hilariously absurd surrealist opera, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, by CCM Philharmonia and CCM Opera, conducted by Karl Shymanovitz with stage direction by Robin Guarino.

Tickets & Information
Tickets to Fête Française orchestral performances and Les Mamelles de Tirésias are $10 for general admission, $5 for non-UC students, and free for UC students. All other events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. For complete ticket and parking information, visit www.ccm.uc.edu or call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183. See below for event details.

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University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music

Fête Française

Schedule of events

Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 8 pm
Corbett Auditorium
Fête Française I
CCM Philharmonia and Chamber Choir
Mark Gibson, music director & conductor

Ravel: Concert pour le main gauche
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé

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Friday, Oct. 16, 8 pm

Corbett Auditorium

Fête Française II

CCM Concert Orchestra and the UC Women's Chorus

Annunziata Tomaro, music director and conductor

Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Debussy: Nocturnes
Chausson: Poème
Ravel: Bolero

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Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8 pm

Corbett Auditorium
Fête Française III—French Bon-Bons
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director & conductor

Debussy: Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Fauré: Dolly
Ravel: Tzigane
Bizet: Symphony in C

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Friday, Nov. 6, 8 pm

Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 pm

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2:30 pm
Patricia Corbett Theater
Fête Française IV— Festival Finale: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1944)
CCM Philharmonia and CCM Opera
Karl Shymanovitz, conductor
Robin Guarino, stage director

The battle of the sexes reaches new levels of absurdity in this surrealistic two-part opéra bouffe by Francis Poulenc.

Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1944)

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Tickets: FREE for this encore concert
Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 pm

Robert J. Werner Recital Hall
Fête Française Encore
Timothy Lees, violin
Catherine Carroll, viola
Michael Mermagen, cello
Elisabeth Pridonoff, piano

Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello
Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15

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Matinées Musicales
Free Tuesday noontime concerts of French chamber and vocal music in the CCM Atrium.

Oct. 13—Poulenc wind music
Oct. 20—French chansons
Oct. 27—Music for piano, 4-hands
Nov. 3—String chamber music

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3rd Annual CCM Conducting Workshop
“Conducting French Repertoire— Ravel Debussy, Chausson, Berlioz”
Various locations, CCM Village

Friday, Oct. 23: All day

Saturday, Oct. 24: All day
Gustav Meier, Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University
Mark Gibson, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati

Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé
Debussy: Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Chausson: Poème
Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Bizet: Symphony in C

Maestro Meier will join CCM faculty artist Mark Gibson to lead a series of special master classes with conducting students from CCM and around the country.

	BYOB (Bring Your Own Beret) to CCM's French Festival! This fall, CCM celebrates all things French with 'Fête Française.' Date: 10/7/2009 12:00:00 AM By: Curt Whitacre Phone: (513) 556-2683 CCM, the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, presents Fête Française, a festival of music showcasing the work of legendary French composers including Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc and Maurice Ravel. Join us this fall as CCM ensembles explore the decadent harmonies and rich textures that make the music of France uniquely French. The celebration kicks off on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with a performance of two of Ravel’s most exciting compositions—Concert pour le main gauche and Daphnis and Chloé, featuring the CCM Philharmonia led by music director and conductor Mark Gibson. Originally composed in 1929 for Austrian pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm in World War I, Ravel’s Concert pour le main gauche (Concerto for the Left Hand) has become infamous for the amazing feats of left-handed dexterity it requires to make one hand sound like two. Orchestra concerts continue through early November and include performances of Berlioz’s Overture to Benvenuto Cellini, Bizet’s Symphony in C, Debussy’s Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune, and Ravel’s Bolero, featuring the CCM Philharmonia, Concert Orchestra and Women’s Chorus. Matinées Musicales, a lunch series held Tuesdays at noon in the CCM Atrium, showcases additional student artists. Festivities will conclude with a semi-staged performance of Poulenc’s hilariously absurd surrealist opera, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, by CCM Philharmonia and CCM Opera, conducted by Karl Shymanovitz with stage direction by Robin Guarino. Tickets & Information Tickets to Fête Française orchestral performances and Les Mamelles de Tirésias are $10 for general admission, $5 for non-UC students, and free for UC students. All other events are free and open to the public. Parking is available in the CCM Garage (at the base of Corry Boulevard off of Jefferson Avenue) and additional garages throughout the UC campus. For complete ticket and parking information, visit www.ccm.uc.edu or call the CCM Box Office at 513-556-4183. See below for event details. _______________ University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Fête Française Schedule of events Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 non-UC students, UC students FREE Wednesday, Oct. 14, 8 pm Corbett Auditorium Fête Française I CCM Philharmonia and Chamber Choir Mark Gibson, music director & conductor Ravel: Concert pour le main gauche Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé _____ Friday, Oct. 16, 8 pm Corbett Auditorium Fête Française II CCM Concert Orchestra and the UC Women's Chorus Annunziata Tomaro, music director and conductor Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Debussy: Nocturnes Chausson: Poème Ravel: Bolero _____ Tuesday, Nov. 3, 8 pm Corbett Auditorium Fête Française III—French Bon-Bons CCM Philharmonia Mark Gibson, music director & conductor Debussy: Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune Fauré: Dolly Ravel: Tzigane Bizet: Symphony in C ___ Friday, Nov. 6, 8 pm Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 pm Sunday, Nov. 8, 2:30 pm Patricia Corbett Theater *Fête Française IV— Festival Finale: Les Mamelles de Tirésias* (1944) CCM Philharmonia and CCM Opera** Karl Shymanovitz, conductor Robin Guarino, stage director The battle of the sexes reaches new levels of absurdity in this surrealistic two-part opéra bouffe by Francis Poulenc. Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1944) ___ Tickets: FREE for this encore concert Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 pm Robert J. Werner Recital Hall Fête Française Encore Timothy Lees, violin Catherine Carroll, viola Michael Mermagen, cello Elisabeth Pridonoff, piano Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 15 _______________ Matinées Musicales Free Tuesday noontime concerts of French chamber and vocal music in the CCM Atrium. Oct. 13—Poulenc wind music Oct. 20—French chansons Oct. 27—Music for piano, 4-hands Nov. 3—String chamber music _______________ 3rd Annual CCM Conducting Workshop “Conducting French Repertoire— Ravel Debussy, Chausson, Berlioz” Various locations, CCM Village Friday, Oct. 23: All day Saturday, Oct. 24: All day Gustav Meier, Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University Mark Gibson, College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati Ravel: Daphnis and Chloé Debussy: Prelude à l’après-midi d’un faune Chausson: Poème Berlioz: Overture to Benvenuto Cellini Bizet: Symphony in C Maestro Meier will join CCM faculty artist Mark Gibson to lead a series of special master classes with conducting students from CCM and around the country.
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