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From Monteverdi to the Beatles (Part 1)

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Material type Live Audio Recording
Date 24-09-1977
Duration 2553
Description

The first part of the concert From Monteverdi to the Beatles performed by Cathy Berberian (mezzo-soprano) and Harold Lester (piano).


In the program:

  1. Monteverdi - La Lattera Amorosa;
  2. Pergolesi - Si tu m'ami;
  3. Claude Debussy - Chansons de Bilitis;
  4. Igor Strawiński - The Owl and the Pussycat;
  5. John Cage - A Flower, The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs;
  6. Luciano Berio - Avendo gran disio from Quattro canzoni popolari, Sequenza III.


The concert took place on 24 September 1977 at the Concert Hall of the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw during the 21th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.


[programme book cover design: Tadeusz Jodłowski]

Names
First and last name Cathy Berberian
Function Performer
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Date of birth 04-07-1925
Date of death 06-03-1983
Description American mezzo-soprano and composer based in Italy
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First and last name Harold Lester
Function Performer
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Description British pianist
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Events
Name 21st Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music
Place Warsaw
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Start date 17-09-1977
End date 25-09-1977
Related institutions
Name Polish Composers' Union
Function Organiser
Polmic.pl
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