Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
$5-$15 donation
György Ligeti — Selected works
Charles Ives — Selected works
Olivier Messiaen — Selected works
Anton Webern — Selected works
Witold Lutosławski — Selected works
Christian Asplund — Selected works
Jarrad Powell — Selected works
Melissa Heath and Christian Asplund will perform an eclectic mix of American, European, and Canadian works for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, and Lutosawski, as well as a new work by Asplund and a song by Seattle’s Jarrad Powell.
The program will include mysteriously lyrical songs by Ligeti and Lutoslawski, an early cycle by Messiaen, characteristically laconic selections from Webern’s Op. 12 cycle, and a Javanese-tinged song by Powell. Asplund’s piece will be a characteristically eclectic mini-opera.
The Heath-Asplund duo has performed a fair amount of the standard lieder and operatic repertoire as well as Asplund’s sacred music. They have lately been investigating lesser known solo vocal works by well-known composers, especially those not known for song.