Description
In the blue hour, things lose their outlines, and the light begins to dream. It is not a time of day, but a musical key—and its middle name is the blues. There are two blue hours: one leads into the night, the other out of it. Between them lies this evening.
Composers
Debussy · Mel Bonis · Poulenc · Barber · Bloch · Schulhoff · Bill Evans · Earl Wild · Gershwin
Program
Part I — Mondlicht Claude
Debussy: Beau soir (Bearbeitung Andreas J. Winkler) · La soirée dans Grenade
Mel Bonis: Mélisande · Phoebé
Francis Poulenc: Nocturne Nr. 4 Bal fantôme · Rêve (aus Feuillets d’album)
Samuel Barber: Nocturne op. 33
Claude Debussy: Clair de lune
Ernest Bloch: In the Night – A Love Poem
Part II — Stadtlicht Erwin
Schulhoff: Blues · Chanson (aus Cinq Études de Jazz)
Francis Poulenc: Mélancolie
Bill Evans: Peace Piece
Earl Wild: The Man I Love · Embraceable You
George Gershwin: Drei Préludes
Claude Debussy: Feux d’artifice
Duration: approx. 71 minutes incl. intermission