Harvard Artist-in-Residence, Paul Andre Bempechat at DePaul

Date: Monday, February 23, 2015
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: DePaul Recital Hall
804 Belden Ave.
Chicago
Open to the public, FREE EVENT

Evoking Nationalism, Incarnating Ecumenism: Composers' Quest for Understanding

On behalf of the Humanities Center at DePaul, Harvard Alumni are invited to attend a fascinating upcoming event that we believe will be of interest to your organization.

On Monday, February 23rd, join us for the third event in our series –

Lend Me Your Ears: The Sound of the Humanities – by welcoming:

Paul-André Bempéchat ­– Evoking Nationalism, Incarnating Ecumenism: Composers’ Quest for Understanding

 
Paul-André Bempéchat performs and lectures from the piano on the challenge of capturing cultural as well as personal meaning in music. Beginning with the assumption that transmuting cultural historicism and its symbols – be they religious, literary, or political – has been not only a perennial challenge but an obsession with composers, Bempéchat will focus in his lecture and performance on three such challenges: Felix Mendelssohn’s ecumenical “Reformation” Symphony (1829-30), a near-desperate plea for religious understanding and tolerance between Christians of all stripes and Jews; Jean Cras’ “En Islande” (1901) and “Deux Paysages” (1917), evocations of his native Brittany’s struggle for cultural affirmation and autonomy within an increasingly secularized and centralized state; and Beethoven’s great “Les Adieux” Sonata, Opus 81a (1809-10), a symbolically explicated testament of the abiding affection and esteem he and his patron, Archduke Rudolf, shared.

Mr. Bempéchat is the current Artist-in-Residence at Harvard University's Leverett House.
 

Date: Monday, February 23, 2015

Time: 7:00-9:00 pm

Location:
DePaul Recital Hall
804 W. Belden Ave., Chicago

Free Event