Hugh Macdonald, the Avis H. Blewett Professor of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University, will speak on “What Did Bizet Write?” at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22.
The lecture is free and open to the public and takes place in Room 102, Music Classrooms Building, 6500 Forsyth Blvd. For more information, call (314) 935-4841 or email staylor@wustl.edu.
Macdonald has published books on Berlioz and Scriabin and is founding editor of the New Berlioz Edition. He will serve as general editor for a proposed new edition of the works of Georges Bizet, a joint venture between French and German publishers.
A recipient of the Szymanowski Medal (Poland), Macdonald has published numerous articles on 18th-, 19th- and 20th-century music. He recently prepared a performing edition of Fiesque (1866-68), a previously unperformed opera by French composer Eduardo Lalo (1823-1892), which received its world première July 27 at Le Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. He also edited a new edition of Lalo’s famous Cello Concerto.
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WHO: Hugh Macdonald, the Avis H. Blewett Professor of Music in Arts & Sciences at Washington University WHAT: Lecture, “What Did Bizet Write?” WHEN: 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22. WHERE: Music Classrooms Building, 6500 Forsyth Blvd. COST: Free SPONSOR: Washington University’s Department of Music in Arts & Sciences INFORMATION: (314) 935-4841 or staylor@wustl.edu |