CUC Music: Sun May 17

Do composers reflect their sexual identities in the music they create? Come to CUC this Sunday May 17, and hear solo piano works by composers who would be defined as “gay” by today’s definitions, including Francis Poulenc, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Franz Schubert, and Aaron Copland. Read on for programming details.

Prelude: Adam Kent, piano
Suite Française                                   

            Bransle de Bourgogne

            Pavane

            Petite marche militaire

            Complainte

            Bransle de Champagne

            Sicilienne

            Carillon

                                                            Francis Poulenc

Opening Music:
Slow Dance                                                           

Aaron Copland

Interlude:
Moment Musical No. 6 in Ab Major, Op. 94, No. 6

            Franz Schubert

Offertory:
Troika Ride, Op. 37a, No. 11                       

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky