BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Music Center (BMC) presents a series of Summer Salons exploring the magic and method behind master musical works.
Led by longtime BMC faculty member Moby Pearson, the salons will be held Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned BMC. Pearson will share remarkable recordings of music from across the ages - and share new musical perspectives along the way.
The salons and their topics include:
• July 27 – Quatre Compositeurs Francais: The music of four influential French composers whose lives intersected and spanned the period from 1835–1937. They were Camille Saint-Saëns, who taught Gabriel Fauré, who taught Maurice Ravel; and Claude Debussy, who was somewhat of a foil to all three.
• Aug. 10 – Mozart's Arias for Aloysia: Wolfgang fell head over heels for his 17-year-old student Aloysia Weber in 1777. Though there was hardly romantic reciprocation on her part, the seven arias which came from their musical connection reveal a range of virtues, from exquisite depth of emotion to stunning coloratura writing.
• Aug. 24 – Mozart's Viola Quintets in Depth: A "deep dive" into Mozart's viola quintets with special guest Robbie Merfeld. Study materials for this will be available in advance.
RSVP's are encouraged and refreshments provided. Suggested donation is $25. For more information and to register for one or all salons, contact the BMC at 802-257-4523 or info@bmcvt.org.