Songs and Poetry

In a beguiling fusion of poetry and music, TPE connects two miniature masterpieces by Ravel and Stravinsky with a new premiere by Dutch composer Richard Rijnvos. All 3 works are composed for the same instrumentation and will be sung by soprano Robyn Driedger-Klassen. Also included are Christopher Butterfield’s striking Jappements à la Lune with poetry in an invented language by Claude Gauvreau, and Jocelyn Morlock’s playful et je danse, setting poetry of Arthur Rimbaud.

Trois poésies de la lyrique japonaise by Igor Stravinsky

Trois poèmes de Mallarmé by Maurice Ravel

Riflesso sull’ aria by Richard Rijnvos

…et je danse by Jocelyn Morlock

Jappements à la Lune by Christopher Butterfield