Airs starting November 11, 2022

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Aleks Schürmer, flute and alto flute

Mika Putterman, flute

Philip Chiu, celesta

Antoine Malette-Chénier, harp

Alexandra Tibbitts, harp

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On historical and contemporary instruments

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de Bussy, Schürmer

An imaginary Greek courtesan recounts her life and death with lush music for flutes, harps and celesta by Claude de Bussy.

An underperformed work with a storied history, Les Chansons de Bilitis (or Épigraphes antiques) imagines the 6th century BCE as seen and heard by the master of Impressionism.

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