Poulenc: Gloria
Fri, Dec 10
|Walla Walla University
Soprano soloist for Poulenc's brilliant setting of the mass texts, a captivating mix of solemnity and mischievous exuberance.
Time & Location
Dec 10, 2021, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PST
Walla Walla University, 212 SW 4th St, College Place, WA 99324, USA
About the Event
Commissioned by the Koussevitsky Foundation of America, Poulenc's sets mass texts to music of an unmistakable freshness and vivacity. Of the Gloria, Poulenc said that Fittingly, his is a brilliant and captivating setting of the mass texts, expressed both with solemnity and mischievous exuberance. (Two performances: 6:00 & 8:00 pm) Gloria ‘...while writing it I had in mind those Crozzoli frescoes with angels sticking out their tongues, and also some solemn-looking Benedictine monks that I saw playing football one day.’ Gloria Free to the public. Learn more
(description adapted from John Bawden)