Laetitia Gerards and Thomas Beijer are not cut out for sitting up and giving paws. Laetitia likes a bit of theater and adventure, as evidenced by her participation in the TV program Who is the Mole? Thomas may carefully emulate homo universalis Leonardo da Vinci: he is included in the Gallery of Master Pianists at the Concertgebouw, composes music that sticks between your ears, writes books, draws comics and makes extremely funny animated films. In 2021, he won the Dutch Music Prize.
During Let me tell you a story! the two flamboyant musicians join forces. The program gradually builds up from more traditional composers to modern works by contemporary composers. The text is given an increasingly important role. All the songs form small rounded stories. In this, Bartok's piano composition In the open air fits perfectly, in which five short stories are also told.
Performers
- Laetitia Gerards, soprano More about www.laetitiagerards.com
- Thomas Beijer, piano More about www.thomasbeijer.com
Program
Maurice Ravel - Tripatos M.A. 13, Manteau de Fleurs
Samuel Barber - Solitary Hotel, A Slumber Song
Benjamin Britten - Calypso
George Crumb - The Night in Silence under Many a Star, Dance of the moon in Santiago
Béla Bartók - Out of Doors (piano solo)
Stephen Sondheim - The girls of summer
Jake Heggie - The Haughty Snail King, The moon's the North Wind's Cooky, Animal passion
William Bolcom - Oh close the curtain, Amor
