Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts / Irving Fine Tribute Concert

The Music Department at Brandeis University presents a program of chamber works and songs exploring the historical connection between Irving Fine and his teachers Nadia Boulanger and Walter Piston, and how their influence helped Fine forge his own uniquely expressive musical language and style.

Leslie Amper, piano; Steven Beck, piano; Mark Berger, viola; Julia Glenn, violin; Joshua Gordon, cello; Catherine Hedberg, mezzo-soprano

Nadia Boulanger – Three Pieces for cello and piano (1914)
Irving Fine – Mutability song cycle (1952)
Walter Piston – Piano Quartet (1964)
Nadia Boulanger – songs
1. Soleils couchants (1907)
2. Le Couteau (1922)
3. L’échange (1922)
4. Soir d’hiver (1915)
5. Chanson – Les lilas sont en folie (1909)
Irving Fine – Sonata for violin and piano (1946)