Poulenc Trio with Poet Lia Purpura
Sun, Jan 24, 2027 4:00 PM
Smith Theatre | Horowitz Center HCC
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Performance Information
Poulenc Trio – featuring CMM’s own Irina Kaplan Lande (piano), Bryan Young (bassoon), and Aleh Remezau (oboe) – returns with two extraordinary collaborations at the heart of the program. Viet Cuong’s Trains of Thought, described as “show-stealing” and a “dazzler,” showcases the Trio at their most kinetic and inventive. Schnittke’s Suite in the Old Style carries listeners on a witty journey from Baroque elegance to avantgarde surprise, each movement gloriously entwined with poetry from Guggenheim Fellow and Baltimore author Lia Purpura’s collection It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful.
The Program
Beethoven: Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11 (Gassenhauer)
Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style
Viet Cuong: Trains of Thought (commissioned and written for the Poulenc Trio)
Poulenc: Selected Songs
Rossini: Fantasie concertante sur Semiramide, Op. 48
About The Artists
A pioneering oboe, bassoon, and piano ensemble, The Poulenc Trio has garnered international recognition over its 20-year history. With performances in 47 U.S. states and at prestigious music festivals around the world, including the Ravello Festival in Italy, the San Miguel de Allende Festival in Mexico, and the White Nights Festival in Russia, they have firmly established themselves as one of the most active and sought-after touring piano-wind ensembles in the country. The Trio's performances…
Lia Purpura’s latest collections are All the Fierce Tethers (essays, Sarabande Books) and It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful (poems, Viking/Penguin). She is the author of three previous collections of poems (King Baby, Stone Sky Lifting, The Brighter the Veil); three previous collections of essays (Rough Likeness, On Looking, Increase), and one collection of translations (Poems of Grzegorz Musial: Berliner Tagebuch & Taste of Ash). A Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award (for On…
