Voix et Harpe
Voix et Harpe
January 11, 2011. Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Misha Penton, soprano, concept, artistic director, translations
Meg Brooker, dancer and choreographer
Joanna Elliot Whitsett, harp
Miranda Carol Morris, actor
An afternoon of French voice and harp music; poetry of longing, love, and other sultry Frenchiness; with dance inspired by Belle Époque barefoot icon, Isadora Duncan. Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Gallery Conversations. Saturday, January 15th 2:30pm, 2011.
Composers on the program include Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn and Claude Debussy, their works sung in French; with new English translations of the poetry of Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Paul Bourget, and others.
