IN A PARISIAN SALON: FRENCH MUSIC FOR CELLO AND PIANO

The Lilia Khakimova and C. Robert Bunch Concert Series

Friday, June 12 | 7:30 PM 

Cultural Center “Our Texas” | 2337 Bissonnet St., Houston, TX 77005

Suggested Donations: General seats: $30 | First Row Experience: $50 (limited availability) 

What did it sound like to be in Paris in the early twentieth century — in the cafés, the salons, the concert halls where a revolution in sound was quietly unfolding? Debussy, Satie, Poulenc, and Ravel — alongside Stravinsky, whose artistic life was inseparable from Paris — paint a portrait of a city, and an era, unlike any other.

Program:

Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne — for cello and piano
Erik Satie Gymnoпédie No. 1 — arr. for cello and piano
Francis Poulenc Sonata for Cello and Piano — II. Cavatine

— Intermission —

Maurice Ravel Pièce en forme de habanera — for cello and piano
Maurice Ravel Sonatine — for solo piano
Claude Debussy Clair de lune — arr. for cello and piano
Claude Debussy Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor

Louis-Marie Fardet, cello
A native of France and member of the Houston Symphony since 2015, Fardet trained at the Paris Conservatoire and earned his Master’s degree at Rice University. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, toured France as a soloist, and is the founder of the Francoeur Chamber Music Society in Houston.

Dr. Olena Blagulyak, piano
Ukrainian-born pianist Dr. Blagulyak holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Houston and has performed throughout Europe and the United States. She is the founder and Artistic Director of the Kingwood Methodist Concert Series and a regularly invited adjudicator for international piano competitions.