Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts
Music stars to appear in Ridgewood
APRIL 25, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2014, 12:31 AM
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Editor’s Note – Michael Parloff’s Parlance Chamber Concerts’ final event of the 2013-2014 season will take place this coming Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at West Side Presbyterian Church. The concert will feature 10 artists from the Metropolitan Opera, including the celebrated mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and co-reciter Raymond Menard, pianist Warren Jones, and seven principal players from the Met Orchestra. Here Michael Parloff gives us a behind-scenes look.
Raymond Menard
RN: Can you give us an overview of what we can expect on Sunday?
Stephanie Blythe
MP: I’ve been looking forward all season to this fun, unusual concert. The featured work of the afternoon will be William Walton’s 1923 “Façade Entertainments,” a gem of musical humor. Inspired by the sophisticated, often subversive poetry of his friend and patroness, Edith Sitwell, Façade brought overnight success to Walton, as well as a reputation as the enfant terrible of modern English music.
The program will also include four Roaring Twenties instrumental solos inspired by the sounds of the Jazz Age.
RN: Please tell us more about Sunday afternoon’s performers.
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Parlance Chamber Concerts
Featuring 1920 instrumental solos inspired by Jazz Age
April 27 at 4PM at West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South MOnroes Street, Ridgewood. Tickets available at the door: Adults $40; Seniors $30; Young Adults $30; Students $30. www.ParlanceChamberConcerts.org