Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michael’s College (map)

2:15 PM | Pre-Concert Conversation with Soovin Kim and David Serkin Ludwig

3 PM | CONCERT IV: From Lagos to Paris

The city of Paris has long been a center for diaspora communities, and an active dialogue between national and ethnic cultural practices with the layered history of French artistry continues today. The finale of FOLKLORE includes masterpieces from two French composers who drew heavily on the sounds of their country, as well as from Nigerian composer Christian Onyeji, who adapts African musical techniques into works that explore themes of identity, indigenous culture, and artistic freedom. Ravel’s Chanson Madécasses set the poetry of French writer Evariste de Parny, who wrote about the people and landscapes of Madagascar.

Reception and Meet-the-Artists to follow