This concert features distinguished soprano Yanna Chen and baritone Francis Mok. The two accomplished artists will enchant audiences with their refined voices, bringing poetic romance and expressive depth to French art songs.
The program opens with Jacques Ibert’s Quatre chansons de Don Quichotte: “Chanson du départ de Don Quichotte,” “Chanson à Dulcinée,” “Chanson du Duc,” and “Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte,” vividly portraying the knight’s dreams, tender love, and tragic grandeur.
It continues with Claude Debussy’s Ariettes oubliées, L. 60, six watercolor-like gems: “C’est l’extase langoureuse,” “Il pleure dans mon cœur,” “L’ombre des arbres,” “Chevaux de Bois,” “Green,” and “Spleen,” revealing the shimmering light and shadow of Impressionist vocal music.
