Music & Literature: The Seasons Summer 2025
The poetry of William Chapman and music echo one another, tracing a sensory journey through the Canadian seasons. Christopher James’ flute playing and Chapman’s words join to evoke a January blizzard, a spring maple, golden wheat fields in the scorching summer, and the autumn gold of maples before winter sets in.
Artists
Geneviève Mangerel, narrator, librarian
Christopher James, piccolo and flute
Program
Katherine Hoover, Winter Spirits (excerpt) (2 min)
Shulamit Ran, East Wind (excerpt) (2 min)
Cécile Chaminade, Pièce romantique (2 min)
Valerie Coleman, Bostonian Scenes: I. Promenade Along the Charles River (2 min)
Emily Doolittle, Aubade (2:30 min)
Barbara Monk Feldman, The Loons of Black Sturgeon Lake (excerpt) (2 min)
Barbara Pentland, Sonatina for solo flute: III. Allegretto giocoso, (1:30 min)
Jocelyn Morlock, Velour, for alto flute (excerpt) (2 min)
Hope Lee, forever after (excerpt) (2 min)
Valerie Coleman, Danza de la Mariposa (excerpt) (2 min)
Geneviève Mangerel
narrator, librarianGeneviève Mangerel is a librarian at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. She regularly gives presentations at conferences, lectures, and training sessions. Geneviève is also a flamenco dancer. For the past few years, she has been studying flamenco singing, after a brief venture into classical choral singing. Whether dancing, singing, or speaking, she loves being on stage and spends a lot of time surrounded by music.
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