A naturalist masterpiece, The Meeting, painted by Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff, may have a message that goes beyond the image itself. Marie Bashkirtseff exhibited this painting in Paris at the Salon in 1884, in an era when the Fine Arts school was reserved for men. Despite resounding praise from the public and the press, Marie Bashkirtseff did not receive a single award. From that moment on, the image of the little girl in the painting walking away from the group of young boys – if we also take into account the fact that the artist, suffering from tuberculosis, knew her condition was terminal – takes on an entirely new meaning, and the painting goes far beyond merely depicting a scene. Marie Bashkirtseff spent part of her life in Paris. She died there, in the very same year that she exhibited this painting at the Salon. To evoke this artwork, the concert features Ukrainian composers whose work is rarely performed: Victoria Vita Poleva, contemporary Ukrainian composer, then Mykola Lysenko, late 19^th-century Ukrainian composer, with Darius Milhaud closing the program. The concert is part of the 1991 Project, launched in order to preserve and promote Ukrainian music

Program

• Victoria Vita Poleva
  • Walking on waters;
• Mykola Lysenko
  • String Quartet in D minor;
• Darius Milhaud
  • String Quartet, op. 16, n° 2.