Listening Club: Women in Music (Bad Girls and Heartbreakers)

Listening Club: Women in Music (Bad Girls and Heartbreakers) · Learn more about Kurt Weill and the songs that made him famous, and uncover the turbulent story behind Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.

Join Joanna MacGregor as she dives deeper into the music of our February concert, Bad Girls and Heartbreakers . This talk opens with the music of Kurt Weill, and the songs that made him famous. We’ll touch on his relationship with Bertolt Brecht, as well as the tension between his ‘serious’ orchestral work and his music for Broadway. We’ll also look at the turbulent story behind Shostakovich’s