Hurst-Cart Duo

The  Hurst-Cart Duo plays works by Lili Boulanger, Luis Barroso, Edgar Girtain. Sergi Casanelles and David Ludwig

Francesca Hurst (piano) and Robert Cart (flute) began their artistic collaboration as colleagues in the Contemporary Music Ensemble at the Atlantic Music Festival. As a duo, they perform throughout the United States and Europe. Separately, they are members of such ensembles as Great Noise, Philadelphia Network for New Music, Éxichéria, Montclair Orchestra, and PhillyQ, and have been guest artists at festivals including the Charlotte New Music Festival, Bang On A Can Music Marathon, and New Music Gathering.

This program, Music for a New World, presents works from the 20th and 21st centuries by a diverse group of women and men composers from France, Spain, and the United States. For more information, visit www.francescahurst.com and www.robertcartflute.com.

Program

Quiet, Please (Edgar Girtain)

D’un matin de printemps (Lili Boulanger)

Habanera y Son Cubano (Luis Barroso)

Nostalgia (Sergi Casanelles)

Fanmi Imen (Valerie Coleman)

Sonata for flute and piano (David Ludwig)