Friday, August 14, 2026 • 7 PM
La Jolla Music Society
Out of the Shadows
In the shadow of the First World War, composers faced a world irrevocably changed.
From Debussy’s starkly ravishing two-piano piece and Bridge’s elegiac lament to Poulenc’s sardonically defiant wit, this program reveals how upheaval reshaped musical language—culminating in Korngold’s Suite for Left Hand, written for a war amputee and transforming loss into radiant virtuosity.
REPERTOIRE
DEBUSSY
En Blanc et Noir for Two Pianos
En Blanc et Noir for Two Pianos
BRIDGE
Lament for Two Violas
Lament for Two Violas
POULENC
Sextet, FP 100
Sextet, FP 100
KORNGOLD
Suite for Left Hand and Strings, Op. 23
Suite for Left Hand and Strings, Op. 23
ARTISTS
*Program, artists, and timing subject to change.
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PRE-SHOW MUSICAL PRELUDE • 6 PM
In celebration of SummerFest’s 40th Anniversary, all Musical Preludes will be FREE and open to the public– not just to concert ticket holders. Non-ticket holders must RSVP at the link below. All Musical preludes take place in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at 6 PM.
Farfy Foundation Fellowship Artists Kairos Piano Quartet performs Walton’s Piano Quartet in D Minor.












