Dear Friends Hello and Happy New Year! I would like to tell you about my latest project for upcoming perfor-mances at the Delaware Art Museum (3/26/15) and Princeton Unitarian Universalist Church (3/15/15).I was asked to create a program to complement the museum’s exquisite Pre-Raphaelite collection. A little bit about the Pre-Raphaelites…... 

 Ophelia by John Everett Millais   

             La Bella Mano by Dante Gabriel Rossetti                    

Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel RossettiThe Pre-Raphaelites were a group of young artists  rebelling against the clichéd art standards in Victorian England in 1848.  Their secret society was called the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They wanted to return to the simplicity and

truthfulness found in Gothic and Renaissance art (pre-Raphael) and looked for inspiration in the Bible and medieval legends, the literature of Dante, Shakespeare and others, na-ture, and most of all, beautiful women (called stunners). They strived to capture every exquisite detail in a luminous palette of brilliant colors and also convey the inner emotional state, often revealing the juxtaposition of two conflicting worlds. With this in mind, I chose each piece in the musical program to reflect those themes as well as create an emotional atmos-phere. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was transformed over the years and eventually influenced the future arts and crafts movement and symbolism.  

wallpaper pattern by William Morris Here are the concert details: More info on my website rosannevitanahass.wordpress.comProgram: Passion and the Pre-RaphaelitesFranz Liszt: Funérailles (1849)

Claude Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Girl with Flaxen Hair)                               Ce Qu’a Vu Le Vent D’Ouest (What the West Wind Saw)    (1909-1910)Maurice Ravel: Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit (1908)Alexander Scriabin: Vers la Flamme Op. 72 (Toward the flame) (1914)Franz Liszt: Sonata in B Minor (1853)March 15, 2015 – Princeton Unitarian Universalist Church: 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton NJ,   4:00 pm.                            Performance will  include a brief pre-sentation about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  There will be examples of their paintings and I will comment on their relationship to the pieces I have chosen.  This con-cert is graciously sponsored by the Princeton University League.  All proceeds will go to the Unitarian Church. Suggested donation: Adult $10.00, Student $5.00. March 26, 2015 – Delaware Art Museum - Wilming-ton, DE  2301 Kentmere Parkway, 19806.   7:30 pm.    Performance will include brief comments about some of the paintings in the museum’s outstanding collection and their relationship to the pieces I have chosen.  Concert tickets are $20 for Members and $40 for Non-Members. http://www.delart.org/programs-events/concerts-on-kentmere.

Take good care. Hope to see you there!