Virgil Thomson: Five Ladies (Violin/Piano)
Virgil Thomson was and still is renowned for his musical 'portraits' of friends and famous personalities of the day. These 'Five Ladies' have been arranged for Violin and Piano.Cynthia Kemper: Friend, from Kansas City, Missouri, a mother, a hostess and something of a grande dameAnne Miracle: French, beauteous and sweetAlice Tolkas: Writer, secretary, hostess and devoted companion to Gertrude SteinYvonne De Casa Fuerte: Violinist, Marseillaise by birth, Spanish by marriage, Franco-American by long musical experience Mary Reynolds: Friend, from Minneapolis, bookbinder. Parisian - to avoid wartime arrest she walked across the Pyrenees.