Sonnets & Sonatas, the UCLA series of lecture-concerts, commemorates World War I by dedicating an evening to Winnaretta Singer, patron of the arts at the birth of modernism and lifelong friend to Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, and Stravinsky. Discussion of Singer's life in the context of this historical period is interspersed among live performances of their compositions, as well as compositions by Satie, Ethel Smyth (one of her many lovers), and others. Lecture by Laure Murat, professor in the UCLA Department of French and Francophone Studies. Musical direction by Guillaume Sutre, professor of violin and head of chamber music in the UCLA Department of Music.

Co-presented by the UCLA Department of French & Francophone Studies and the UCLA Department of Music