Special Event

Event

Aurea Ensemble - Listen!

Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park

Fee:

Free.

Location: LAT/LONG: 41.877866, -71.382352


67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02860

Dates & Times

Date:

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Time:

4:00 PM

Duration:

1 hour and 30 minutes

Type of Event

Performance

Description

Pawtucket Arts Festival presents

Aurea: The Alchemy of Music and Words

 Consuelo Sherba, Artistic Director

 Consuelo Sherba contact: Consuelo@aureaensemble.org

401-258-8397

Aurea Ensemble - Listen!

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

https://aureaensemble.org/aurea-repertoire-programs/listen/

Description:

Listen!

“When words leave off, music begins” -Heinrich Heine.

Awakening our sense of sound in words and music, Listen! embraces the relationship of sound, language, music and poetry. This very popular program includes poetry of Wendell Berry, Mandelstam and  Federico Garcia Lorca; harmonica improvisations of Chris Turner;  and music of Bach, Mozart, Piazzolla and Martinu.

 

Performers:

Chris Turner, Spoken Word & Harmonica

Megumi Stohs Lewis, Violin

Consuelo Sherba, Viola

Emmanuel Feldman, Cello

Based in Rhode Island, Aurea Ensemble is an eclectic chamber ensemble that explores the relationship between music and the spoken word. The group takes its name from Catena Aurea Homeri, or the Golden Chain of Homer, a symbol of 18th century esoteric alchemy—the combining of disparate elements into a divine new element. This is the very definition of every Aurea event: a new kind of artistic experience is created out of the group’s strong framework of classical, folk and contemporary music performed together with eloquent poetry, journals and prose. 


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Allison Horrocks
401-318-4883
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