WHAT’S ON
March 12 - March 19
Festival will feature world-leading artists Plymouth University has organised extraordinary events with world-leading artists from March 12 to 19 for the enjoyment of all. Expressionism: Emotions Unchained will feature Erika Bakoff, soprano who performs at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, London-based Marmen String Quartet, mezzo-soprano Alison Wells and Mark Forkgen, conductor, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ensemble Kokoro, and renowned pianist Robert Taub. Uniquely vibrant integration of pivotal music, visual art, and film only in Plymouth. Further information and tickets are available from www.plymouth. ac.uk/whats-on All events free for students! Following are four events of the festival: Saturday, March 12 Opening concert: Scriabin and Schönberg Pre-concert talk: 7pm; Performance 7.30pm. Sherwell Centre Robert Taub performs Alexander Scriabin’s final mystical piano sonata in an unusual pairing with Arnold Schönberg’s haunting melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, beautifully sung by Alison Wells, with the BSO Ensemble Kokoro and Mark Forkgen, conductor.
Monday, March 14 Film: Metropolis 7pm. Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building Fritz Lang’s extraordinarily gripping and prescient film, introduced by Anna Navas and Dr Robert Taub Wednesday, March 16 Talk: Visual Art and Music 7.30pm. Sherwell Centre
Art historian Deborah Lewer and pianist Robert Taub will discuss and illuminate the fertile – and often febrile – intersection of music and visual art that motivates Expressionism. Saturday, March 19 Closing Concert: Schönberg, Berg, Webern Pre-concert talk: 7pm; Performance 7.30pm. Sherwell Centre Erika Baikoff, acclaimed soprano, joins the Marmen Quartet in a rare performance of the highly imaginative, powerful, and stirring Schönberg String Quratet no.2. Exciting and deeply expressive string quartets of Berg and Webern complete the programme Erika Baikoff
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