Oct 05 2023
Radius Ensemble: Parable

Radius Ensemble: Parable

Presented by Radius Ensemble at Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music (Bard College)

Gnarly blues and blistering cross-rhythms launch the 2023-24 season at full-speed with Filter for solo violin by the genre-bending Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain. The luxuriant Shining Gate of Morpheus for horn and strings by Eleanor Alberga, a British composer of Jamaican descent, compliments a world premiere for flute, oboe, and clarinet by longtime Radius collaborator and Boston local Curtis Hughes. Igor Stravinsky’s own trio arrangement of L’Histoire du Soldat, a neo-classical Parable, brings the concert to a close. L’Histoire du Soldat is the Faustian tale of a soldier who makes a fateful trade with the Devil: his violin for a book that can predict the future. Broadcast icon Robin Young, co-host of NPR's Here and Now, will narrate.

Dates & Times

2023/10/05 - 2023/10/05

Location Info

Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music (Bard College)

27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Accessibility Info

Pickman Hall is wheelchair-accessible. Large-print and Braille programs are available with two weeks’ notice. Call to request further accommodations and we will do our best to help.