Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
The Colour of Music presented by The Cultural Programme
Free Entry - registration required. Please register via the eventbrite website.
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective:
Savitri Grier (violin), Elena Urioste (violin), Edgar Francis (viola), Tony Rymer (cello), Tom Poster (piano)
As part of our open invitation for anyone and everyone to be part of a range of extraordinary, shared experiences in and around Oxford we would love you to join us for this a one-off concert where all the tickets are FREE.
The Cultural Programme and the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective are producing three specially curated concerts over the coming months. You may be already be a fan, may never have heard a chamber ensemble perform or simply want to try something new.
The Programme
Jessie Montgomery - Starburst for string orchestra
Jennifer Higdon - Pale Yellow for piano trio
Amy Beach - Piano Quintet in F sharp minor
INTERVAL
Felix Mendelssohn - String Octet in E flat major
In an all-American first half, Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst launches our concert in a blaze of light, with Oxford University’s St Anne’s Camerata standing side-by-side with Kaleidoscope’s string players. Jennifer Higdon’s Pale Yellow explores more meditative hues through the intimate medium of piano trio, while Amy Beach’s gloriously romantic Piano Quintet has become one of Kaleidoscope’s signature works - BBC Radio 3’s Building a Library recently selected Kaleidoscope’s recording as the finest available.
Amy Beach was a synaesthete, perceiving different keys as visual colours, and Elena Urioste – who shares this fascinating neurological condition – will discuss her own experiences as a synaesthetic musician.
After the interval, Kaleidoscope’s all-star string team is joined by four brilliant instrumentalists from Oxford University and Oxfordshire County Music Service for a performance of Mendelssohn’s Octet, one of the most colourful and enduringly beloved of all chamber works.
Everyone is welcome!
At 6pm, prior to the main evening concert, five pianists from the University of Oxford will further explore the theme of colour through a vibrant selection of solo piano works from Debussy to Sakamoto. Tickets for the pre concert can be booked HERE
