“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.