Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Transfigured
Linking in with this year’s Kafka centenary celebrations in Oxford, Kaleidoscope’s richly expressive programme explores themes of metamorphosis and transformation through two of the most thrilling chamber works in the repertoire
Linking in with this year’s Kafka centenary celebrations in Oxford, Kaleidoscope’s richly expressive programme explores themes of metamorphosis and transformation through two of the most thrilling chamber works in the repertoire.
Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht is an impassioned depiction of a couple whose lives are transfigured as they walk through the night, while Richard Strauss’s Metamorphosen (in its string septet version) is a heart-rending reaction against the destruction of European culture and heritage in the Second World War.
Fast-rising star soprano Francesca Chiejina joins for some exquisite music for voice and strings: Zemlinsky conjures shimmering textures in Maiblumen blühten überall, while four of Alma Mahler’s songs are heard here in sumptuous chamber arrangements by Tom Poster.
This is an evening of emotional extremes, of feverish and ecstatic passions; we can’t wait to share the journey with you.
PRE CONCERT TALK:
Join us from 6pm -6.45pm for a FREE pre-concert talk ‘Kafka and Music’ with Carolin Duttlinger. You will be offered the option to add a ticket to your basket when you purchase your ticket for ‘Transfigured’. Tickets for the talk will also be available on the door.
Event Information:
- suitable for all ages (except babies)
- Timings:
- Pre-concert talk: Doors open at 17:45 for an 18:00 event start
(approx. running time 45mins) - Concert: Doors reopen at 19:00 for a 19:30 performance start
(approx. running time 120mins incl. a 20min interval) - Guests will be asked to exit and re-enter in between the talk and concert
- Pre-concert talk: Doors open at 17:45 for an 18:00 event start
- For any event or press queries, please contact culturalprogramme@humanities.ox.ac.uk
Ticket Information:
- Full price: £15 - £30
- Concessions available (Over 60s / under 18s / students)
- Accessible or Wheelchair seating: please call Tickets Oxford on 01865 305 305 or email boxoffice@oxfordplayhouse.com for further assistance
- For ticketing queries, please contact boxoffice@oxfordplayhouse.com / Tel. 01865 305 305
