Our Spectacles
Luz & Leyendas
Luz & Leyendas features the Latin American folk music inspired compositions of Gabriela Lena Frank and Javier Farías, performed by the Spectacle Collective String Quartet and Alturas Duo (charango and guitar), alongside live shadow puppet artistry.
Experience the melding of classical and Andean instruments into a sound world that ventures through South American folklore. The music is brought to life visually through a whimsical interplay of darkness and light, with shadow puppet characters inviting the audience to join them for an adventure through their dream-like landscape.
Sounds of the Andes
Spectacle Collective presents an evening of musical fusion featuring the Alturas Duo and Gonzalo Cortés.
They specialize in seamlessly blending Western classical music with South American folk music, inviting audiences to reimagine familiar classics while also presenting them with a whole new world of sound. The trio will take time to introduce the audience to the variety of Andean and classical instruments that they perform on, as well as share insight from their vast experience of the Andean folkloric oral tradition.
Admission: Free with Suggested Donation of $20
Dmitri in the Dark
ДМИТРИЙ ВО МРАКЕ
Dmitri in the Dark is a unique theatrical experience intertwining a string quartet with contemporary circus arts. First, dedicate your attention to Dmitri Shostakovich's beautiful and scathing String Quartet No. 6, performed in nearly complete darkness. Then listen again as actors, acrobats, and aerialists weave the composition into a story.
“The concept… was ingenious yet simple, the kind of thing that makes you wonder why it has not been done more often. Unique and provocative... an imaginative, multidisciplinary format that illuminated the music.”
- Boston Classical Intelligencer
