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June 24, 2017

Industry Events > Industry Events

KC Baroque Consortium: Between Silence and Light

7:30 PM
St Pauls Episcopal Church | 11 E 40th Street Kansas City, MO 64111 Map

Dance, visual art, writing, architecture, design…. Art forms do not exist in isolation, but reflect one another and reflect aspects of the world in which they came to light. These art works shed light not only on their era, but also inform our artistic language today. Can music of the Baroque lend context and inspire inquiry into that which connects all the arts, across all eras and that which connects us as participants in the arts, as performer, listener and observer? Our summer series takes its name from this inquiry, Member of our ensemble are joined by guest artists and speakers from a variety of disciplines to explore these connections.

The series takes its name from the book about the great 20th century architect, Louis I. Kahn. Kahn saw architecture as the meeting of the measurable and the unmeasurable. He used the word “Silence” for the unmeasurable, that which is not yet; and the word “Light” for the measurable, for that which is.

The author of this book is John Lobell, an architect who teaches at the Pratt Institute in New York. He will be joining us for the first concert of the series. He describes Kahn’s vision in this way: “Architecture stands between ourselves and the world. If we define ourselves and the world as measurable, our architecture will be measurable and without Spirit, but if we allow ourselves to be open to the meeting of the measurable and the unmeasurable, our architecture can become a celebration of that meeting and the abode of the Spirit.” (Between Silence and Light, Lobell)

Concert 1 - Music & Architecture

John Lobell, architect, joins us on an exploration of the language of architecture and music, in both the Baroque and modern eras. We will follow this inquiry into the language, gesture and elements of the artist's process seeking connections that might reflect and inform our perception and understanding. Baroque masterworks, and rarely heard gems of the period will provide a context of  aural experience paired with the premiere a new work for period instruments by composer Ian Coleman, commissioned specifically for this series.

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