Music
‘Strong Woman’ – A Rare Musical Drama on the Martyrdom of a Japanese Noblewoman
Bristol Music Club 76 St Paul's Road, Bristol, United KingdomThis year, for its Donors Celebration, the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition has teamed up with the University of Bristol’s Madrigal and Baroque Ensembles to present a rare concert performance of Mulier Fortis, or ‘Strong Woman’. This musical drama, first produced in 1698 by Viennese Jesuit Johann Baptist Adolph and composer Johann […]
OVID METAMORPHOSES 10: Public Reading with Kithara Accompaniment
Magdalen College Chapel OxfordOn Friday 23rd March, in Magdalen College Chapel, students and faculty will read their translations of the Metamorphoses. In doing so they will join their voices to hundreds more across the world, participants in a worldwide celebration of Ovid’s poetry. They will be accompanied by Michael Levy on a kithara - an ancient lyre traditionally used for performances […]
Performing Pindar
Corpus Christi College Merton Street, Oxford, United KingdomA performance directed by Helen Eastman with music by Alex Silverman, and public lecture by Nancy Felson (University of Georgia): What would Cyrene say? Strategies of Silencing and Elision in Pindar Pythian 9. MBI Al Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Oxford