Name: Celebrity Series | Castalian String Quartet
Start: 2024-11-14T19:30:00
Location: Longy School of Music of Bard College

Sini Simonen

Daniel Roberts

Steffan Morris

Natalie Loughran

Longy School of Music of Bard College

When duty clashes with the heart, what do we choose? Mozart’s Idomeneo is a gripping tale of leadership, sacrifice, and staying true to one’s values in the face of impossible choices. Performed with Longy’s signature vitality, this opera holds a mirror to our own struggles and triumphs in navigating power and compassion.

W.A. Mozart’s Idomeneo | Vocal Studies Department

Tracing journeys from swamps and maroon societies to northern and midwestern cities like Detroit, this program explores the Great Migration and the enduring resilience of Black communities seeking freedom, life, and humanity. Works include Undine Smith Moore’s Before I’d Be a Slave, Carlos Simon’s Warmth of Other Suns, and Shawn Okpebholo’s Great Day.

And, Perhaps, To Bloom | Castle of our Skins | Artistic Partner

The Castalian Quartet, currently a quartet-in-residence at the University of Oxford, is gaining renown for interpretations “full of poetry, joy and sorrow, realized to such perfection” (The Observer).