Interior Journeys

PETERIS VASKS
Castillo Interior for Violin and Cello
ANDRE CAPLET
Conte Fantastique for Piano and String Quartet
BEDRICH SMETANA
String Quartet in E Minor, op. 116

Kenneth Freed, James Garlick, Timothy Lovelace, Joanne Opgenorth, Laura Sewell

For many of us, the pandemic was a journey through uncertainty and pain toward new understanding. Our second concert takes you on three journeys, each finding a unique path through suffering. A journey of faith through seven stages of prayer in Vasks’ Castillo Interior, Meditations on the Writings of Teresa di Avala leads to peace and union with God. By contrast, the journey through seven elaborately decorated rooms of the castle in Caplet’s Conte Fantastique, based on Poe’s The Mask of the Red Death, leads to a terrifying death. Smetana’s autobiographical String Quartet in E Minor leads us through a life well-lived but overshadowed by a curse.

Tickets may be purchased in person at the door, or in advance online.
Lake of the Isles Members, children, & students are admitted free of charge.

We look forward to visiting with you at our post-concert receptions!

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