"Real and Imagined"

Musiqa and Aurora Picture Show explore the boundary between reality and fantasy in this innovative mixture of music and film.  The program includes Pierre Jalbert’s Visual Abstract, performed live to a film by Jean Detheux, Theo Loevendie’s Six Turkish Folk Poems, plus music by Eve Beglarian, Paul Frehner and Evan Chambers, along with two films curated by Aurora Picture Show--Takashi Ishida's "Film of the Sea" and Diego Maclean's "The Art of Drowning," based on a poem by Billy Collins.  Conducted by Houston Symphony Assistant Conductor Brett Mitchell

Featuring Karol Bennett, soprano; Lisa Burrell, violin; Leone Buyse, flute; James Dunham, viola; Mollie Marcuson, harp; Tali Morgulis, piano; Barrett Sills, cello; Sean Wang, violin; Michael Webster, clarinet; and Blake Wilkins, percussion.