KEPT UNDER GLASS: Unheard Women’s Voices

Works of rarely-heard Austrian and German women composers unleashed in a stirring multimedia street concert
On May 5-6, join us at the corner of 14th and R Streets, NW for Kept Under Glass: Unheard Women’s Voices, a multimedia pop-up performance of songs about love and longing for connection by under-recognized Austrian and German women composers.

This program is presented by: Goethe-Institut Washington, Austrian Cultural Forum Washington, IN Series Opera Company, The Corner at Whitman-Walker, and Spooky Action Theater. It was conceived and curated by Gillian Drake, Jared Mezzocci and Gordon Nimmo-Smith, with Timothy Nelson, Music Director, and Shanara Gabrielle, Director. 

Celebrate with us the beauty of songs composed over 8 centuries expressed in styles from medieval chants to classical opera to romantic lieder to early 20th century works. The four performances will take place across two evenings at Whitman-Walker’s new cultural center, The Corner at Whitman-Walker. Three performers, each in their own bay window, will sing to their audience gathered on the sidewalk on the other side of the glass. Music for the program is by Austrian and German women composers: Hildegard von Birgen, Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, Anna Amalia, Marianna Martines, Corona Schröter, Maria Theresia von Paradis, Bettine von Armin, Louise Reichardt, Fanny Mendelssohn, Josephine Lang,  Clara Schumann, Johanna Müller Hermann, Vilma von Webenau. Performances will be 30 minutes long with a live projection show designed for each singer and song.

Concert times are:
May 5 – 8:30pm – 9:00pm
May 5 – 9:30pm – 10:00pm
May 6 – 8:30pm – 9:00pm
May 6 – 9:30pm – 10:00pm

Details here: https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/sta/wsh/ver.cfm?fuseaction=events.detail&event_id=22168471