Expressionism: Emotions Unchained

University of Plymouth presents four extraordinary evenings of pivotal music, visual art, and film with world-leading artists, created and directed by Dr Robert Taub. Further info and tickets at plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on; all events FREE for students.

Concert: Scriabin and Schönberg | 12 March

Robert Taub performs Alexander Scriabin’s final mystical piano sonata in an unusual pairing with Arnold Schönberg’s haunting melodrama Pierrot Lunaire, beautifully sung by Alison Wells, with the BSO Ensemble Kokoro and Mark Forkgen, conductor. Pre-concert talk: 7:00pm; performance 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre.

Film: Metropolis | 14 March

Fritz Lang’s extraordinarily gripping and prescient film, introduced by Anna Navas and Dr Robert Taub. 7:00pm at Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building.

Talk: Visual Art and Music | 16 March

Art historian Deborah Lewer and pianist Robert Taub will discuss and illuminate the fertile – and often febrile – intersection of music and visual art that motivates Expressionism. 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre.

Closing Concert: Schönberg, Berg, Webern | 19 March

Erika Baikoff, acclaimed soprano, joins the Marmen Quartet in a rare performance of the highly imaginative, powerful, and stirring Schönberg String Quartet no.2. Exciting and deeply expressive string quartets of Berg and Webern complete the programme. Pre-concert talk: 7:00pm; performance 7:30pm at the Sherwell Centre.