Chamber Project St. Louis Will Host ANTIQUITIES UPDATED at Saint Louis Art Museum
The multimedia concert at Farrell Auditorium features music by Poulenc, Debussy, and Libby Larsen alongside works from VISIONS OF ANTIQUITY
Chamber Project St. Louis will present Antiquities Updated, a multimedia chamber music performance inspired by the Saint Louis Art Museum exhibition, Visions of Antiquity. The concert will take place June 5 at 6:00 PM in Farrell Auditorium at the Saint Louis Art Museum (1 Fine Arts Drive, St. Louis, MO 63110).
Blending live music with projected images of works from the exhibition, Antiquities Updated creates a dynamic dialogue between visual art and sound. Throughout the performance, Clare Kobasa, Associate Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at SLAM and curator of Visions of Antiquity, joins Dana Hotle, Executive Director of Chamber Project St. Louis, to guide audiences through connections between the artworks and the music.
These connections unfold across biographical, thematic, and aesthetic dimensions, offering audiences a deeper understanding of how artists across centuries have responded to Greek and Roman antiquity.
The program features music by Francis Poulenc, Claude Debussy, Libby Larsen, Grażyna Bacewicz, Charles Koechlin, and Samy Moussa, each paired with works from the exhibition. Images will be projected throughout the performance, transforming the concert into an immersive, interdisciplinary experience.
Visions of Antiquity explores the enduring influence of classical antiquity in art from 1500 to the present, examining how artists reinterpret myth, history, and classical forms to reflect contemporary concerns.
“Antiquities Updated offers audiences a new way to engage with the museum experience,” says Hotle. “By bringing music into direct conversation with the artwork, we open new paths for understanding both.”
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