Of Strings & Silence
Event Date:
Saturday, January 16, 2027
Event Time:
7 PM
Event Website:
Advance Tickets until 5 pm on 1/16: $40; at the door, if available: $45
As an alternative to online ticketing, call the cave at 830.537.4212 during regular business hours to purchase tickets by phone. All tickets are will-call on the night of the concert.
Joseph Kuipers, cello · Andrew Flory, theorbo
The cello and theorbo inhabit a world of extraordinary intimacy. One instrument sustains a singing line; the other answers with the delicate resonance of plucked strings. Between them, sound emerges, fades, and gives way to silence.
Spanning the seventeenth century to the present, this program explores music shaped by the expressive possibilities of the human voice. The laments and dances of Sainte-Colombe, Dowland, Marais, and Forqueray find unexpected companions in the contemplative works of Bach, Satie, Casals, and Arvo Pärt.
Across centuries, these works share a fascination with simplicity, resonance, and the expressive power of a single melodic line. When these two instruments meet, ancient musical traditions become a living conversation.
Selected Repertoire:
Saint Columba the Son — Prelude
John Dowland — Lachrimae Antiquae
Marin Marais — selections from Pièces de viole, including
The Dreamer
Country Fairs
The Joke
The Follies of Spain
Human voices
Grand Ballet
The Whirlpool
Antoine Forqueray —
The Leclair
The Bush
Henry Purcell — Dido's Lament
CF Abel — selected music for viola da gamba
JS Bach — selections from Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Erik Satie — selected works
Pablo Casals — El cant dels ocells
Arvo Pärt — Spiegel im Spiegel
Lennon/McCartney — Blackbird'
