sunday may 5, 7pm

pindrop season 2 finale

the senses of summer

phoenix & mary bichner & margot rood

In a sprawling and season(al) finale, Aeronaut will close the second season of the pindrop sessions with THE SENSES OF SUMMER: a multi-sensory smorgasbord of music, color, and taste, an unprecedented collaborative event, feast for the senses and a perfect welcome to summer! We'll be treated to a first in the United States: a classical work commissioned by a brewery! As if that weren't audacious enough, we've asked our friends and neighbors (and recently announced James Beard Foundation semifinalists!) at Tasting Counter to design a tasting menu inspired by synaesthetic composer Mary Bichner's compositional color palette. Guests who partake may visit Tasting Counter's unique open kitchen space to taste these inspired small plates.

With a gorgeous, evocative text by poet James Agee, composer Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915 is one of the unquestioned masterworks of 20th century vocal composition. Joining us to perform this piece will be soprano Margot Rood, hailed in The New York Times and one of the top classical vocalists in America. Boston-based composer Mary Bichner is a synaesthetic, meaning that when she hears sound she sees color, and vice versa. Ms. Bichner's new work Senses of Summer sets the very same Knoxville text, and is specially commissioned for this evening. Our house band will be the phenomenal Phoenix, AERONAUT's official Orchestra-in-Residence for 2018-2019. Finally, we will pair these culinary and musical delights with a specially-brewed Strawberry Vanilla Milkshake IPA beer inspired by Agee's text... phew!