Pianovoice duo to release video filmed in Marin

As we shelter in place and live more of our lives in a virtual space, new artistic paths start to open up. Chordless, a new musical partnership comprising New York soprano Sara LeMesh and San Francisco pianist Allegra Chapman, is seizing the opportunity for exploration.

The duo plans to release its first music video, a short and heartbreakingly beautiful vignette by filmmaker Joseph Dwyer set to a 1979 song by George Crumb. “The Night in Silence Under Many a Star,” to words by Whitman, has a poignant simplicity that the eloquence of the video — filmed in Marin before the pandemic broke — only underscores.

To introduce the work, LeMesh, Chapman, Dwyer and sound engineer Matt Carr will participate in a Zoom Q&A, discussing both the practicalities and aesthetics of doing creative work at a physical distance.

Chordless:

5 p.m. Friday, May 29. Free with registration. bit.ly/ chordlessmusicvideo

Joseph Dwyer