What happens when a composer goes to an art show and takes home a souvenir not in the form of a photo or postcard ... but as music? Before the days of audio tours and museum gift shops, there was Modest Musorgsky, strolling through a friend's exhibit in St. Petersburg, taking musical snapshots, and immortalizing one art form with another with his Pictures from an Exhibition.
What happens when a composer goes to an art show and takes home a souvenir not in the form of a photo or postcard ... but as music? Before the days of audio tours and museum gift shops, there was Modest Musorgsky, strolling through a friend's exhibit in St. Petersburg, taking musical snapshots, and immortalizing one art form with another with his Pictures from an Exhibition.
Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina will bring her contemporary music to the Drogheda Arts Festival on the evening May 1, 2010 at 5 pm. Her unique music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations and tunings and shows her interest in folk and ritual instruments from Russia, the Caucasus region and Asia.
Russian composer, Sofia Gubaidulina will bring her contemporary music to the Drogheda Arts Festival on the evening May 1, 2010 at 5 pm. Her unique music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations and tunings and shows her interest in folk and ritual instruments from Russia, the Caucasus region and Asia.
The year was 1913 and headlines like the ones above may well have been splashed across Parisian newspapers covering the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's controversial new ballet, The Rite of Spring. The piece-with its dissonant sounds and shocking themes of human sacrifice-stunned audiences, sending them into frenzied riots. Within a decade this groundbreaking work would be heard in America in its U.S. premiere by The Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski.
The year was 1913 and headlines like the ones above may well have been splashed across Parisian newspapers covering the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's controversial new ballet, The Rite of Spring. The piece-with its dissonant sounds and shocking themes of human sacrifice-stunned audiences, sending them into frenzied riots. Within a decade this groundbreaking work would be heard in America in its U.S. premiere by The Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski.
Gerard McBurney will explore Sibelius?s Symphony No. 5 in a multimedia Inside the Music presentation, followed by a New York Philharmonic performance of the complete symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Friday, May 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., on the Avery Fisher Hall stage.
David Zinman will conduct the New York Philharmonic in programs May 13?16, 2009, replacing Esa-Pekka Salonen, who has withdrawn due to back trouble. Mr. Zinman will lead the Rush Hour Concert on Wednesday, May 13, at 6:45 p.m., which will now comprise Mussorgsky?s Night on Bald Mountain and Shostakovich?s Violin Concerto No. 1, with Christian Tetzlaff as soloist. On Thursday, May 14, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, May 16, at 8:00 p.m., he will conduct the Mussorgsky and Shostakovich works, concluding with the previously announced Sibelius Symphony No. 5. On Friday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m., the stories behind the Sibelius symphony will be explored during a multimedia Inside the Music program, narrated by Gerard McBurney, followed by a complete performance of the work conducted by Mr. Zinman.
Gerard McBurney will explore Sibelius?s Symphony No. 5 in a multimedia Inside the Music presentation, followed by a New York Philharmonic performance of the complete symphony, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Friday, May 15, 2009, at 8:00 p.m., on the Avery Fisher Hall stage.
Neil Bartlett's reimagined 'Oliver Twist' abducts Charles Dickens' classic tale, sends it through the meat-grinder, and spits it back onto its feet in a fantastic and grimy work of art.
The Coast of Utopia and Spring Awakening won the top honors at The 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, which were presented on Sunday, May 20 at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center!
Berkeley Repertory Theatre ends its 2006/07 Season with a dark and delightful new adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' staged by one of Britain's most innovative theatre artists, beginning previews in the Roda Theatre on May 11, opens May 16, and closes June 24.
Beth Leavel and James Naughton announced the nominees for the 2007 Drama Desk Awards this morning at The Friar's Club. The awards will take place on Sunday, May 20th at the F. H. LaGuardia Concert Hall.
The most difficult aspect of dramatizing a well-known and well-loved work of literature is finding the correct balance between maintaining the integrity of the original work and adding elements to justify the adaptation. The recent Broadway revival of A Chorus Line was criticized for being a carbon copy of the original production, while the short-lived, musicalized version of The Wedding Singer film was criticized for changing key plot points. How, then, can an adaptation to the stage do justice to the original work as well as bring the material to life in a new and innovative way? Neil Bartlett seems to know the secret. In his adaptation of 'Oliver Twist,' the classic novel by Charles Dickens, Bartlett captures the dark, dank world of the young orphan in a way that Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! fails to do. There are no upbeat songs about 'Oom-Pah-Pah!' or considering yourself part of the family; Bartlett's Oliver Twist is no musical comedy.
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