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MERYL TANKARD'S THE ORACLE: POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK
Recorded 4.6.13
Bass Concert Hall
(31:33)
Inspired by the sometimes disturbing human forms in Scandinavian artist Odd Nerdrum’s work, The Oracle is set to Stravinsky’s seminal composition for the infamous 1913 ballet The Rite of Spring, which caused riots at its Paris premiere and is celebrating is centennial in 2013.
The intensity of the subject, the power of the complex rhythmic musical score, and the stark and brooding aesthetic, created by visual and set designer Régis Lansac, deliver an atmosphere of coiled-spring emotions and conflict in this haunting and critically acclaimed work.
The Oracle is brought to life by the astonishing talents of Paul White, one of Australia’s most acclaimed dancers.
THE JOFFREY BALLET: PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE
Recorded 3.6.13
Bass Concert Hall
(36:59)
Tina Curran, Assistant Professor, Theatre and Dance, is co-developing the BFA in Dance: Dance Studies Option leading to Texas State dance teacher certification. As an artist, educator and scholar, Curran’s focus is on developing dance literacy and promoting dance legacy.
Michael Tusa, Butler School of Music Professor - Jeremy Denk Pre-Performance Lecture
Recorded 2.27.13
Bass Concert Hall
(49.56)
Pre-Performance Lecture
Michael Tusa, Professor Butler School of Music, focuses his interests on nineteenth-century opera, Beethoven, the compositional process, and piano music
THE KNIGHTS WITH WU MAN - TALKBACK - FEBRUARY 19, 2013
Recorded 2.19.13
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (33:21)
Pre-Performance Talk by Ensemble Members
Eric Jacobsen, Conductor, The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Concertmaster, The Knights
Wu Man, Pipa
Recognized as the world’s premier pipa virtuoso and as a leading ambassador of Chinese music, Wu Man creates and fosters projects that give this ancient instrument a new role in today’s music world, not only introducing the instrument to new audiences, but commissioning and premiering over a hundred new works. A Grammy-nominated artist, she has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma in the recording of Silk Road and worked with renowned musicians including Tan Dun and the Kronos Quartet.
Hailed as “the future of classical music in America” by the Los Angeles Times, The Knights are an ensemble of adventurous musicians from the New York music scene who cultivate collaborative music making and creatively engage audiences in the shared joy of musical performance. Their unique roster includes composers, arrangers, singer-songwriters, and improvisers who bring a range of cultural influences to the group including jazz, klezmer, pop, and indie rock music. The orchestra’s extensive repertoire features traditional and contemporary masterworks of classical, popular, and world music in collaboration with such artists as soprano Dawn Upshaw and violinist Gil Shaham.
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD - TALKBACK - FEBRUARY 4, 2013
Recorded 2.4.13
McCullough Theatre
TRT (27:07)
Talkback after eighth blackbird’s performance of Shifted During Flight
Tim Munro, flutes
Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets
Yvonne Lam, violin & viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Matthew Duvall, percussion
Lisa Kaplan, piano
Made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Executive Vice President and Provost of The University of Texas at Austin; Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and Fusebox Festival
On the heels of their 2012 Grammy Award for the recording of Steve Mackey’s Lonely Motel: Music from Slide, new music ensemble eighth blackbird returns to Texas Performing Arts for ten days of residency activities, bookended by two completely different concert programs. This sextet combines the finesse of a string quartet with the energy of a rock band, delivering provocative and mind-changing performances.
The sextet end their Austin stay with a program that features a staged cabaret-opera version of Schoenberg’s masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire, in which the sad, naïve, clown-like character from Commedia dell’Arte takes a darkly comic journey through a strange world. Directed by Mark DeChiazza, who also directed Slide, the work features soprano Lucy Shelton, dancer Elyssa Dole, and percussionist Matthew Duvall in the title role of Pierrot. “Delivered with dreamy rapture” Chicago Sun-Times, the musicians perform the challenging work entirely from memory, so the players can take important roles in the drama.
Also on the program are pieces that have disparate but interesting links to Schoenberg: cabaret standards by Schoenberg contemporary Kurt Weill and Alban Berg’s lyrical arrangement of the Adagio from his Chamber Concerto, a musical depiction of Schoenberg’s love for his wife.
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD - TALKBACK - January 28, 2013
Recorded 1.28.13
McCullough Theatre
TRT (27:55)
Talkback after eighth blackbird’s performance of Shifted During Flight
Tim Munro, flutes
Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets
Yvonne Lam, violin & viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello
Matthew Duvall, percussion
Lisa Kaplan, piano
Made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the Dean of the College of Fine Arts and the Executive Vice President and Provost of The University of Texas at Austin; Presented in partnership with the Butler School of Music and Fusebox Festival
On the heels of their 2012 Grammy Award for the recording of Steve Mackey’s Lonely Motel: Music from Slide, new music ensemble eighth blackbird returns to Texas Performing Arts for ten days of residency activities, bookended by two completely different concert programs. This sextet combines the finesse of a string quartet with the energy of a rock band, delivering provocative and mind-changing performances.
Since its founding in 1996, eighth blackbird has actively commissioned and recorded new works from such eminent composers as Steve Reich, George Perle, and Frederic Rzewski. Recent commissions include Jennifer Higdon’s On a Wire and Steve Mackey’s Slide. Future collaborators include Amy Beth Kirsten, Brett Dean, Aaron Jay Kernis, John Luther Adams, and Mayke Nas. eighth blackbird has been profiled in The New York Times, NPR’s All Things Considered, and on CBS’ Sunday Morning. The group is in residence at the University of Richmond in Virginia and the University of Chicago.
BROWN BAG LUNCH-BILLY ELLIOT CAST MEMBER-TIM FUNNELL
Recorded 12.13.12
Austin History Center
TRT (55:56)
Tim Funnell, cast member from the touring Billy Elliott show, gave a lunchtime audience interesting insight about the production and his experience with the original production in London.
POST-PERFORMANCE TALKBACK: KOTCHE, GRAY, ADAMS - November 29, 2012
Recorded 11.29.12
McCullough Theatre
TRT (31:21)
About the performance:
With commissioning support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Texas Performing Arts presents the world premiere of Ilimaq, a drum kit opera written by American composer John Luther Adams for percussionist Glenn Kotche, drummer of the alternative rock band Wilco. The concert also features additional works performed by Kotche’s duo On Fillmore, with bassist Darin Gray.
Chicago-based percussionist and composer Glenn Kotche has been called one of the most exciting, creative, and promising composers and performers in modern music, receiving international attention for his “unfailing taste, technique and discipline” (Chicago Tribune). He has been commissioned to write pieces for world-renowned ensembles including Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can All-Stars, Sō Percussion, and The Silk Road Ensemble. He is a regular collaborator with contemporary music sextet eighth blackbird.
Composer John Luther Adams has been called “one of the most original musical thinkers of the new century.” Adams was honored with a 2011 Heinz Award, which recognized his ability to connect people to nature through music. His new piece Ilimaq is an ambitious work for solo percussion, recorded soundscape, and electronic processing.
PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE: SPEAKER DR. GUIDO OLIVIERI - OCTOBER 26, 2012
Recorded 10.26.12
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (45:49)
Speaker:
Dr. Guido Olivieri, Butler School of Music, focuses his interests on the influence of social, cultural, and political contexts on the circulation of music and musicians in eighteenth-century Europe. He has also taught courses on performance practice and on music of the Baroque and Classical eras.
About the performance:
Celebrated flutist Emmanuel Pahud joined Les Violons du Roy for an extraordinary evening of chamber music.
Widely acclaimed for the exceptional energy, brilliance, and vitality of its performances in the world’s major venues, Les Violons du Roy borrows its name from the renowned string orchestra of the court of the French Kings. The group, which has a core membership of fifteen players, was brought together in 1984 by music director Bernard Labadie and specializes in the vast repertoire of music for chamber orchestra, performed in the stylistic manner most appropriate to each era, using copies of period bows.
PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Speaker Dr. Frank Bash - OCTOBER 21, 2012
Recorded 10.21.12
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (40:43)
Speaker:
Dr. Frank Bash, Frank N. Edmonds, Jr. Regents Professor Emeritus in Astronomy, served from 1989-2003 as director of McDonald Observatory, one of the world’s foremost astronomical research institutions and a pioneer in public outreach and informal science education.
About the performance:
A powerful performance of composer Gustav Holst’s The Planets is paired with a high-definition film from NASA’s latest exploration of the solar system. On a giant screen over the stage are the latest stunning images from the Mars Rovers and past probe missions Magellan, Voyager, and Galileo, as the UT Wind Ensemble and Women of the UT Chamber Singers and Concert Chorale perform Holst’s glorious musical score.
Commissioned by the Houston Symphony and created by filmmaker Duncan Copp, in cooperation with NASA and Jet Propulsion Laboratories, The Planets – An HD Odyssey adds a spectacular visual element to Gustav Holst’s cosmic masterpiece, The Planets. Copp is best known as the producer of In the Shadow of the Moon, a 2006 documentary film on the U.S. manned missions to the moon, which was presented by Ron Howard and introduced at the Sundance Film Festival
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