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Pre-Performance Lecture: Long Gone Lonesome
Pre-performance lecture with the cast and creative team of Long Gone Lonesome
Recorded 1.19.12
Bass Concert Hall Stage
TRT (24:20)
About the Performance:
Fraser (1927 – 1978) was a fisherman and crofter from the remote island of Burra, Shetland. Obsessed with country and the blues, Thomas mastered the styles of his idols – such as Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and Big Bill Broonzy – and made their songs his own. A shy, retiring man, he avoided public performance. Instead, he gave family and friends tapes he lovingly recorded in his croft. Thomas laughed at the idea that the wider world might appreciate his talent. But thirty years after his untimely death, those precious, fragile tapes have been reissued on several CDs, and his fame has spread to Nashville
and beyond.
Orcadian western swingers, The Lone Star Swing Band, tell this upbeat story through song and words, with novelist, playwright and musician Duncan McLean at the helm.
Post-Performance Talkback: Luna Negra Dance Theater
Q&A session with Luna Negra Dance Theater
Recorded 11.18.11
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (25:37)
About the Performance:
Chicago’s Luna Negra Dance Theater delivers richly textured and highly original contemporary dance in a distinctive style that blends the discipline of ballet with the fiery energy of Latin and Afro-Caribbean forms and rhythms. This innovative company – performing at Texas Performing Arts for the first time – collaborates with visual and media artists, musicians, and composers, to consistently push the creative limits of their performances.
Pre-Performance Lecture: Interpreti Veneziani
Pre-performance lecture by Luisa Nardini, Assistant Professor of Music, Butler School of Music.
Recorded 11.3.11
Bass Concert Hall Lobby
TRT (49:03)
About the Performance:
Experience the romantic charm of Venice with this internationally renowned chamber music ensemble. Based in Italy’s most passionate city, the nine-member ensemble is hailed for its exquisite musicianship and vast repertoire of classical works. They frequently perform at the historic San Vidal Church, where Antonio Vivaldi regularly played. Recognized for playing original instruments of the Baroque period, Interpreti Veneziani breathes new life into this timeless music.
Post-Performance Talkback: The Miles Davis Experience
Q&A session with the The Miles Davis Experience
Recorded 11.2.11
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (23:09)
About the Performance:
Immerse yourself in everything Miles! This new multi-media musical production recaptures the historical and cultural context of this critical period of American sound through the lens of jazz music and its most iconic innovator.
The tribute features the celebrated trumpet player and winner of the 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Ambrose Akinmusire, with his Quintet. The band stays true to the sound and feel of the original recordings, drawing from the most noted and accessible Miles tracks from 1949 and continuing through his Blue Note years, culminating in his masterpiece and commercial breakout, Kind of Blue.
Spoken-word drives the narrative in the style of the period, drawing from the noted poets of the era and the writers who influenced Miles. Images from performances and recording sessions will be projected as backdrops along with candid photos of Miles.
Community Conversation: The Infernal Comedy
Recorded 10.25.11
McCullough Theatre
TRT (01:05:03)
A community conversation with the creative team of The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer.
Featuring John Malkovich
Martin Haselböck, music director & music concept
Adrian Kelly, conductor
About the Performance:
Texas Performing Arts presents Hollywood legend John Malkovich starring in the state premiere of a stirring play based on the real-life story of celebrated Austrian author and notorious serial killer Jack Unterweger. Written and directed by Michael Sturminger, this cutting-edge presentation is propelled by a series of monologues paired with arias by Gluck, Boccherini, and Mozart accompanied by an on-stage Baroque orchestra. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to see Malkovich perform on the Bass Concert Hall stage.
Pre-Performance Lecture: AnDa Union
Pre-performance lecture by Professor DaXun Zhang, Assistant Professor of Double Bass, Butler School of Music.
Recorded 10.13.11
Bass Concert Hall Lobby
TRT (48:28)
About the Performance:
Hailing from the Xilingol Grassland area of Inner Mongolia, AnDa Union makes their Texas debut at Texas Performing Arts. Part of a musical movement that is finding inspiration in old and forgotten songs, this vibrant young group of musicians and singers draw from a repertoire of enchanting music that had all but disappeared during China’s tumultuous recent past. Holding on to the essence of Mongolian music while creating a form of new music, they perform with indigenous instruments – the morin huur (horse head fiddle), the maodun chaoer (a three-holed flute), Mongolian versions of the lute, and the mouth harp – combining different traditions and styles of music from all over Inner and Outer Mongolia.
Post-Performance Talkback: Turtle Island Quartet with Mike Marshall
Q&A session with the Turtle Island Quartet
Recorded 9.30.11
McCullough Theatre
TRT (23:15)
About the Performance:
Sit back and take a musical journey through the American landscape with two-time Grammy Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet and special guest Mike Marshall, acoustic musician extraordinaire. Stops along the way include American fiddle and folk music, modern and vintage jazz, Latin American and South Indian music, the myriad folk and classical traditions of Europe, and more.
Since its inception in 1985, the Turtle Island Quartet has been a singular force in the creation of bold, new trends in chamber music for strings. The group has virtually redefined the state of the art by fusing the classical quartet esthetic with contemporary American musical styles.
Marshall is one of the most accomplished and versatile acoustic musicians performing today. Master of the mandolin and guitar, he is well known for his collaborations with artists such as Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, and Chris Thile.
Post-Performance Talkback: Rappahannock County
Panelists include: Ricky Ian Gordon, composer, Mark Campbell, lyricist, and Dr. Jacqueline Jones, Department of History.
Recorded 9.22.11
McCullough Theatre
TRT (32:30)
About the Performance:
This moving new music theater work was co-commissioned by Texas Performing Arts to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Renowned composer Ricky Ian Gordon (creator of the Obie Award-winning Orpheus and Euridice and the acclaimed opera Grapes of Wrath) has composed music for 20 songs with stories and words created by celebrated librettist/lyricist Mark Stephen Campbell ( Volpone, Later Same Evening, and Songs from an Unmade Bed). Drawn from diaries, letters, and personal accounts, this fictional song cycle explores war’s impact, from secession to defeat, on a community of Virginians—black and white, rich and poor, soldiers, nurses, widows, and survivors.
This exclusive multi-media event is enhanced by projections of Mathew Brady’s renowned Civil War photography, illustrations, documents, and other moving visuals. It features five principal singers performing more than 30 roles, backed by an orchestra of 17 musicians.
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