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Pre-Performance Lecture: Festival of Children's Voices
“Mozart: Myths, Facts, and the ‘Coronation Mass‘” a pre-performance lecture by Dr. Charles A. Roeckle, Deputy to the President at The University of Texas at Austin.
Recorded 4.10.11
Bates Recital Studio
TRT (34:00)
About the Performance:
Texas Performing Arts presents the The Choir of St John’s, Cambridge, in concert with the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra (UTSO) and the University of Texas Festival Youth Chorus. The 250-voice Festival Youth Chorus consists of young choristers from Austin area schools, churches, and area choirs.
The program includes acappella performances and a presentation of Mozart’s brilliant Coronation Mass performed by the St John’s College Choir and the UTSO. The program by the all-male choir, all choral scholars at St John’s College, will include well-known American standards and a joint performance by The Festival Youth Chorus and orchestra.
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, is one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world – known and loved by millions for its recordings, broadcasts and concert tours. Under the direction of Andrew Nethsingha, the choir performs a broad spectrum of choral music that spans some 500 years. The choir has a distinguished tradition of religious music and, since the 1670s, has maintained a College Choir whose main duty is singing the daily services in the College Chapel.
H-E-B Talkback Wednesday: West Side Story
Q&A session with the cast and crew of West Side Story
Recorded 3.30.11
McCullough Theatre
TRT (26:59)
About the Performance:
More than fifty years ago one musical changed theater forever. Now it’s back, and mesmerizing audiences once again. From the first note to the final breath, West Side Story soars as the greatest love story of all time. Directed by David Saint, using Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction, West Side Story remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever. The new Broadway cast album of West Side Story recently won the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as “Something’s Coming,” “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Somewhere.”
Post-Performance Talkback: eighth blackbird
Q&A session with eighth blackbird
Recorded 3.23.11
McCullough Theatre
TRT (30:43)
About the Performance:
An evening of unconventional musical theatre. Slide is a concert-length music/theater work featuring new-music ensemble eighth blackbird, librettist/actor/singer Rinde Eckert, and composer/performer Steve Mackey.
Eckert plays Renard, an enigmatic psychologist who struggles to describe an experiment examining reactions to in- and out-of-focus slides. The results reveal that our decisions are based on habits or conventions that make it difficult for us to see clearly. Mackey and eighth blackbird also take onstage roles, resulting in an unmediated exploration and expression of sound, text, movement, and image.
Slide is directed by Mark DeChiazza, who conceived and directed eighth blackbird’s centennial production of Pierrot Lunaire and previously worked with the ensemble and choreographer Susan Marshall on singing in the dead of night.
Grammy winning eighth blackbird is hailed for delivering provocative and engaging performances. Combining bracing virtuosity with an alluring sense of irreverence, the sextet debunks the myth that new music is only for a cerebral few. 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. The group has commissioned groundbreaking works from younger composers such as Jennifer Higdon and Stephen Hartke. Profiled in The New York Times and NPR’s All Things Considered, eighth blackbird has also been featured on CBS’ Sunday Morning. The group is in residence at the University of Richmond in Virginia and the University of Chicago.
Rinde Eckert, the 2009 recipient of The Alpert Award in the Arts for Theatre and finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, is a writer, composer, performer, and director. Celebrated for his remarkably flexible and inventive singing voice and electric physical presence, his opera/new-music theatre productions tour throughout America and appear at major festivals in Europe and Asia.
Steve Mackey composes for orchestras, chamber ensembles, dance performances, and opera companies. Carnegie Hall presented a portrait concert of his work on its Making Music series in 2006. In June 2008 the BBC Philharmonic presented a 3-day festival of Mackey’s work.
Pre-Performance Lecture: Black Watch
“Readings From U.S. Military in Combat,” a pre-performance lecture by Dr. Christine Leche.
Dr. Leche of Austin Community College teaches Creative Writing and English courses to veterans and their families. At the University of Maryland-Europe, she taught military members in such locations as Germany, Italy, Bosnia, Kosovo, Honduras, and most recently, Afghanistan. She also served as Academic Director in English, Communications, and Foreign Languages.
Recorded 2.18.11
Bates Recital Studio
TRT (41:16)
About the Performance:
This rare tour of Black Watch by the National Theatre of Scotland stops in Austin following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performances around the globe, and unanimous critical and popular acclaim. For this groundbreaking presentation, Texas Performing Arts is putting the audience on the Bass Concert Hall stage in a rare and intimate seating configuration.
Black Watch is a stirring play based on interviews conducted by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke with veteran soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror — and what it means to make the journey home again.
Hailed as a cultural landmark of the 21st century, John Tiffany’s production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music, and song, all to create a visceral, complex, and urgent piece of theatre — compounded by your seat on stage, next to the action.
Post-Performance Talkback: Black Watch (Sat.)
Q&A session with the cast of Black Watch
Recorded 2.19.11
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (35:20)
About the Performance:
This rare tour of Black Watch by the National Theatre of Scotland stops in Austin following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performances around the globe, and unanimous critical and popular acclaim. For this groundbreaking presentation, Texas Performing Arts is putting the audience on the Bass Concert Hall stage in a rare and intimate seating configuration.
Black Watch is a stirring play based on interviews conducted by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke with veteran soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror — and what it means to make the journey home again.
Hailed as a cultural landmark of the 21st century, John Tiffany’s production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music, and song, all to create a visceral, complex, and urgent piece of theatre — compounded by your seat on stage, next to the action.
Post-Performance Talkback: Black Watch
Q&A session with the National Theatre of Scotland
Recorded 2.16.11
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (31:10)
About the Performance:
This rare tour of Black Watch by the National Theatre of Scotland stops in Austin following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performances around the globe, and unanimous critical and popular acclaim. For this groundbreaking presentation, Texas Performing Arts is putting the audience on the Bass Concert Hall stage in a rare and intimate seating configuration.
Black Watch is a stirring play based on interviews conducted by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke with veteran soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror — and what it means to make the journey home again.
Hailed as a cultural landmark of the 21st century, John Tiffany’s production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music, and song, all to create a visceral, complex, and urgent piece of theatre — compounded by your seat on stage, next to the action.
Pre-Performance Lecture: Emanuel Ax
Pre-performance lecture by Dr. Michael Tusa.
Dr. Tusa, Professor of Musicology, has been a member of the Musicology faculty since 1981. His interests include nineteenth-century opera, the study of the compositional process, and the history of piano music. His research has focused primarily on Carl Maria von Weber and Ludwig van Beethoven and has published articles on Weber, Wagner, and Schubert.
Recorded 2.10.11
Bates Recital Studio
TRT (49:13)
About the Performance:
Texas Performing Arts welcomes back one of today’s pre-eminent classical pianists performing an all-Schubert program in the rich acoustics of the intimate Bates Recital Hall. Emanuel Ax’s repertoire ranges from Bach to the 20th Century, and his warmth and intelligence make him one of the most endearing and approachable musicians around. Described as a rare and marvelous artist and winner of numerous major awards, Ax receives raves for his poetic temperament and unsurpassed virtuosity.
Post-Performance Talkback: The Reduced Shakespeare Company
Q&A session with The Reduced Shakespeare Company
Recorded 1.29.11
B. Iden Payne Theatre
TRT (19:47)
About the Performance:
The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) is renowned for taking long, serious subjects and reducing them to short, sharp comedies.
Since its 1981 origins as a pass-the-hat act in California, RSC has created six stage shows, several TV programs, and numerous radio pieces—all of which have been performed, seen, and heard the world over.
RSC brings a brand-new championship comedy, The Complete World of Sports (abridged) to the B. Iden Payne Theatre stage. This hysterical evening sprints through the world of sports at record-breaking speed. From the earliest cavemen playing “Neanderthal in the Middle” to your own kid’s soccer practice, the history of athletic competition is regurgitated in a Tour de France of physical theater, at a level of sophistication and pathos that only the RSC can muster. It’s a marathon of madness and mayhem as the world’s great sporting events are shrunk to theatrical size.
Post-Performance Talkback: The Parker Quartet
Q&A session with The Parker Quartet
Recorded 1.20.11
McCulluogh Theatre
TRT (15:17)
About the Performance:
The 2009 winner of the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award (for which Texas Performing Arts is an originating partner), the Parker String Quartet has held residencies at both the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Barbès Bar in Brooklyn. A contemporary approach to classical music has earned the quartet praise from fans of both traditional and non-traditional classical music.
Post-Performance Talkback: Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Q&A session with the cast and crew of Broadway’s Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Recorded 12.22.10
Bass Concert Hall
TRT (23:55)
About the Performance:
Parents enjoy the flawless precision of the Rockettes in numbers such as the legendary Parade of the Wooden Soldiers. Children thrill as Santa takes them on a magical ride to his workshop at the North Pole, where playful rag dolls come to life! And everyone marvels at the stunning reenactment of the very first Christmas in the “Living Nativity.” Both brilliantly grand and genuinely moving, the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR creates family memories that last a lifetime!
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