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2020-09-09 08:44:00
Less is more: Andrew Hamilton's 'Joy'
[…] singing along, sometimes duplicating the violin, sometimes counterpointing it. The work that the piece brought to mind was Gavin Bryars' Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet, where his recording of a homeless man singing is counterpointed with Bryars' own rich invention. Andrew Hamilton was born in Dublin and studied in Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands with Kevin Volans, Anthony Gilbert and Louis Andriessen. He was recently appointed composer in residence with Crash Ensemble and currently teaches at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. I am unclear as to how the tracks were created, whether we are listening to Hamilton singing and playing the violin simultaneously, or whether it was done via multi-tracking. Perhaps it doesn't matter, but such is the sense of intimacy that Hamilton creates that the disc feels as if we are listening to Hamilton playing the violin and singing along to himself at […]
2020-06-03 00:05:00
Chicago Dancers United Announces Dance for Life 2020: United As One Six-Day Event Celebrates Past Performances, Culminates with World Premiere
Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which works to improve the lives of dance professionals through holistic wellness programs and provide financial support to those diagnosed with a critical health need, announces Dance for Life 2020 will shift from a live performance to a digital event due to social distancing guidelines from the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago. The event takes place August 10–15 through CDU’s website, chicagodancersunited.org. PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE. Dance for Life 2020: United as One will feature works archived from Dance for Life performances during the past 29 years, including the annual Partner Dance Companies—Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Joffrey Ballet—as well as Hanna Brictson and Dancers, Chicago Dance Crash, Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Muntu […]
2019-10-23 10:00:00
2019 has been a banner year for composer Donnacha Dennehy. He collaborated with playwright Enda Walsh, Crash Ensemble, and Irish.. The post appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
2018-09-11 13:37:27
Distracting opera for distracted times: The Second Violinist
[…] was projected on to a wide screen at the back of the stage. As was the footage of murmurations of starlings – beautiful in its own right, but incongruous when we were observing the protagonist’s destructive trajectory. Or maybe that is the point. Donnacha Dennehy: The Second Violinist - Aaron Monaghan, Sharon CartyLandmark Productions and Wide Open Opera - (Photo Patrick Redmond) Conducted by Ryan McAdams, the orchestra consisted of fourteen players of the Crash Ensemble, a long-standing Irish new-music ensemble who played what was essentially a film score from a pit sunk inside the stage. There were hints of Gesualdo as well as some powerful effects that communicated the Second Violinist’s state of mind. There was a chorus who sang an excruciatingly stilted party piece (they were an actual opera chorus).It only lasted an hour and fifteen minutes, and it was quite enough for this overly real, overloaded […]
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