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...three years between the Bad Seeds’ binary goliath—2003’s “Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus??—and their latest installment—“Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”—have been a period of transition for Aussie frontman Nick Cave. In the interim, Cave composed two soundtracks alongside perpetual collaborator and Bad Seed Warren Ellis, and his side project, Grinderman, recorded their eponymous debut in 2007. An album of visceral, uncouth guitar-thunder, “Grinderman” eschewed the theatrical...
...they would be to a baroque artist. While this was a bit of a stretch for the first two cantatas, the parallel between myth and modern life was seamless by the end. The first cantata, “Orphée,” told the story of Orpheus??s journey to the underworld to rescue his wife, Eurydice. Kathy D. Gerlach ’07, who sang the part of several characters including Eurydice and Pluto, captured the tragic nature of the story. By definition, cantatas feature only one or two performers who are accompanied...
...once, when the taxi he was riding ran her over. She dies in his arms and becomes his obsession: Orpheus becomes haunted, refusing to play and brooding over a small shrine of Eurydice’s possessions. Unlike the myth, the play refuses to let Eurydice be defined by Orpheus?? dreams and imaginings: it portrays not only Orpheus in his grief, but also Eurydice in Hades. She has also been given the traditionally Orphic characteristic of compulsive creativity and is now a poet. The changes to Eurydice are the strongest aspect of the updated story. In addition...
...harp, percussion, piano and strings and the young award-winning stars of the future on Harvard’s campus. Concerto Competition Winners for both flute and strings will perform St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29. The world Premiere of “The Creation according to Orpheus?? (2002) will be performed as well as Dvorak’s Waltz Op. 54, Piazzolla’s Four for Tango, and Skalkottas’ Five Greek Dances. A behind the scenes talk will begin at 2 p.m. Show starts at 3 p.m. $30 regular, $22 students...
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