Humana Festival – The Cherry Sisters Revisted
One notorious act from vaudeville’s heyday was the Cherry Sisters of Marion, Iowa. And their claim to fame? They were horrible — so much so to be downright hysterical. As legend has it, their singing, dancing and comedy skits provoked audiences to heckle and even throw vegetables on stage. Now, their story is part of Actors Theatre of Louisville’s 34th Humana Festival of New American Plays. It’s told in a musical called “The Cherry Sisters Revisited.” Elizabeth Kramer spoke with playwright Dan O’Brien, who wrote the script. In the photo – Kate Anya Gersten, Renata Friedman, Katie Kreisler and Donna Lynne Champlin.
[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/Podcasts/20100322CherrySistersRevisited.mp3[/podcast]
Jack Griffin, flying violist
Jack Griffin is the principal violist for the Louisville Orchestra, and has been since graduating from the University of Louisville. In fact, Jack is a life-long Louisvillian with a passion for music education and other non-musical adventures. You may have seen (or heard!) Jack flying around Louisville…in one instance with viola in hand. He is playing Berlioz’s Harold in Italy with the LO, and stopped by Classical 90.5 to talk with Daniel Gilliam about his upcoming concert.
Profiles is a regular series of web features that profile Louisville musicians, and what they do on and off stage.
[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/Podcasts/20100322JackGriffin.mp3[/podcast]
Macauley Winners
Divertimento No. 3, K 138 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Allegro (1756-1791)
String Pinks
Middle School Second Prize
Bailee Correro, violin Maggie Finn, viola
Hayley Shrewsbury, violin Sally Ann Finn, cello
Coach: Paola Manrique-Land
Quintet in C Luigi Boccherini
III. Minuet (1743-1805)
Concerto Gross, Op. 6, #2 Arcangelo Corelli
I. Vivace, Allegro, Adagio (1653-1713)
Highland Hills Quintet
Middle School First Prize
Jacob Marguet, violin Caitlin Ladd, viola
Patrick Lonnemann, violin Megan Taylor, cello
Sydney Harper, cello
Coach: Doug Elmore
Suite No. 6 in D Major Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande (1685-1750)
arr. Colin Hampton
Fier Quartet
High School Honorable Mention
Noah Daly, cello Erica Stoddard, cello
John Yang, cello Casey Faley, cello
Coach: Susannah Onwood and Bonnie Avery
From Across the Sea Thoma Simaku (b. 1958)
Reiney Drops
High School Honorable Mention
Ashley Jackson, flute Rochelle Hansen, flute
Tristen Snow, flute
Coach: Brad Rogers
Quartet No. 3 in G Major George Frideric Handel
Grave and Fugue (1685-1759)
arr. Ronlhini
Requiem David Popper (1843-1913)
The Hasegawa Trio
High School Second Prize
Jack Peterson, cello Katherine Garrett, cello
Anna Patterson, cello
Coach: Paul York
Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon Walter Piston
I. Allegro Scherzando (1894-1976)
II. Lento
III. Allegro
The Heckel Yeah Project
College Third Prize
Kaila Washington, flute Dylan Lloyd, clarinet
Jackie Royce, bassoon
Coach: Dallas Tidwell
Jour d’été á la montagne Eugene Bozza
1. Pastorale (1905-1991)
2. Aux Bords du Torrent
3. Le Chant des Forêt
4. Ronde
Firestorm Adrian Sanborn
Quarteto Gracioso
College First Prize
Nell Chaudoin, flute Seromi Kim, flute
Sunghye Kim, flute Denis Santos, flute
Coach: Lisa McArthur
New Millenium Duo
Fantasi über ein Lied von Franz Abt
Ludvig Hegner(1851-1923)
Introduzione e Gavotta
Variationen über “Nel cor più non mi sento”
Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889)
4me Morceau de Concert
Nicolas Charles Labro (1810-1882)
Fantasia e Polacca, Op. 44
Giuseppe Maria Marangoni (1866-1947)
Tarantella, Op. 45
Ora di Vespro a Napoli
Canto di Pulcinella
Tarantella
Elegie
Giovanni Bottesini
Grawemeyer Players
Brett Dean (2009 winner) – Three Caprichos after Goya (2003-04)
I. Que sacrificio! (What a sacrifice)
II. Dios la perdone: Y era su madre (For heaven’s sake; and it was her
mother)
III. No te escaparás. (You will not escape)
Stephen Mattingly, guitar
Witold Lutoslawski (1985 winner) – Grave (“Metamorphoses,” 1981) cello and piano
Paul York, cello, Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano
Peter Lieberson (2008 winner) - 3 Songs from
“Rilke Songs” (1997-2001) for voice and piano
O ihr Zärtlichen
Blumenmuskel, der der Anemone
Stiller Freund
Edith Tidwell, soprano, Naomi Oliphant, piano
Sebastian Currier (2007 winner) – Verge (1997) violin, clarinet, and piano (Wallace-Boaz, piano)
I. Almost Too Fast
II. Almost Too Slow
III. Almost Too Mechanical
IV. Almost Too Dark
V. Almost Too Light
VI. Almost Too Fractured
VII. Almost Too Much
VIII. Almost Too Little
IX. Almost Too Calm
Patrick Rafferty, violin, Dallas Tidwell, clarinet, Krista Wallace-Boaz, piano
[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/LunchClass/20100303LunchClass.mp3[/podcast]
Louisville Orchestra Pre-Concert Conversation 03/05/10
The Louisville Orchestra took to the stage of Whitney Hall on March 5 with a program featuring Mozart’s Symphony
No. 32, Shostakovich’s Concerto for Violoncello No. 1, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2.
As usual, Classical 90.5’s Scott Dowd hosted the pre-concert conversation, which also included guest conductor Scott Yoo and featured cellist Bion Tsang.
Listen in here.
Humana Festival – The Method Gun
Being a thespian isn’t easy for the actors who studied under Stella Burden, who trained them but then left the country suddenly for South America, never to be seen again. And in The Method Gun audiences watch how they struggle to understand and use her acting technique known as “The Approach.” This story in this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays is written, produced and performed by an Austin-based ensemble company called The Rude Mechanicals, known as the moniker Rude Mechs. And as Louisville Public Media’s Elizabeth Kramer finds out in this interview, birthing this work was a laborious process that has taken nearly three years and integrated feedback from company members (that’s six artistic directors and 23 company members) and audiences who had the chance to see the play in development. “The Method Gun” runs through March 28 in the Victor Jory Theatre at Actors Theatre of Louisville. In the photo above -Lana Lesley, Jason Liebrecht and Thomas Graves.[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/Podcasts/20100317MethodGun.mp3[/podcast]
Humana Festival – Fissures (lost and found)
One offering in this year’s Humana Festival of New American Plays has had an unusual creation process. Six playwrights wrote the play Fissures (lost and found) as they ruminated over ideas of memory and the fragility of remembering with a group of actors who improvised their ideas and scenes during rehearsals. The playwrights included members of the Workhaus Collective and two former leaders of the Tony-award winning ensemble company Theater de la Jeune Lune, which closed in 2008. The result is a play that suggests a storyline, but makes its mark most strongly through some of its poetic language and perceptive points about how memory works — or doesn’t — in our own lives. Louisville Public Media’s Elizabeth Kramer spoke with three of the playwrights —Dominic Orlando, Dominique Serrand and Deborah Stein— about their experience writing this play. In the photo above – Casey Grieg. In the photo to the right - Emily Gunyou Hulaas, Dominique Serrand, Megan Hill, Nathan Keepers
“Fissures (lost and found)” runs through March 28 in the Bingham Theatre at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/Podcasts/20100317Fissures.mp3[/podcast]
Actors Theatre of Louisville
Matt Callahan, resident sound designer at Actors Theatre of Louisville, recently took on the additional task of songwriter. In his conversation with Classical 90.5′s Scott Dowd, he talks about what it was like to write an original song for the play Sirens which is part of the 34th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays. ”Sirens” runs through March 28 in the Bingham Theatre at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
[podcast]http://archive.wuol.org/Podcasts/20100317MattCallahan.mp3[/podcast]
Operatic Winners and Losers
The 2010 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions winners were announced. The youngest winner is 22 years old. Meanwhile, the Met’s production of Shostakovich’s “The Nose” is getting great reviews.
The only loser I can find really isn’t one. While critics deride Ambrois Thomas’s “Hamlet”, it still gets productions, including this weekend at the Met.
Photo: The Metropolitan Opera’s production of Hamlet.
