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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PERFORMANCE
Chopin in Paris: Epigraph for a Condemned Book, Sarah Rothenberg
Saturday October 18
8:00 pm (7:00 pm Pre-concert talk by Richard Howard)
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Image credit: Jennifer Lester
Conceived, directed, and performed by Sarah Rothenberg, pianist and artistic director of Da Camera of Houston, Epigraph for a Condemned Book is a unique tapestry of sight and sound that reveals the daring genius of Chopin’s piano works. In this original performance collage, fragments of Delacroix’s intense paintings, early photography and the provocative writings of Baudelaire interweave with Chopin’s music to magically evoke 19th-century Paris and its romantic spirit. Rothenberg is the Mitchell Center's Fall 2008 artist-in-residence.
Pre-concert talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Howard.
Presented in conjunction with the Blaffer Gallery exhibition "Damaged Romanticism: A Mirror of Modern Emotion," which surveys a strand of contemporary art that puts emotions front and center, built on the knowledge that rebirth grows out of experiences of things gone horribly wrong.
Location: Cullen Theater, Wortham Center downtown (6th Floor)
Tickets and Information: Please contact Da Camera of Houston at 713-524-5050 |
Epigraph is a Da Camera of Houston production, co-commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven; University Musical Society, Ann Arbor; and Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Champaign-Urbana. |
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