Theater
London Sinfonietta Presents 'Spectrum of Sound,' World Premiere of Mica Levi's 'Greezy,' Works by Iannis Xenakis, Claude Vivier and Georg Friedrich Haas
REVIEW: Wordless Music Orchestra, Lost Bayou Ramblers Make Magic with 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Score at Symphony Space
The connection between music and the movies has been, for as long as film has been around, synchronous. Miraculous heights in filmmaking have been reached by scores that transcend the viewing experience. Not just watching, but being sucked into the story--the sounds of strings and banjos swirling in an effervescent cloud that floats through us. Beasts of the Southern Wild is that kind of film. Whether it is vivacious cajun music or a melancholic string melody, the score takes you on a journey through an unbelievable world, just out of reach from your own imagination Harlem Stage Commissioned Work 'Stranger on Earth' by Carl Hancock Rux Celebrates James Baldwin and Dinah Washington With Vocals by Marcelle Davies Lashley, Video by Onome Ekeh
Harlem Stage will present a new commissioned work by Carl Hancock Rux titled "Stranger on Earth." The production was made for the institution's "The Year of James Baldwin Centenary" celebration and will imagine a chance meeting between Baldwin and Dinah Washington in 1963, two of the era’s most iconic African Americans. The production will feature vocalist Marcelle Davies Lashley, who will interpret Washington's songs against a video montage by Onome Ekeh.
