Soldier’s Tale: A Blend of Music, Dance, and Theater
- May 1, 2011 | 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
The Johnstone Fund for New Music will present a free contemporary classical music concert of The Soldier’s Tale (also known as Histoire du soldat) at The Columbus Foundation’s Davis Hall.
Based on a Russian folk tale, The Soldier’s Story follows a deserting soldier who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for a book that predicts the future. The virtuosic score that Igor Stravinsky composed for The Soldier’s Tale in 1918 was intended to be performed with live music, dance, and theater, and has been re-conceptualized many times. This performance, set to Stravinsky’s score, was coordinated by nonprofit recital series Sunday at Central and features Columbus Symphony musicians in collaboration with The Ohio State University Department of Dance. The ensemble features David Niwa, violin; Gary Wasserman, bass; Robert Jones, clarinet; Betsy Sturdevant, bassoon; Tom Battenberg, cornet; Rich Howenstein,
trombone; Bill Lutz, percussion; and conductor Olev Viro. The text, which was transcribed by Sebastian Knowles, will be narrated by Knowles and Robert Downey. Erik Abbot-Main choreographed the event, which includes dancers Brian Devine, Eric Falck, Adam Houston, Alexandra Runyon, and Rashana Smith.
Free parking is available in the building’s parking lot.
These performances are made possible by major funding from the Johnstone Fund for New
Music with additional support from the Columbus Foundation, Sunday at Central, and The
Ohio State University. More information about New Music can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_music and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music.
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