JAN 28-29, 2005

SHAKESPEARE: IF MUSIC BE...

An evening of music and dance inspired by Shakespeare. Music by Korngold, Strauss, Cage and Prokofiev. Choreography by Peggy Baker & James Kudelka, and scenes from the plays that Inspired the music and dance.

LOCATION

Betty Oliphant Theatre

program

Songs from Shakespeare
Erich Korngold
i. Come Away Death from Twelfth Night
ii. Under the Greenwood Tree from As You Like It
iii. Blow Wind Blow from  As You Like It
iv. O Mistress Mine from Twelfth Night
v. Hey Robin from Twelfth Night
vi. Desdemona's Song from Othello
vii. Adieu, Good Man Devil from Twelfth Night
viii. For the Rain, it Raineth Every Day from Twelfth Night

Never Doubt
Ted Dykstra

Four Pieces and Four Scenes from Much Ado About Nothing
Erich Korngold & William Shakespeare
i. Act I, Scene I
ii. The Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
iii. Act IV, Scene I
iv. Dogberry and the Verges March
v. Act V, Scene II
vi. Garden Scene
vii. Act V Scene IV
viii. Masquerade

INTERMISSION

Ophelia's Mad Scene (Act IV, Scene V)
William Shakespeare

Ophelia Lieder, Op. 67
Richard Strauss
i. Wie erkenn ich mein treulieb?
ii. Gutten Morgen, ist Sankt Valentinstag
iii. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre blob

Ophelia (Why the Brook Wept)
John Cage, choreography by Peggy Baker

Romeo & Juliet (Act III, Scene V)
William Shakespeare

March of the Montagues and Capulets
Romeo & Juliet Before Parting
Sergei Prokofiev, choreography by James Kudelka