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King Lear Brochure EN
King Lear Brochure EN
King Lear Brochure EN
23 January Tandem scène nationale Arras Indeed, this concert version of the play’s score is
TANA QUARTET piece for the first time in 1606. The Gunpowder
,
KING LEAR
Plot had happened only months before in
,
November and the theatres were closed until the
of his String Quartet No . 9, based on his country apart . The idea that part of the
earlier score for the Broadway production population would try to take down the
.
of King Lear This new work will be premiered government — it was shocking.”
at Bozar in Brussels , followed by
performances in France , Belgium , England , For the original Broadway production Glass spent ,
,
.
weeks observing the actors in rehearsal
and the US The program places the drama
absorbing the play during the day and composing
and thunder of King Lear alongside the Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation (2015) 15 min. in the evenings . In this concert version , the stark
— ’ ’
. 9, "King Lear"
richness of Schubert Glass s favorite dramatic landscape unfolds through Glass s
Philip Glass String Quartet No
composer — and the freshness of young
(2021) 30 min. characteristic repetitive structures , oscillating
Pulitzer -
Prize winning composer Caroline harmonies and gently swaying rhythms ,
. Franz Schubert String Quartet No . 14 in
D minor D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"
punctuated by icy textures heralding the
Shaw