Best of Words & Music
May 9-11, 2019
harbourfront centre theatre, Toronto
Celebrating 20 years of words and music. Scenes from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing were presented alongside music by Erich Korngold; Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet was paired with Jake Heggie’s lieder for soprano. Richard Greenblatt and Reza Jacobs performed excerpts from the smash hit 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Margaret Atwood’s series of poems Thriller Suite was set to original music, and Martha Burns, Gregory Hoskins, Rick Roberts gave performances that blurred the lines between poetry, music and theatre.
Repertoire/Credits/Media
A History of Western Music: Chapter 29, August Kleinzhaler
Kristen Thomson reader
🎥 I Thought About You, Johnny Mercer & Jimmy Van Heusen
Gregory Hoskins singer, Joseph Phillips bass, Rob Piltch guitar
🎥 Thriller Suite
Poetry by Margaret Atwood
Original music by Dan Parr
Kristen Thomson reader, Andrew Burashko piano, Yolanda Bruno violin, Mary-Katherine Finch cello, Peter Lutek woodwinds, Joseph Phillips bass, Tony Zorzi guitar
🎥 Scene from Fire, David S. Young & Paul Ledoux
Rick Roberts actor, Mike Ross actor
🎥 Songs and Sonnets to Ophelia , Jake Heggie/Ophelia’s Mad Scene, William Shakespeare
i. Ophelia's Song
ii. Women have loved before
iii. Not in a silver casket
Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5
iv. Spring
Isabel Bayrakdarian soprano, Andrew Burashko piano, Natasha Mumba actor, Ravi Jain director
INTERMISSION
🎥 Sonata Erotica, Erwin Schulhoff
Martha Burns actor
🎥 Excerpt from 2 Pianos 4 Hands, Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt
Richard Greenblatt actor, Reza Jacobs actor
🎥 Much Ado About Nothing, Erich Korngold
Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
i. Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
Act 1, Scene 1
ii. March of the Watch (Dogberry and Verges)
Act 4, Scene 5
iii. Garden Scene
Act 5, Scene 2
iv. Hornpipe
Martha Burns actor, Paul Gross actor, Yolanda Bruno violin, Andrew Burashko piano
Arun Srinivasan, lighting designer
Arwen MacDonell, stage manager
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Related Performances
Words & Music (2008) - Toronto, ON
Shakespeare: If Music Be… (2010) - Toronto, ON
The Poem/The Song (2014) - Toronto, ON
Erwin Schulhoff (2016) - Toronto, ON
That’s Not Funny (2016) - Toronto, ON