Dracula Rising: Ghosts of Hollywood Past
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Music by emigre Hollywood composers of the 40s (and modern homages to them) in a combo concert of classical chamber music and crossover movie works:
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"Deux Pieces" for cello and piano and"Cabaret" for soprano and piano by Oscar nominee Alexandre Tansman (Paris Underground);
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"Homage to Paderewski" and Film Study #1: Charles by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (over 150 films, including And Then There Were None);
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"Profiles" #1 (Op. 68) by Ernest Toch (Ladies in Retirement);
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"Invitation--A Study for Piano" (arr. from the film"Invitation" by Oscar winner Bronislaw Kaper (Mutiny on the Bounty);
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"Tanzlied des Pierrot" from Die Tode Stadt, arr., by Erich Korngold (Sea Hawk);
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Mazurka by Artur Malawski;
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Songs from famous movies by Kaper and Henryk Vars (Flipper);
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arrangements from Polaski's Ninth Gate and Bram Stoker's Dracula by Wojciech Kilar;
Plus, in case you missed E4TT's SRO "Film Noir Project" last spring: "Duo" by Lennie Moore and "Elegy for David Raksin" by E4TT's own David Garner.
Musicians: Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Anne Lerner-Wright, cello, and guest pianist Karen Rosenak.
Organizer Ensemble for These Times
Organizer of Dracula Rising: Ghosts of Hollywood Past
Awarded Second Prize in 2018/9 for The American Prize in Chamber Music Performance, as well as currently Semi-Finalists in the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, Ensemble for These Times (E4TT.org) performs 20th and 21st century music that is relevant, engaging, original and compelling—that resonates today and will speak to tomorrow—and we strongly believe in the power of artistic beauty, intelligence, wit, lyricism, and irony to create a deep understanding of our times and the human condition.
E4TT's second recording The Hungarians: From Rozsa to Justus (Centaur CRC 3660) won a Gold Medal in the 2018 Global Music Awards in three categories, chamber music, ensemble, and album.
E4TT's debut CD Surviving: Women's Words (Centaur Rec. CRC) won a Silver Medal in the 2016 Global Music Awards and was reviewed at Examiner.com as "...four passionate meditations on the Holocaust experience delivered through a unique and highly compelling pair of voices, those of both composer and singer" and at American Record Guide as "fascinating," with music that is "...compelling, varied and harmonically interesting" and "creates a dark, contemplative atmosphere."
