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October 31, 2005
Orpheus and Euridice (2005). Ricky Ian Gordon
In a recent New York magazine, Alicia Zuckerman interviews Ricky Ian Gordon on his new song cycle, Orpheus and Euridice, written for clarinet and soprano. The composer was struggling as his partner died of AIDS and came up with a middle-of-the-night idea:
I see Todd [Palmer] as Orpheus with his clarinet, and Euridice gets a mysterious virus that steals her from him incrementally.
Gordon is currently working on an opera of The Grapes of Wrath.
Village Voice: The production alludes to AIDS, the score is "lovely."
New York Blade: The composer's first line:
“Orpheus played his pipe, music like a cool blue stripe circling the heavens.”
New Jersey Star-Ledger: It didn't work to have the musicians also dance.
Financial Times: "Morose."
Associated Press: Praise for the dancers but choreographer Doug Varone didn't take enough artistic risk.
The Well-Tempered Blog: It's really a ballet.
Originally posted by Robert Gable from aworks :: "new" american classical music, ReBlogged by jeff on Oct 31, 2005 at 01:41 PM
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