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Enjoy a fascinating and diverse series of events presented by UT faculty and friends leading up to the Toledo Symphony’s concert performance of Stravinksy’s Soldier’s Tale on November 16 & 17.
An arts and humanities festival presented by the Toledo Symphony and the University of Toledo
Toledo Symphony
Events take place at UT’s charming
Libbey Hall, the Museum campus and
the Peristyle—All pre-concert events
are free and open to the public.
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FighTing and embracing evil empireS: Goethe’S eGmoNt ANd FAUStDr. Edmund B. Lingan: Ut department of theatre/Film ______________________________________
Tuesday, Oct. 30th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus
Just in time for Halloween, theatre historian
and critic Dr. Edmund B. Lingan will invoke
demonic realms and legends of a primordial
occult religion in this exploration of two of
Goethe’s plays, Egmont and Faust Part I.
Lingan will show that these plays intuit the
existence of a complex and disturbing realm
of spirits, demons, and deities.
Scoring evil: peNdereckI ANd lyNch’S “INlANd empIre”Dr. Jeanne Kusina: Ut departments of philosophy and WGst ______________________________________
Friday, Nov. 2nd, 7 pm Haigh auditorium, Center for Visual Arts, 620 Grove Place
Director David Lynch granted permission
for this rare screening of Inland Empire.
The story of an actress who increasingly
identifies with her character, this challenging
film is a lurid, surreal journey down the
rabbit hole. Film scholar Jeanne Kusina
will discuss the film’s musical score, which
features work by Krzysztof Penderecki,
whose music is used as a means to evoke
unspeakable horror. Inland Empire provides
a unique passageway into a chilling
consideration of the aesthetics of evil.
The FauSTian bargain and oTher deviliSh dealS Dr. Daniel Compora: Ut department of english ______________________________________
Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus
This lecture will explore different folk
variations of the Faustian bargain; the selling of
one’s soul to the devil. The theme is prevalent
in Western culture, and a number of people in
literature and music have allegedly entered into
such pacts. In particular, the legend of blues
musician Robert Johnson and his deal at the
Crossroads will be examined.
recruiTing The Folk: VerbUNkoS, GypSIeS, ANd temptAtIoN IN StrAVINSky’S SoldIer’S tAleDr. Christopher Williams: Ut department of music ______________________________________
Tuesday, Nov. 13th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus
Although Igor Stravinsky frequently boasted
of the originality of his music, some of the
most radical features of his style remain
rooted in Eastern European and Russian
folk music traditions. This is as true for
his Russian folk tale with music, The
Soldier’s Tale, as it is for the more obviously
revolutionary Rite of Spring. This talk will
place The Soldier’s Tale in a broader context
of Stravinsky’s connections to folk music,
rural recruitment and military culture on
the Russian/Austrian border.
The creaTive proceSS: choreoGrAphyMichael Lang: Artistic director/ Choreographer, toledo Ballet
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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus
Last year, Michael Lang created dances
which brought to life past performers of
The Valentine Theatre as presented in Paul
Geiger’s mural of caricatures. The year
before that, he brought to life a magical
museum inspired by the paintings and
sculptures in the Toledo Museum of Art.
This year, he’s developing a ballet for a
Stravinsky chamber orchestra/theatre
piece. In the first event of our series, Lang
will discuss the process of developing a
dance, including how he uses other art
forms for inspiration.
Jan SvankmaJer’S FauST: A New tAke oN AN old textTammy Kinsey: Ut department of theatre/Film ______________________________________
Friday, Oct. 26th, 7 pm Haigh auditorium, Center for Visual Arts, 620 Grove Place
Czech animator Jan Svankmajer presents
a unique interpretation of the centuries-
old narrative in his award-winning Faust
(1994), a surrealistic synthesis of images and
references to Marlowe, Goethe, and various
traditional folktales. Comprised of live-action,
claymation, puppetry, and stop-motion
animation, the film blends bits of traditional
content with an exciting visual tableau to
create a wildly evocative tale of human desire
and the price of will.
November brings a fascinating program to capture the
imagination. TSO cellists present the Toledo debut
of Penderecki’s restive and haunting Concerto
Grosso, and Cornel Gabara (of Carnegie
collaboration) returns to direct Igor Stravinsky’s
Soldier’s Tale in its full theatrical and balletic
element. Our fiddle-playing soldier makes a deal
with the devil. Can he expect a happy ending?
Stefan Sanderling conductor
Amy Chang Damon Coleman
Martha Reikow celli
Cornel Gabara
director
November 16 & 17, 2012 Peristyle – 8pm
in iTS Full TheaTrical and
balleTic elemenT.
BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont
PENDERECKI Concerto grosso for three celli and orchestra
STRAVINSKY Soldier’s Tale