Eco Ensemble presents Theatrical Music by Harrison Birtwistle and Ivan Fedele

Venue: Hertz Hall
Date: Sat January 26, 2013 8:00pm
City: Berkeley
Email: tickets@calperfs.berkeley.edu
Price Range: $5-10 (no service charge if purchased in person or at door)
Tickets: 510.642.9988

Cal Performances

Harrison Birtwistle, Secret Theatre
Ivan Fedele, La Chute de la Maison Usher
Join Berkeley’s “dream team of local musicians” (N.Y. Times) as they explore musical drama in two rarely-heard masterpieces from the late 20th century.
It is hours after midnight now, a flute signals
Far off; we mount the stage as though at random
Boldly ring down the curtain, then dance out our love. (Secret Theater, Robert Graves)
Birtwistle’s dream-like journey over a landscape of strange fascination is brought to dramatic life by the players of Eco Ensemble. Ivan Fedele’s brilliantly colorful score accompanies a screening of the 1928 Jean Epstein film of Poe’s classic gothic horror tale. David Milnes conducts an all-star cast of Bay Area new music luminaries.