Emerald City Music: An Evening of Music and Film with Canellakis-Brown Duo
April 12 @ 7:30 pm
About the Show
In Brief:
Cellist and Filmmaker Nick Canellakis showcases his collaborative original films in dialogue with music by Rachmaninoff, Korngold, and more!
Program:
My New Cello (2023) – Film by Nick Canellakis
Erich KORNGOLD: Serenade from Der Schneemann (The Snowman) (1910)
Sergei PROKOFIEV: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 119 (1949)
Such Stuff as Dreams (2024) – New film directed by Canellakis with live cello-piano score by
Michael Stephen Brown
Leoš JANÁČEK: Pohádka (1910)
Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Lied (Romance) in F minor (1890)
George GERSHWIN: Three Preludes (1926)
Don ELLIS: Bulgarian Bulge (1971)
The Artists:
Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Nicholas Canellakis, cello and filmmaker
For the Curious Mind:
Returning artists, Nicholas Canellakis and Michael Stephen Brown bring a program with a twist to the ECM stage! Reinventing the cello/piano genre into a concert experience unlike any other, Such Stuff as Dreams combines the many talents of cellist-filmmaker Nicholas Canellakis and pianist-composer Michael Stephen Brown into one evening. Featured on the program are two films – Canellakis’s latest short comedy My New Cello, and Such Stuff as Dreams, a mesmerizing new multimedia work for film and live score, directed by Canellakis and composed by Brown. Alongside will be evocative and thrilling music by composers with strong ties to the world of film. This will be a truly singular, multi-genre event!
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