The Philadelphia Orchestra
presents "The Artful Titans" A Stokowski - Barnes Festival Play One/Week One: "Philadelphia in Paris” (1912-1918) Oct. 11, 12, 13, 2018 Music of Palestrina, JS Bach, Chausson, and Debussy Play Two/Week Two: “Paris in Philadelphia” (1920-1930) Oct. 19, 20, 21, 2018 Music of Milhaud, Poulenc, Stravinsky “The Artful Titans”
(A Theatrical Portrait of Symphonic Proportions) features the legendary Leopold Stokowski (The Creator) and acclaimed Albert C. Barnes (The Collector) and a cast of Broadway actors sharing the stage with the brilliant French-born conductor, Stéphane Denève, and the musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra in a fully-staged symphonic theatrical evening celebrating the music of Debussy, Chausson, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Stravinsky as it weaves, dances and explodes with the art of Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir, Monet, Degas and Picasso living and working in Paris in concentric circles of creative genius. |
STÉPHANE DENÈVE conductor
DIDI BALLE, playwright and director Concert One Palestrina/orch. Stokowski - "Adoramus te Christe" Chausson - Poème, for violin and orchestra David Kim - Violin Debussy - "The Sunken Cathedral" from Preludes Debussy - La Mer Concert Two Milhaud - The Creation of the World Poulenc - Organ Concerto Peter Richard Conte - Organ Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring |
CAST
Nicholas Carriere as Leopold Stokowski
David Bardeen as Albert C. Barnes
Paul Schoeffler as William Glackens and Paul Guillaume
Nicholas Carriere as Leopold Stokowski
David Bardeen as Albert C. Barnes
Paul Schoeffler as William Glackens and Paul Guillaume
