Baritone Tyler Duncan headlines an evening inspired by a 1932 "spectacle-concert" commissioned by arts patrons Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Noailles for their country home in Hyere. The De Noailles were major supporters of Dali, Picasso, Man Ray, Giacometti, and Jean Cocteau. Their home in Paris, today Museum Baccarat, was one of the great epicenters of artists' gatherings in the first half of the 20th century. In a 21st-century reimagining of their "spectacle-concert," this BAC program includes two works for voice and an instrumental group: Francis Poulenc's boisterous Le bal masque, and the world premiere of a new version of Mark Applebaum's Control Freak 2 revised for the same instrumentation as Le bal masque, drawing text from poet K. Silem Mohammad's anagrams of Shakespeare sonnets.
Of the premiere of a previous incarnation of Control Freak at Spoleto USA, The Post and Courier reported, "Shakespeare sonnets had been converted into anagrams recited (creatively, with lots of vocal variation) by [Tyler] Duncan as the instrumentalists behind him, conducted by Applebaum, improvised all sorts of sounds (including some vocally produced) in response to the poetry. It was the best of the excellent works Applebaum presented, and a clear example of his subversive musical temperament. . . Really the best way to enjoy these works is to listen with open ears and accept that the definition of music is now, and always has been, evolving." Watch Control Freak: https://vimeo.com/131306011
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