works
War Music
Info:
War Music
scored for: singing/speaking actors, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, percussion, piano, and string quartet
duration: 175 minutes
Commissioned by/Premiere:
American Conservatory Theater (commission and world premiere)
March 26 - April 26, 2009 / Geary Theater, San Francisco CA
Watch/Listen:
Preview Behind-the-scenes video from the A.C.T Production
About the work:
Fusing language, music, and mmovement, director and playwright Lillian Groag creates a theatrical realization of poet Christopher Logue’s epic War Music. Logue's poem is a modern intpretation of the Iliad and served as a starting point for creating a theatrical event with a through-composed score.
Interview with John on integrating music with Logue's poetry