Tickets $150

Copland & Twain is a theatrical concert by director Bill Barclay, produced by Concert Theatre Works and former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe, that weaves Aaron Copland's stirring incidental music — including Music for Movies and Music for Theatre — together with the wit and wisdom of Mark Twain's Diaries of Adam and Eve and other writings. Music for the Movies samples Copland's film scores from The City, Our Town, and his Academy Award-winning score for Of Mice and Men; as well as his 1925 Music for the Theatre, infused with jazzy vignettes of the Roaring 20s.

Five actors perform in costume before the Festival Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Ken-David Masur in this NY Premiere with costumes, lighting, and projections bringing this uniquely American collision of voices to life. The production poses a timely question at the heart of the American experiment: will the nation grow from its wounds toward a deeper love of neighbor, or let its scars tear it apart? 

Bill Barclay, writer and director
Ken-David Masur, conductor
Concert Theatre Works, producer
Arthur Oliver, costume designer

Caleb Mayo, actor
Chloe McFarlane, actress
Maurice Emanuel Parent, actor
Robert Walsh, actor
Carson Elrod, actor

Program

Aaron COPLAND Music for the Movies (NY Premiere, chamber orchestration)

Aaron COPLAND Music for the Theater (NY Premiere, chamber orchestration)

Mark TWAIN Diaries of Adam and Eve

Drinks Reception