Long Lost Loves (and Grey Suede Gloves)
Musica Viva Australia
- Classical Music
Booking fees:
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
A booking fee of $8.50 per transaction applies
“Colourful, brash, dreamy, light, sassy, catchy, overwrought, ethereal, folksy, soothing and sometimes several of these things at once.”
Classical Net
Join mezzo-soprano Anna Dowsley and pianist Michael Curtain for an evening of storytelling over the piano, inspired by the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer William Bolcom, devised by Paul Kildea and Ian Dickson, and written and directed by Constantine Costi.
William Bolcom, who just celebrated his 85th birthday, occupies a unique place in the repertoire. Not quite art song, not quite cabaret, his settings of Arnold Weinstein's deliciously dry lyrics continue a grand tradition stretching from Schubert to Sondheim of making words dance, fly and sing.
Hear some of their best-loved songs, from Amor to At the last lousy moments of love, woven into a poignant meditation on life, love and living in the moment.
“[Anna Dowsley’s] luxuriant mezzo has an almost infinite range of shades…”
Concerto Net
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Selections from
William Bolcom Cabaret SongsLyrics by Arnold Weinstein
Concept by Ian Dickson and Paul Kildea
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- Anna Dowsley
- Mezzo-soprano
- Michael Curtain
- Piano
- Constantine Costi
- Director and script
- Matthew Marshall
- Lighting design
- Grace Barnes
- Dramaturg
