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Philip Glass presents Dracula: The Music and Film
at Wales Millennium Centre
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One of the most influential composers of our time, Philip Glass, breathes new life into the classic 1931 film ‘Dracula’, with a live performance of his own score with the Kronos Quartet at Wales Millennium Centre on Sunday 27 May.
Presented by the Centre in association with the Soundtrack Film Festival and conducted by Michael Reisman, this is a spine-chillingly unique experience conjuring up a haunting, seductive atmosphere in which to enjoy this vintage horror movie to the full.
There have been numerous screen versions of Bram Stoker’s classic tale of Dracula, but none more famous or enduring as the 1931 original starring Bela Lugosi. Directed by Tod Browning, Universal Studios’ Dracula creates an eerie, chilling mood that has rarely been realized since.
‘Dracula: The Music and Film’ features new music by composer Philip Glass who was asked to create the first original musical score for the re-release of Dracula on video. In this early ‘talkie’ there was no musical score and very few sound effects, with Browning relying on Lugosi’s legendary Hungarian accent to give the film its distinctive sound.
Glass composed the intense and sweeping Dracula score for the Kronos Quartet, the pioneering American ensemble hailed as “classical music’s own Fab Four’ by Rolling Stone Magazine.
Appearing together live at the Centre, with the original 1931 film shown in its entirety, Philip Glass and Kronos will perform a concert of one of the most intense and atmospheric scores Glass has ever written.
Conrad Lynch, Artistic Director at Wales Millennium Centre said: “Dracula: The Music and Film is a magnificent reinvention of an American cinematic classic and we’re very pleased to welcome Philip Glass and the Kronos Quarter to the Centre this May.” |
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Friday, May 4, 2012 |
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