DEAD Serious
By Kara Gibbs on January 10, 2008 - 1:00am
DEAD Serious
February 29, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Hamilton-Harron Funeral Home and Vancouver Memorial Services and Crematorium
5390 Fraser Street, Vancouver
FREE Reservations Required, call 604-325-7441
Please note: FEBRUARY 10th and 15th PERFORMANCES CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Emotional weight and societal strictures make death a fertile field for art, the medium that allows us to speak the unspeakable. A kind of "anti-Valentine", DEAD Serious tackles this most profound, yet taboo, subject – our own mortality – through a musical (and literal) procession: from fear and fascination, to acceptance and peace, with stops at murder, black humour, sex, and survivors along the way.
Acclaimed musicians Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa (piano) and Heather Pawsey (soprano) dig into mirthful and macabre music in an array of works by Canadian and international composers (Leila Lustig, David McIntyre, Jeffrey Ryan, Rodney Sharman, Gabriel Fauré, John Harbison and Francis Poulenc, among others) – plus world premieres by Canadian composers Chris Sivak and Robert Ursan – in this funereal, yet funny, foray.
A performance space installation by noted artist S.D. Holman will extend meditations on mortality with photo-based artwork and an interactive altar to which audience members are invited to add their own mementos of their dead.
Part of New Music in New Places presented by the Canadian Music Centre, co-presented by Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
More Info: Canadian Music Centre | www.musiccentre.ca | 604.734.4622
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