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1969
Created and developed by Andrew Kupfer, Nigel Maister and Alan Pierson
Directed by Nigel Maister
Projection Design by Peter Nigrini and Dan Scully
Sound Design by Daniel Neumann
Lighting Design by Aaron Black
Written by Andrew Kupfer
Conceived by Alan Pierson
performed by Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, Conductor and Artistic Director
Robert Stanton, Jon Patrick Walker, and David Chandler, Actors
Robert Gainer, Audio Supervisor & Head Engineer, Moss Arts Center
Jackson Stitzer, Audio Engineer, Moss Art Center
Alexander Freer, Lighting Assistant
Filmed live at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech University, January 25, 2018
MUSIC PERFORMED:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:45 The Beatles, “A Day in the Life” (arr. John Orfe),
0:11:32 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Stimmung
0:14:20 Luciano Berio (1925-2003), excerpt from Traces (arr. Courtney Orlando)
0:16:12 The Beatles, “Tomorrow Never Knows” (arr. Matt Marks)
0:20:01 Luciano Berio, “Michelle II” from Beatles Songs
0:23:36 Luciano Berio, O King (arr. Payton MacDonald)
0:31:33 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), “Word of the Lord” from Mass (arr. Stefan Freund)
0:37:29 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Hymnen
0:41:48 Leonard Bernstein, excerpt from "Pax Communion" from Mass (arr. Gavin Chuck)
0:43:40 Leonard Bernstein, “Agnus Dei” from Mass (arr. Stefan Freund)
INTERMISSION
0:51:19 John Stafford Smith arr. Miles Brown after Jimi Hendrix, Star-Spangled Banner
0:54:27 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Hymnen
Gavin Chuck, mit
0:55:55 Leonard Bernstein, excerpt from “Pax Communion” from Mass (arr. Gavin Chuck)
0:57:00 Luciano Berio, excerpt from Traces (arr. Courtney Orlando)
0:58:11 Miles Brown (1978-), Two Virgins (played over John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s electronic work, Unfinished Music)
1:04:42 Luciano Berio, excerpt from Sinfonia mvt. III, (arr. Courtney Orlando)
1:09:11 The Beatles, “Revolution 9” from The White Album (arr. Matt Marks)
1:18:33 Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Set Sail for the Sun” from Aus den Sieben Tagen
1:22:22 Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, “Much Too Soon” from Oh! Calcutta (arr. Courtney Orlando)
1:27:05 Stefan Freund, Meeting
Performers (in order of appearance):
Jon Patrick Walker: “John Lennon”
Robert Stanton: “Karlheinz Stockhausen”
David Chandler: “Luciano Berio”
Miles Brown: “Harold Spivacke,” bass, electric bass
Erin Lesser: “reporter,” flute, vocals
Michael Harley: “Leonard Bernstein,” bassoon, vocals
Michael Clayville: “Hunter S. Thompson,” “Lukas Foss,” trombone, vocals
Caleb Burhans: “Igor Stravinsky,” violin
Stefan Freund: “Paul McCartney,” “Hal Prince,” cello, vocals
Elisabeth Stimpert: “Yoko Ono,” clarinets, vocals
Tim Leopold: “Father Daniel Berrigan,” trumpet, crackle box
Karisa Antonio: “Jacqueline Kennedy,” “Lester Bangs,” “Mrs. Lukas Foss,” oboe, vocals
Matt Marks: “Maurice Peress,” horn, glockenspiel, vocals
Chris Thompson: “Stephen Sondheim,” percussion, keyboard
Courtney Orlando: violin, keyboard, vocals
Matt Smallcomb: “Harold Schonberg,” percussion
John Orfe: “Donal Henahan,” keyboards
Hideaki Aomori: “Kenneth Auchinclass,” clarinets
Isabel Hagen: viola, vocals
Gavin Chuck: vocals
Alan Pierson: conductor, guitar, vocals
Nigel Maister: staging director
Program at-a-glance
Just over forty years ago, the Beatles and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen arranged to meet in New York City to plan a joint concert. No such performance would ever take place. But its tantalizing promise is the departure point for Alarm Will Sound's 1969. Told through their own words, music, and images, 1969 is the story of great musicians—John Lennon, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul McCartney, Luciano Berio, Yoko Ono, and Leonard Bernstein—striving for a new music and a new world amidst the turmoil of the late 1960s.
Acknowledgements
Alarm Will Sound gratefully acknowledges the following foundations for their support of our 2017/18 Season: Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Amphion Foundation, BMI Foundation, Cheswatyr Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Howard Gilman Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
1969
Created and developed by Andrew Kupfer, Nigel Maister and Alan Pierson
Directed by Nigel Maister
Projection Design by Peter Nigrini and Dan Scully
Sound Design by Daniel Neumann
Lighting Design by Aaron Black
Written by Andrew Kupfer
Conceived by Alan Pierson
performed by Alarm Will Sound
Alan Pierson, Conductor and Artistic Director
Robert Stanton, Jon Patrick Walker, and David Chandler, Actors
Robert Gainer, Audio Supervisor & Head Engineer, Moss Arts Center
Jackson Stitzer, Audio Engineer, Moss Art Center
Alexander Freer, Lighting Assistant
Filmed live at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech University, January 25, 2018
MUSIC PERFORMED:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:45 The Beatles, “A Day in the Life” (arr. John Orfe),
0:11:32 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Stimmung
0:14:20 Luciano Berio (1925-2003), excerpt from Traces (arr. Courtney Orlando)
0:16:12 The Beatles, “Tomorrow Never Knows” (arr. Matt Marks)
0:20:01 Luciano Berio, “Michelle II” from Beatles Songs
0:23:36 Luciano Berio, O King (arr. Payton MacDonald)
0:31:33 Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), “Word of the Lord” from Mass (arr. Stefan Freund)
0:37:29 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Hymnen
0:41:48 Leonard Bernstein, excerpt from "Pax Communion" from Mass (arr. Gavin Chuck)
0:43:40 Leonard Bernstein, “Agnus Dei” from Mass (arr. Stefan Freund)
INTERMISSION
0:51:19 John Stafford Smith arr. Miles Brown after Jimi Hendrix, Star-Spangled Banner
0:54:27 Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007): excerpt from Hymnen
Gavin Chuck, mit
0:55:55 Leonard Bernstein, excerpt from “Pax Communion” from Mass (arr. Gavin Chuck)
0:57:00 Luciano Berio, excerpt from Traces (arr. Courtney Orlando)
0:58:11 Miles Brown (1978-), Two Virgins (played over John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s electronic work, Unfinished Music)
1:04:42 Luciano Berio, excerpt from Sinfonia mvt. III, (arr. Courtney Orlando)
1:09:11 The Beatles, “Revolution 9” from The White Album (arr. Matt Marks)
1:18:33 Karlheinz Stockhausen, “Set Sail for the Sun” from Aus den Sieben Tagen
1:22:22 Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis, Stanley Walden, “Much Too Soon” from Oh! Calcutta (arr. Courtney Orlando)
1:27:05 Stefan Freund, Meeting
Performers (in order of appearance):
Jon Patrick Walker: “John Lennon”
Robert Stanton: “Karlheinz Stockhausen”
David Chandler: “Luciano Berio”
Miles Brown: “Harold Spivacke,” bass, electric bass
Erin Lesser: “reporter,” flute, vocals
Michael Harley: “Leonard Bernstein,” bassoon, vocals
Michael Clayville: “Hunter S. Thompson,” “Lukas Foss,” trombone, vocals
Caleb Burhans: “Igor Stravinsky,” violin
Stefan Freund: “Paul McCartney,” “Hal Prince,” cello, vocals
Elisabeth Stimpert: “Yoko Ono,” clarinets, vocals
Tim Leopold: “Father Daniel Berrigan,” trumpet, crackle box
Karisa Antonio: “Jacqueline Kennedy,” “Lester Bangs,” “Mrs. Lukas Foss,” oboe, vocals
Matt Marks: “Maurice Peress,” horn, glockenspiel, vocals
Chris Thompson: “Stephen Sondheim,” percussion, keyboard
Courtney Orlando: violin, keyboard, vocals
Matt Smallcomb: “Harold Schonberg,” percussion
John Orfe: “Donal Henahan,” keyboards
Hideaki Aomori: “Kenneth Auchinclass,” clarinets
Isabel Hagen: viola, vocals
Gavin Chuck: vocals
Alan Pierson: conductor, guitar, vocals
Nigel Maister: staging director
Program at-a-glance
Just over forty years ago, the Beatles and composer Karlheinz Stockhausen arranged to meet in New York City to plan a joint concert. No such performance would ever take place. But its tantalizing promise is the departure point for Alarm Will Sound's 1969. Told through their own words, music, and images, 1969 is the story of great musicians—John Lennon, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul McCartney, Luciano Berio, Yoko Ono, and Leonard Bernstein—striving for a new music and a new world amidst the turmoil of the late 1960s.
Acknowledgements
Alarm Will Sound gratefully acknowledges the following foundations for their support of our 2017/18 Season: Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Amphion Foundation, BMI Foundation, Cheswatyr Foundation, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Howard Gilman Foundation, Pacific Harmony Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
