Cygnus @ University of Wisconsin
Souding Beckett and more
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Program
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7pm
Pre-concert Panel Discussion
with composers Laura Schwendinger and Chester Biscardi
& hosted by Beckett scholar Patricia Boyette
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Performance at 8pm
Laura Schwendinger: Footfalls (after Beckett); The Garden of Earthy Delights
Chester Biscardi: Footfalls
John Halle: Catastrophe (after Beckett)
Scott Johnson: Last Time Told (after Beckett's Ohio Impromptu)
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Sounding Beckett: Washington Post Review
Sounding Beckett: NY Times Review
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The 2012 Production of Sounding Beckett paired two different musical responses, written for Cygnus, to each of the three plays, as follows:
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Footfalls---Chester Biscardi; Laura Schwendinger
Ohio Impromptu---Scott Johnson, John Halle
Catastrophe---David Glaser, Laura Kaminsky