CLASSIC
COLLABORATION
Pianist/artistic director Sarah
Rothenberg enjoys one of the most cre-
ative and original careers of her genera-
tion. She has received international
acclaim for her performances as recitalist,
recording artist and in interdisciplinary
programs that she conceives and directs.
Metro Detroit audiences will have
the opportunity to see some of her
groundbreaking work as the University
Musical Society presents Moondrunk, a
new collaboration of chamber music
and dance theater, which Rothenberg
will accompany on piano.
Moondrunk is constructed around
Arnold Schoenberg's often-jolting 20th-
century masterpiece Pierrot Lunaire.
Rothenberg links it to the waltzes of
Johann Strauss and the late piano works
of Johannes Brahms, bringing together
solo musicians and visionary dance-the-
ater in a program that clearly shows
"how Schoenberg's music came out of
the music of Brahms."
As Rothenberg said in recent inter-
view, "When you put things in a dif-
ferent context, you discover new
things about them."
Moondrunk will be performed at Ann
Arbor's Power Center 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 22. $16-$34. (734) 764-2538.
FANTASTIC FIGURES
Alexander Kanchik was born in
Kishinev, Moldova, in 1959. At the
Leningrad Academy of Theatrical Arts,
from which he graduated in 1989, he
studied under Vladimir Lysov and
Marc Smirnov, and — putting oil to
canvas — began to create the fantastic
creatures for which he is known. His
work brings to mind the fantastic real-
ism of Bosch, Bruegel or Goya.
Kanchik, who moved to Israel from
St. Petersburg nine years ago, compares
the inspiration in his work to an
author who writes fairy tales." The
Jewish artist and his wife have a 9-year-
old daughter and are expecting twins.
Kanchik's works are in private col-
lections throughout Europe and the
United States. A show of his work will
be mounted at the Danielle Peleg
arrangements in 1993 with
conductor John Williams
and the Boston Pops.
A tour of symphony
orchestras followed, includ-
ing two sold-out perfor-
mances with the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra in
1996. Taylor returns to
Detroit for three concerts
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p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23;
and 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
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24, at Orchestra Hall.
Ever since the soft refrains of "Fire
Led by conductor Arthur Post, a
and Rain" first wafted over the air-
former associate conductor of the Israel
waves back in 1970, singer/songwriter
Philharmonic, these performances will
James Taylor has retained the loyal
feature arrangements commissioned
affection of the fans of his folk-influ-
from Silverman, as well as Taylor's
enced pop recordings.
innumerable hits, including "Fire and
Taylor first performed with orches-
Rain," and "You've Got a Friend."
tral accompaniment in the early 1990s,
Tickets are $35-$125. (313) 576-5131.
as part of the annual Rainforest
Foundation concert at Carnegie Hall,
AMERICAN TALE
organized by Sting. Taylor then com-
missioned orchestral arrangements of
The New York Times called
his music from friend Stanley
Tintypes "a cheerful musical portfo-
Silverman, the Tony Award-nominated
lio filled with candid pictures of our
composer most noted for his work in
ragtime past." Named after the
theater and film. He debuted these
innovative process that popularized
the new medium of photography,
Tintypes features five uniquely
Gallery in West Bloomfield
Oct. 17-Nov. 1.
Meet Alexander Kanchik
in person at a reception in
his honor 1-5 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 17, at the gallery,
located at 4301 Orchard
Lake Road, Suite 103.
Russian refreshments will
be served. (248) 626-5810.
Left: James nylor takes the stage
with the DSO at Orchestra Hall.
Below lei Alexander .Kanchik's
paintings will be on display at the
Danielle Peleg Gallery through Nov. 1.
Below: Anna Ginzburg performs
Oct. 24 at the Oak Park JCC.
American characters who recapture
the spirit of the United States from
1890 - 1917.
They include Teddy Roosevelt,
president of the United States;
Susannah, a dignified domestic ser-
vant of African-American heritage;
Emma Goldman, the prominent
Jewish social activist; Anna Held,
the radiant music hall star; and
Charlie, a Chaplin-esque recent emi-
gre soon to be transformed by
America.
The play, conceived by Mary Kyte
with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle,
premiered in 1980. It will be staged
by Meadow Brook Theatre, on the
campus of Oakland University in
Rochester, Tuesdays-Sundays, Oct
20-Nov. 14.
The play features such songs as
"Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie," "The
Wabash Cannonball," "Stars and
Stripes Forever" and others that
bring to life the spirit of the times.
Tickets are $19.50-$35. For show
times and more information, call
(248) 377-3300.
THE JOYS
OF YIDDISH
Singer, actress and Yiddish folk-
lore expert Anna Ginzburg presents
Yiddish music, songs and poetry all
over the world in a mission to
restore an often forgotten culture
and language. Her songs and stories
awaken memories of the past and
demonstrate their significance in the
present.
A native of the Republic of
Moldava in the former Soviet Union
and now a resident of Philadelphia,
Ginzburg visits Detroit for a perfor-
mance at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building of the Jewish Community
Center in Oak Park at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 24.
The concert is co-sponsored by
the JCC's Russian Acculturation
Department, the Driker Fund for
Yiddish Culture, JEFF and
DMC/Sinai-Grace Program for
Holocaust Survivors and Families.
Tickets are $4. For more informa-
tion, call (248) 967-4030.
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