CF Conducting Maxwell Davies'
VESALII ICONES
Stanislaw Lem, author of
THE CYBERIAD
with a friend
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Dr. Fulkerson's next performance(s) are
projected for October 2013
by the Ensemble A piacere
in Amsterdam, Holland
and are of his music theater work currently in progress:
MYMOSH THE SELF-BEGOTTEN
with:
Marij van Gorkom, bass clarinet solo
Ghislain Bellefroid, conductor, and
Anahi Oraison, leader
Production details, Reciter, and Solo Dancer TBA
MYMOSH is part of the CF's full-evening music theater work
THE CYBERIAD: the Storytelling Machines of King Genius
Stanislaw Lem's texts from the collection THE CYBERIAD are used by gracious permission of Barbara and Tomasz Lem
(Permission granted July 16, 2007)
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Dr. Fulkerson's previous public appearance was to give a paper on June 9, 2012, before the Wagner Society of Northern California at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center.
This major new paper
"SUCH GRAND PRIMARY MOTIVES:” THE ALCHEMY OF TRANSITION IN WAGNER
is now with an interested publisher.
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Prior to this in 2011 Dr. Fulkerson gave an overall introduction to his compositional work, which included a reading of a scene from his opera in progress THE NUERNBERG TRIAL, and this talk may be given at any time to interested parties:
S.H.A.R.P. TALK
On Monday, August 8th, 2011, at 7 pm, Christopher Fulkerson will give a “SHARP Talk” introduction to his instrumental, vocal, and dramatic work. The venue will be the S.H.A.R.P. Meeting Space, which is located behind 1736/1738 Ninth Avenue between Moraga and Noriega Streets in San Francisco. He will first present an overview and musical pieces of his work-in-progress called THE FESTIVAL, consisting of dozens of pieces organized into a “Cycle of Epicycles” on various literary and spiritual themes ranging from sources as disparate as Wyndham Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Dante, and Michelangelo, to an iconic progress through the Modern era.
Following this Dr. Fulkerson will outline the scenario he has written for his opera THE NUERNBERG TRIAL, giving an idea about the nature of the piece, and reading the text for one of the principal “Set Pieces” of the opera, JUSTICE JACKSON’S SPEECH.
All are invited to hear these musical and librettistic excerpts and engage the composer in discussion afterwards.
PROJECTED PROGRAM
PART ONE: THE FESTIVAL and A MIRACLE
Introduction to the Epic Cycle of Epicycles
One Cycle: L’uccel divino, for harp, and E piu di cento spirti, for harp with percussion
Remarks About My Compositional Methods
MOYS ICOS
A MIRACLE OF RARE DEVICE: Concluding scene of the Dramatic Recital, with music, read by the composer
PART TWO: THE NUERNBERG TRIAL
The genesis of the project
The scenario in terms of character and character interaction, not in terms of plot, or, How to discuss an opera without talking about the plot
Jackson vs. Goering
The Psychotherapists
With Hess
With others
The Stage Setting
This is not a “Holocaust” piece nor a “revenge on the bad Germans” piece
Finale: A reading of the text of JUSTICE JACKSON’S SPEECH
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Update of July 10, 2012