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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Snicket's tickets $12
"The Composer is Dead" featuring Lemony Snicket
Special Performance
Sat. Mar. 3, 2007 at 2:00 pm / 7PM
$12 through Tsoundcheck
This one's only for those of you 29 and under. Booya for late birthdays.
WARNING: DO NOT READ!
This press release is very unpleasant
We warned you, but if you insist … This press release is about the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's presentation of an alarming musical collaboration between Lemony Snicket - one of the most popular children's authors of our time - and a preposterously talented composer named Nathaniel Stookey.
It includes children, big words, and murder.
"Evidence suggests that the Canadian premiere of THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by San Francisco composer Nathaniel Stookey with story and narration by elusive best-selling author Lemony Snicket, will take place at Roy Thomson Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 2pm and again, if you are fortunate, at 7pm. Tickets will go on sale Monday, December 4 at 9am.
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, which gave its world premiere in July 2006, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD is a stunning addition to the TSO's third annual New Creations Festival. It is a collective effort (an expression which here means "conspiracy") by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lemony Snicket, and Nathaniel Stookey to introduce new music to young audiences in an accessible and entertaining way. A gleefully original work that turns the tradition of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf on its head, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD uses a gripping murder mystery to trick unsuspecting audience members into listening closely to the inner workings of the orchestra.
TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian will conduct the wretched winds, bothersome brass, pesky percussion, and slippery strings with live narration by Mr. Snicket himself. The performance is expected to leave those in attendance weeping uncontrollably, hopefully with joy.
The elusive Lemony Snicket, also known as Daniel Handler, is the author of the New York Times best-selling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Though Mr. Snicket's investigations generally prevent him from such public engagements, he has made a remarkable exception in this case due to his affection for the composer, the CN Tower, or neither.
THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Lemony Snicket, narrator
Nathaniel Stookey, composer/host
Special Performance
Sat. Mar. 3, 2007 at 2:00 pm / 7PM
$12 through Tsoundcheck
This one's only for those of you 29 and under. Booya for late birthdays.
WARNING: DO NOT READ!This press release is very unpleasant
We warned you, but if you insist … This press release is about the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's presentation of an alarming musical collaboration between Lemony Snicket - one of the most popular children's authors of our time - and a preposterously talented composer named Nathaniel Stookey.
It includes children, big words, and murder.
"Evidence suggests that the Canadian premiere of THE COMPOSER IS DEAD, by San Francisco composer Nathaniel Stookey with story and narration by elusive best-selling author Lemony Snicket, will take place at Roy Thomson Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 2pm and again, if you are fortunate, at 7pm. Tickets will go on sale Monday, December 4 at 9am.
Commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony, which gave its world premiere in July 2006, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD is a stunning addition to the TSO's third annual New Creations Festival. It is a collective effort (an expression which here means "conspiracy") by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Lemony Snicket, and Nathaniel Stookey to introduce new music to young audiences in an accessible and entertaining way. A gleefully original work that turns the tradition of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf on its head, THE COMPOSER IS DEAD uses a gripping murder mystery to trick unsuspecting audience members into listening closely to the inner workings of the orchestra.
TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian will conduct the wretched winds, bothersome brass, pesky percussion, and slippery strings with live narration by Mr. Snicket himself. The performance is expected to leave those in attendance weeping uncontrollably, hopefully with joy.
The elusive Lemony Snicket, also known as Daniel Handler, is the author of the New York Times best-selling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Though Mr. Snicket's investigations generally prevent him from such public engagements, he has made a remarkable exception in this case due to his affection for the composer, the CN Tower, or neither.
THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Lemony Snicket, narrator
Nathaniel Stookey, composer/host
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