Words made powerful contributions to the "Symphony in D." Notably, the fourth movement featured texts spoken by a variety of people representing Detroit including two vivid and memorable poems by Marsha Music and Tonya Matthews. For background essays and information about the world premiere performance, view the program here. Memories and Dreams From the mire and murky …
Listen: World Premiere of Tod Machover’s ‘Symphony for Lucerne’
Tod Machover's SYMPHONY FOR LUCERNE was aired 10 days ago on WQXR radio in New York. You can hear it here (and also hear how very different it is from SYMPHONY IN D for Detroit), as well as listen to an excellent interview with Jeff Spurgeon where he and Tod discuss Lucerne, its symphony, alpenhorns, cowbells, …
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Video: Symphony in D
World premiere performance on November 21, 2015, of Tod Machover's Symphony in D. Performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under conductor Leonard Slatkin.Made possible by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with additional support from Opportunity Detroit. Guest performers: Marsha Music, poet and storyteller Robert Billings, Eudora Gentry, Thomas Sertima, Marge Roberts, residents …
Live webcast of Symphony in D tonight
Watch here.
Pictures from a premiere
“Symphony in D” to be unveiled today
From Tod Machover's Facebook page yesterday: Wild and exciting dress rehearsal today for SYMPHONY IN D. It was powerful and exciting to have the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, electronics, and fabulous Detroit collaborators come together for the first time. The piece is many-layered and complex, but unfussy and straightforward at the same time - like Detroit, …
Detroit Free Press on “Symphony in D”
Terrific article in today's Detroit Free Press by Mark Stryker. On his Facebook page, Tod Machover comments: "Stryker paints the background for the project beautifully, and describes the paradoxical nature of this "ephemeral" work - that tries to capture this moment in Detroit's history with a not-likely-to-repeat cast of characters - with the simultaneous goal …
A symphony for Detroit, by Detroit
Detroit Countdown with Chaledan Chorus
From Tod Machover's Facebook: Hamming it up with the Chaldean Chorus last evening at rehearsal in their beautiful church just north of Detroit. They are among the amazing local musicians who will participate in the world premiere of SYMPHONY IN D with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on Friday and Saturday. Info on tickets/timings/webcast here.
Countdown to Detroit!
We're less than a week away from the world premiere of "Symphony in D" and the Knight Foundation, which provided a grant to fund the project, has published a blog post by Tod Machover describing the massive collaborative effort that went into creating the piece: ...the community response has been simply overwhelming, from the generous …
