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
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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 …
NY Times on Machover’s Detroit project
New York Times reporter Zachary Woolfe shadowed Tod Machover on a recent visit to Detroit and published his story in today's paper: Detroit Symphony Tackles an Adventurous Premiere. The story does an excellent job of depicting the arduous process of building relationships with diverse communities within the city and developing collaborations that will be integrated into …
Review: Death and the Powers DVD
Opera News critic David J. Baker found much to praise in the DVD of the Dallas Opera's simulcast production of Death and the Powers, which he named a "Critic's Choice" selection: ...Machover’s range is impressive, starting with the beeps and blips of Nicholas’s manic gadgetry, which inspire antic brilliance from tenor Hal Cazalet. Evvy’s operatically …
Opera of the Future 