This Lecture Concert celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. We attempt to break... more This Lecture Concert celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. We attempt to break the disciplinary boundaries of literature and music, reading the literary texts of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Romeo and Juliet alongside the musical texts of Korngold's Much Ado and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. We examine how the composers translate Shakespeare's literary language into the musical language of emotion and psychology. This public lecture is constitutive of three parts: 1. Dr Chi-fang Sophia Li's introductory talk; 2. Dr Yu-wen Chen's talk of the musical translation; and 3. the performance of the violin suites Much Ado and Romeo and Juliet by the violinist Dr Yu-wen Chen and the pianist Dr Pei-chi Hung.
This Lecture Concert celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. We attempt to break... more This Lecture Concert celebrates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. We attempt to break the disciplinary boundaries of literature and music, reading the literary texts of Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and Romeo and Juliet alongside the musical texts of Korngold's Much Ado and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. We examine how the composers translate Shakespeare's literary language into the musical language of emotion and psychology. This public lecture is constitutive of three parts: 1. Dr Chi-fang Sophia Li's introductory talk; 2. Dr Yu-wen Chen's talk of the musical translation; and 3. the performance of the violin suites Much Ado and Romeo and Juliet by the violinist Dr Yu-wen Chen and the pianist Dr Pei-chi Hung.
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