627: MUSIC PERFORMANCE: Fire and Blood for Violin and Orchestra
Composer Michael Daugherty, professor of composition at Univ. of Michigan School of Music presents his 2003 violin concerto commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and inspired by artist Diego Rivera’s “Detroit Industry” frescoes at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Using the collaboration between Rivera and his wife, Frida Kahlo, as a point of departure, Fire and Blood explores the energies and rhythms of machinery and the human body. Daugherty gives a slide presentation, with Bethany Mennemeyer performing on violin and David Gilliland on piano.
Presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities.
Program Presenters:
- Michael Daugherty
- Bethany Mennemeyer
- David Gilliland
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When:
Saturday November 13, 2004
3:30 to 5:00 PM
Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
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