"Simon & Garfunkel: Live in Central Park, revisited" (Jan. 18), "The Feud: Sinatra & Roselli, Two Guys from Hoboken: The Story & The Music" (Jan. 23), "Mack is Back: The Music of Bobby Darin & More," ( Feb. 18), Information or tickets:theatre.zone or call  888-966-3352, ext. So that season, which included the Kander & Ebb work, "Curtains," has been shelved for a year. To entertain, but safely, for both cast an audience, TheatreZone has scrapped its plays for a season of musical revues under the theme ... TheatreZone keeps the music, delays the plays. Mr. Lang plays the Romantic repertory with a great deal of freedom, especially rhythmic freedom — what’s known as rubato. companies should do more to combat disinformation. Free radio for everything you do. Last year Lang Lang released “Piano Book,” an album of pieces that fostered his childhood passion for the piano: short Chopin works, folk songs, “Chopsticks.” A deluxe edition includes a reprint of the score for Beethoven’s “Für Elise,” annotated with Mr. Lang’s handwritten suggestions for student pianists. One was made in a studio in Berlin; the other was recorded live in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany, where Bach worked for the last 27 years of his life. Yes, a melody can be sung or played with expressive touches by bending a phrase, prolonging a note, delaying an entry. Taste is, of course, a subjective thing. The music winds up feeling confusingly complicated. Adult actors, especially those specializing in clown roles, sang as well. He has won ardent fans for the sheer brilliance and energy of his playing. The four voices come out clearly, but much more naturally, in Ms. Rana’s spirited yet restrained, nuanced performance. They settled on six performers, and five musicians, who may be spaced around the stage to keep from a crowd in the pit. The assembly needed for "Camelot" made it out of the question as well. Click talks to Zoom about the future of home working and visits an AI insect farm. Still, indulgences appear from the first measures. Months back, Google gave a heads up to make Youtube Music the default replacement by introducing convenient transfer options. Mr. Lang fares better in the faster, more pulsing variations. Click asks whether tech companies should do more to combat disinformation. Mr. Lang could play this formidable piece from memory as a teenager, but waited until this spring, just before turning 38 — and after being sidelined for more than a year with a left-arm injury — to record it and take it on tour. But even in these — for example the 10th, a bracing four-voice fughetta — he can’t help himself. "That’s what we started thinking. It's the music," Danni continued. It’s certainly a strong interpretation. October 7, 2020. I focused on the studio version, which Mr. Lang said he prefers in a recent interview with New York Times — though he added that he likes the spontaneity of the live performance. TheatreZone has instead developed a season of musical revues under the theme of "Showstoppers. It’s like he’s attempting to show us how deeply he feels the music, to prove that it’s truly coming from his heart. "Back in the spring, we were planning, thinking that by September all this with the coronavirus would be over," conceded Danni, founding artistic director of the theater. He wound up playing only three of the concerts before the coronavirus pandemic canceled the remainder. The professional companies that put on plays in the public theatres worked with much-reduced musical resources. Normally, one boy actor could sing and perhaps play an instrument. ", "We thought: What brings people here in the first place? And what constitutes proper Baroque style is hotly debated, even among specialists. It’s certainly a strong interpretation. Duration 24 mins "They only come off for performance. For a pianist whose stardom was fueled by dazzling performances of Romantic concertos, Mr. Lang’s venture into Bach’s touchstone score was a risk. But so does Ms. Rana, who plays with wondrous lightness and sparkle, yet uncanny poise, which actually enhances the excitement: You listen in awe, wondering how she can bring out both qualities at once. Each will have dance as well as song. But the playing is so yanked around rhythmically that the music sounds labored. Not surprisingly, Mr. Lang dispatches it effortlessly at a breathless tempo. The 26th Variation is a whirlwind of spiraling passagework that tests a pianist’s technique. There is a large discography of exceptional recordings. ", "We were also thinking what could we do keep everybody distanced — audience and cast?". "You may not be in the same seat," Danni said. Film buffs recognize overacting in a flash, and won’t put up with it. That approach risks making the music seem mannered, even manipulated. Marco, The Studio Players tiptoe back into live theater, Naples Players forge a fresh-air season, both outdoors and in, less seating, more outdoors, no Masterworks or Broadway, Everybody sing — as long as you're six feet apart or in cyberspace, say local choruses, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy.