Ted Nash’s Portrait in Seven Shades reviewed by New York Sun
This weekend the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton played at Rose Theater the new composition by Ted Nash entitled: Portrait in Seven Shades.
Here is a review of the concerts on the New York Sun.
Check also Portrait in Seven Shades on Ted Nash web site.
Sonalii said
on February 27, 2007 @ 11:45 am
Interesting review. The process of creating music inspired by art and vice versa is not an easy one. Did anyone attend the show and can offer a different perspective?
Jurzy Girl said
on February 28, 2007 @ 6:02 am
You know i was there opening night. You know I have tons to say. For now…
it was an incredible evening to see the art come alive and actually move–not in time with the music–but coming at the audience in slow, increasingly magnified images that brought the work into exquisite detail letting us see minuta we would have missed otherwise even if we already knew the works being displayed. There were three huge panels/projection screens that covered the entire back stage area.
The image would appear boldly, magnified across all three screens. We could not exactly tell which image was being displayed because of the magnification. So, the bold colors, details, brush strokes and paint textures were emphasized. The center screen featured an image of the framed work in its entirety, overlaying the magnification still displayed in the center screen. This allowed us to know which work was being displayed and to find visually the area that was being magnified across all three screens. It was a search and find, of sorts, and commanded our attention but in no way distracted from enjoying the art or the music.
Ted’s section on Van Gogh (I have all image titles and artists that were used) was brilliant. I cannot understand why/how the Sun reviewer thought so little of the violin player although there is no question, the accordian player was one with the gods that night. The energy of the music, the passion, and the space allotted for the improvisations was brilliant and in my opinion, could not have been better especially when coupled with the Van Gogh depicting an Eastern European ghetto scene.
ALl for all…rushing away as usual…I will post image titles so we can pull them from online and post here to go along with any of our discussion on jazz and art.
JG
gloria said
on March 1, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
Jurzy: Thanks again for the Live at Jazz at Lincoln Center report! For further discussion, hope you will have an opportunity to begin a new thread on the Forum containing art images and musical details! I’ve really enjoyed Sonalii’s art selections! …Maybe the integration of arts will be mentioned in upcoming “Arts Advocacy” meetings… Luigi: the Abbey Road Where Y’all At is now posted on youtube.com in its entirety. Later, Glo.
Luigi Beverelli said
on March 1, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
thanks GLoria, you are wonderful !
gloria said
on March 1, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
You’re quite welcome.