After Reading Shakespeare features literary-themed solo cello suites by three beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning American composers. These witty and lyrical suites bring to life characters and quotations from Shakespeare, Mark Twain, and Rambo/Rimbaud. Matt Haimovitz will play works from After Reading Shakespeare in more than 40 cities this season, including exclusive appearances at Borders Books and Music locations as part of ‘Borders on the Road.’
Ned Rorem: After Reading Shakespeare
1) Lear
2) Katherine
3) Titania and Oberon
4) Caliban
5) Portia
6) Why hearst thou music sadly?
7) Our minutes hasten to their end
8) Remembrance of things past
9) Iago and Othello
Paul Moravec: Mark Twain Sez
10) I. Growth
11) II. Humor
12) III. Butterfly/Kangaroo
13) IV. Procrastination
14) V. The Heart
15) VI. Night
16) VII. We Are All Mad
17) VIII. Day-dreaming
Lewis Spratlan: Shadow
18) Shadows I
19) Rambo/Rimbaud
20) Variation and Sarabande
21) Shadows II
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