Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Show in Braddock tomorrow night
Posted by JennyA little promo for a friend of mine:
Bill Daniel and Unsmoke Systems present:
Lori Goldston, live cello accompaniment to Carl Dryer’s 1928 silent classic “The Passion of Joan of Arc”
Thursday July 2nd
8:30 PM sliding scale donation suggested
Unsmoke Art Space
1137 Braddock Ave, across from the steel mill in Braddock
Seattle composer/performer Lori Goldston will play her score to one of cinema’s most haunting films of the late silent era. Goldston has been a mainstay in the Pacific Northwest scene, playing with the Black Cat Orchestra, Mira, and Nirvana, to name a few.
When performing her dream-like cello score to accompany Carl Dreyer’s 1928 silent film masterpiece, “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” Lori Goldston’s been praised for keeping it a truly live experience — even for her. Drawing from medieval secular and liturgical music, free improvisation and electronics, the score was originally commissioned by Emily Charles of the Fine Arts Theater in Berkeley in July of 1998.
“The grammar of editing has changed over the years so sometimes it’s hard for people to watch silent films,” she says. Studying the film and the filmmaker, she uses music to translate the movie’s original intent, helping people appreciate mood, pace and timing.
