Enjoy a fascinating and diverse series of events presented by UT faculty and friends leading up to the Toledo Symphony’s concert performance of Stravinksy’s Soldier’s Tale on November 16 & 17.

An arts and humanities festival presented by the Toledo Symphony and the University of Toledo

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Events take place at UT’s charming

Libbey Hall, the Museum campus and

the Peristyle—All pre-concert events

are free and open to the public.

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FighTing and embracing evil empireS: Goethe’S eGmoNt ANd FAUStDr. Edmund B. Lingan: Ut department of theatre/Film ______________________________________

Tuesday, Oct. 30th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus

Just in time for Halloween, theatre historian

and critic Dr. Edmund B. Lingan will invoke

demonic realms and legends of a primordial

occult religion in this exploration of two of

Goethe’s plays, Egmont and Faust Part I.

Lingan will show that these plays intuit the

existence of a complex and disturbing realm

of spirits, demons, and deities.

Scoring evil: peNdereckI ANd lyNch’S “INlANd empIre”Dr. Jeanne Kusina: Ut departments of philosophy and WGst ______________________________________

Friday, Nov. 2nd, 7 pm Haigh auditorium, Center for Visual Arts, 620 Grove Place

Director David Lynch granted permission

for this rare screening of Inland Empire.

The story of an actress who increasingly

identifies with her character, this challenging

film is a lurid, surreal journey down the

rabbit hole. Film scholar Jeanne Kusina

will discuss the film’s musical score, which

features work by Krzysztof Penderecki,

whose music is used as a means to evoke

unspeakable horror. Inland Empire provides

a unique passageway into a chilling

consideration of the aesthetics of evil.

The FauSTian bargain and oTher deviliSh dealS Dr. Daniel Compora: Ut department of english ______________________________________

Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus

This lecture will explore different folk

variations of the Faustian bargain; the selling of

one’s soul to the devil. The theme is prevalent

in Western culture, and a number of people in

literature and music have allegedly entered into

such pacts. In particular, the legend of blues

musician Robert Johnson and his deal at the

Crossroads will be examined.

recruiTing The Folk: VerbUNkoS, GypSIeS, ANd temptAtIoN IN StrAVINSky’S SoldIer’S tAleDr. Christopher Williams: Ut department of music ______________________________________

Tuesday, Nov. 13th, 7 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus

Although Igor Stravinsky frequently boasted

of the originality of his music, some of the

most radical features of his style remain

rooted in Eastern European and Russian

folk music traditions. This is as true for

his Russian folk tale with music, The

Soldier’s Tale, as it is for the more obviously

revolutionary Rite of Spring. This talk will

place The Soldier’s Tale in a broader context

of Stravinsky’s connections to folk music,

rural recruitment and military culture on

the Russian/Austrian border.

The creaTive proceSS: choreoGrAphyMichael Lang: Artistic director/ Choreographer, toledo Ballet

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Tuesday, Oct. 23, 8 pm Libbey Hall, UT main campus

Last year, Michael Lang created dances

which brought to life past performers of

The Valentine Theatre as presented in Paul

Geiger’s mural of caricatures. The year

before that, he brought to life a magical

museum inspired by the paintings and

sculptures in the Toledo Museum of Art.

This year, he’s developing a ballet for a

Stravinsky chamber orchestra/theatre

piece. In the first event of our series, Lang

will discuss the process of developing a

dance, including how he uses other art

forms for inspiration.

Jan SvankmaJer’S FauST: A New tAke oN AN old textTammy Kinsey: Ut department of theatre/Film ______________________________________

Friday, Oct. 26th, 7 pm Haigh auditorium, Center for Visual Arts, 620 Grove Place

Czech animator Jan Svankmajer presents

a unique interpretation of the centuries-

old narrative in his award-winning Faust

(1994), a surrealistic synthesis of images and

references to Marlowe, Goethe, and various

traditional folktales. Comprised of live-action,

claymation, puppetry, and stop-motion

animation, the film blends bits of traditional

content with an exciting visual tableau to

create a wildly evocative tale of human desire

and the price of will.

November brings a fascinating program to capture the

imagination. TSO cellists present the Toledo debut

of Penderecki’s restive and haunting Concerto

Grosso, and Cornel Gabara (of Carnegie

collaboration) returns to direct Igor Stravinsky’s

Soldier’s Tale in its full theatrical and balletic

element. Our fiddle-playing soldier makes a deal

with the devil. Can he expect a happy ending?

Stefan Sanderling conductor

Amy Chang Damon Coleman

Martha Reikow celli

Cornel Gabara

director

November 16 & 17, 2012 Peristyle – 8pm

in iTS Full TheaTrical and

balleTic elemenT.

BEETHOVEN Overture to Egmont

PENDERECKI Concerto grosso for three celli and orchestra

STRAVINSKY Soldier’s Tale