Vancouver Island Symphony

Water Concerto by Tan Dun

“Water” is the largest production undertaken by the VI Symphony to date and begins with the intoxicating, imaginative and spectacular Water Concerto by Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun, one of the most
important living composers on the planet. Using water as a musical instrument, percussionist Jonathan Bernard,
assisted by Daniel Tones and Martin Fisk, will be creating unique, sensuous, organic and sometimes celestial sounds and sights of water – rippling, sparkling, wet, fresh. 

“The Water Concerto also involves light,” says Maestro Simard, “and to create the composer’s effects, specific instruments have to be flown here from New York.”

Streetcar Ride in Barcelona 1908

BROOKLYN BRIDGE

... difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview current notables who describe the effects that the Brooklyn Bridge has had upon New York society and beyond. Fascinating recounting of the engineering feat that sunk the caisson and the excavation at six inches per week.  Engineer W.Roebling is stricken by caisson disease (decompression sickness), becoming an invalid - Early summer 1872. Location from which he supervises the building of the Bridge - his bedroom. Liason between Washington Roebling and the Construction Site - his wife Emily

Dir Ken Burns

Prado Panorama: Garden of Earthly Delights

Barcelona Panorama: Palau de la Música Catalana

THE BURNING PLAIN
United States, Argentina
2008, 111 Min
DIR Guillermo Arriaga
SCR Guillermo Arriaga

CAST Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Jennifer Lawrence, José María Yazpik, Joaquim de Almeida, John Corbett, Robin Tunney,Gray Eubank, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin

GET LOW
United States, Germany, Poland
2009
101 Min
DIR Aaron Schneider
CAST Bill Murray, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek

Vancouver Interurban Tram: film from the 1940s

MADE IN DAGENHAM
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
Director: Nigel Cole

Writer: 

William Ivory (screenplay)

Stars:

Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Andrea Riseborough and Rosamund Pike

Ernie Watts

With “A” Band and NiteCap
Musical Direction: Brad Turner (“A” Band) and Réjean Marois (NiteCap)

Two-time Grammy Award winner Ernie Watts is one of the most versatile and prolific saxophone players working today. In a career that has spanned more than 40 years, he has been featured on over 500 recordings by artists ranging from Cannonball Adderley to Frank Zappa. In addition to having two working quartets,Watts tours regularly with Charlie Haden’s Quartet West and most recently with vocalist Kurt Elling. All About Jazz reviewer Nicholas Mondello captures Watts prowess quite evocatively: “He breathes fire, can cool with ice, whip up a storm, and shape his sax sound in ways otherworldly."

 

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