News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Music @The Playhouse: Vicki Ray - “Nacht und Träume” show poster

Music @The Playhouse: Vicki Ray - “Nacht und Träume” at Sierra Madre Playhouse

Dates: (8/3/2024 )

Theatre:

Sierra Madre Playhouse


87 West Sierra Madre Boulevard
Sierra Madre,CA 91024

Phone: 626-355-4318

Tickets: $12-$35

  1. View All Los Angeles Shows
  2.  > 
  3. Music @The Playhouse: Vicki Ray - “Nacht und Träume”


Sierra Madre Playhouse, a dynamic and intimate performing arts center in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley, launches its Fall 2024 programming on Saturday, August 3, 2024, 7:30 pm, with Nacht und Träume, a compelling music program delving into the territories of night and dreams presented by eminent pianist Vicki Ray. Joined by acclaimed soprano Elissa Johnston, Ray explores the liminal states of consciousness through the music of Franz Schubert and Alban Berg, alongside newer works by Rachel Beetz, Andrew McIntosh, Noah Meites, and Bill Alves. The program’s title comes from one of the featured works, Nacht und Träume (“Night and Dreams”), a stunning lied for voice and piano by Schubert with text by Matthäus von Collin.

Also featured are Beetz’s Unofficial Dreams, an ever-changing landscape of sound; Meites’ Book of Beasts, based on the illuminated text of a bestiary, or encyclopedia of animals, created during the Middle Ages; and McIntosh’s Intermezzo: December 28, 2020, After Midnight, dedicated to Ray, in which, according to the composer, the rain he recorded that night “provides a canvas for a field of piano harmonics.” In addition, Ray features three songs from Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs – “Nacht” (Night), “Die Nachtigall” (The nightingale), and “Traumgekrönt” (Crowned in dream), concluding the program with composer/video artist Bill Alves’ minimalist Liminal Landscape, for which he created the music and video in tandem.

Ray, hailed as “a master at constructing a program, as well as a focused and probing performer” (San Francisco Classical Voice), is spotlighted on an array of keyboards, including acoustic piano and sampler/synthesizer with video.



Videos


It's All Your Fault, Tyler Price! in Los Angeles It's All Your Fault, Tyler Price!
The Hudson Theatre (11/7 - 12/15) Tracker
Star Wars in Concert John Williams Spotlight in Los Angeles Star Wars in Concert John Williams Spotlight
Walt Disney Concert Hall (11/21 - 11/24) Tracker
Leslie Odom, Jr. The Christmas Tour - Deck the Hall Holiday Concerts in Los Angeles Leslie Odom, Jr. The Christmas Tour - Deck the Hall Holiday Concerts
Walt Disney Concert Hall (12/1 - 12/1) Tracker
The Nutcracker in Los Angeles The Nutcracker
Royce Hall - UCLA (12/13 - 12/15)
Put Your Guns Down in Los Angeles Put Your Guns Down
Bram Goldsmith Theater at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts (5/24 - 5/24)
Urban Bush Women in Los Angeles Urban Bush Women
The Music Center's Mark Taper Forum (11/22 - 11/24)
Holiday on Strings in Los Angeles Holiday on Strings
Bob Baker Marionette Theater (11/16 - 1/12)
Cinderella in Los Angeles Cinderella
One More Productions at The GEM Theatre (11/7 - 12/15)
Chamber Music & Wine: Brahms, Beach, and the Piano in Los Angeles Chamber Music & Wine: Brahms, Beach, and the Piano
Walt Disney Concert Hall (1/7 - 1/7)
Jesus Christ Superstar in Los Angeles Jesus Christ Superstar
Coachella Valley Repertory (3/13 - 3/13)
VIEW SHOWS  ADD A SHOW  

Recommended For You