RIVKA BOREK

ACTor

BIOGRAPHY

ASHLEY GALVANI BELL

SOPRANO

BIOGRAPHY

PAOLO BARTOLANI

PIANIST

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An evening of Shakespeare

at

Landcraft Garden Foundation
 
Sunday August 1st, 2021, at 5:30pm
 
Rivka Borek, actress
Ashley Galvani Bell, soprano
Paolo Bartolani, piano


Music by
Erich Korngold &
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Text by
William Shakespeare

 
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We invite the audience to arrive at 4:00pm to visit the garden and enjoy the beauty of the natural landscape.  The concert is a 5:30pm outdoors. A light refreshment immediately after the concert will be offered to all concert attendees.

This concert is made possible with the contribution of
Huntington Arts Council - Decentralization Fund and EETA Grant
In collaboration with Landcraft Garden Foundation:

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Music Program

AS YOU LIKE IT
MONOLOGUE - Act II, Scene vii by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Songs by Erich Korngold
Under the Greenwood Tree - Act II Scene v
Blow, blow, thou winter wind - Act II, Scene vii
It was a lover and his Lass -, Act V, Scene iii

TWELFTH NIGHT
MONOLOGUE - Act III, Scene i by WilliamShakespeare
Songs of the Clown  by Erich Korngold
Come Away, Death, Act II, Scene iv
O mistress mine Act II, Scene iii
Adieu, good man devil Act IV, Scene ii
Hey, Robin Act IV, scene ii
For the Rain, it Raineth every Day - Act V, Scene i

OTHELLO
MONOLOGUE – ACT IV, Scene iii (Desdemona) by William Shakespeare
Desdemona ‘s Song ACT IV, Scene iii by Erich Korngold
Willow Song ACT IV, Scene iii by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

HAMLET
MONOLOGUE - ACT III, Scene i (Ophelia) by WilliamShakespeare
Ophelia - ACT IV, Scene V by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

MERCHANT OF VENICE
MONOLOGUE ACT IV, Scene i (Portia) by WilliamShakespeare
Aria from opera “Merchant of Venice” ACT IV, Scene i by Castelnuovo-Tedesco

 TEMPEST
Where the Bee Sucks -ACT V, Scene i by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Ariel Act I scene ii by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
MONOLOGUE - Act IV, scene i by WilliamShakespeare

Description
While originally many of Shakespeare's works included "songs," the music of these songs was lost. Over time, many composers have been inspired to complete these songs with music from their own imagination. This concert will focus on the lesser-known music of two Jewish immigrants, Erich Korngold and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.  Both composers escaped World War II by coming to America and both, in this period of strife, turned to Shakespeare, demonstrating the timeless quality of his works. Music motivated by the plays Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, As you Like it, Othello, Hamlet & the Tempest will be interwoven with monologues from these works. ​