WHAT'S HAPPENING : MUSIC.Period pieces: Not long ago, Jordi Savall was merely one of the world's leading purveyors of so-called ``early music,'' the unwieldy term that refers to pre-20th-century symphonic and chamber works played on period instruments. Then, in 1992, the Barcelona-born Savall was tapped to direct and interpret the soundtrack for the French feature film ``Tous les matins mat·ins n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. a. Ecclesiastical The office that formerly constituted together with lauds the first of the seven canonical hours. b. du monde n. 1. The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty. Le beau monde fashionable society. See Beau monde. Demi monde See Demimonde. ,'' starring Gerard Depardieu as the Baroque viol viol, family of bowed stringed instruments, the most important ensemble instruments from the 15th to the 17th cent. The viol's early history is indefinite, but it is recognizable in depictions from as early as the 11th cent. During the second half of the 17th cent. virtuoso and Versailles courtesan cour·te·san n. A woman prostitute, especially one whose clients are members of a royal court or men of high social standing. [French courtisane, from Old French, from Old Italian cortigiana Marin Marais. Incredibly, the disc sold some half-million copies worldwide, greatly expanding the audience for Savall and Hesperion XX, the early-music ensemble partially co-founded in 1974 by Savall and his wife, soprano Montserrat Figueras. Hesperion XX (the name is derived from the ancient Greek term for the Italian and Iberian peninsulas) visits UCLA's Royce Hall at 8 tonight to perform a program of Spanish music commemorating the 400th anniversary of the death of King Filipe of Spain, Queen Elizabeth of England's great Roman Catholic rival. Expect ample evidence of Savall's prowess on the viola da gamba viola da gamba: see viol. , a supple ancestor of the cello. Tickets are $30, $24 and $19; $9 for UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX students with valid ID. Call (310) 825-2101. - Reed Johnson Tribal rock: In American Indian culture, walking the good red road means living life in harmony with all of creation. That's the theme of a daylong free concert Saturday at the Chumash Interpretive Center in Thousand Oaks. The Good Red Road Music Festival features John Trudell, Irene Bedard, Accidental Tribe, the Joel Rafael Band, Red Earth, Carlos Reynosa & Rain, Mango Reality and others. Blues-rocker Trudell has been a poet, an American Indian rights activist and film actor. His 1992 album, ``AKA Grafitti Man,'' was widely acclaimed. American Indian actress-storyteller Bedard was the voice of Pocahontas in the Disney feature of the same name and also appeared in the movie ``Smoke Signals.'' Accidental Tribe plays a propulsive brand of rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. that focuses on Indian history and culture. Rafael kicked around San Diego for a few years before releasing his acclaimed ``Old Wood Barn'' album two years ago. The Chumash center is at 3290 Langranch Parkway, Thousand Oaks. Show time is noon, and there is no charge. Information: (310) 455-2242. - Fred Shuster stage `Bad Sex' you'll enjoy: Sometimes you can see it coming, but it's funny anyway. And it's the pure Loh life, as in Sandra Tsing Loh that is. As anyone who has heard her five-minute gems on National Public Radio knows, she can be very funny. But she proves in her one-woman show, ``Bad Sex With Bud Kemp,'' that she can keep those wry and biting observations up for 75 minutes. ``Bad Sex'' is Loh's Wonderland trip through the perils of dating in the '90s for a woman in her 30s. It's where she searches for, if not love, at least a nonhumiliating relationship. And yes, Loh expands beyond being a mere monologuist to make the stage a sort of outer reality for her inner angst while still keeping it humorous. ``Bad Sex'' is playing 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, 3 and 7 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 15, at the Tiffany Theaters, 8532 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Tickets: $25 to $32.50. Call (310) 289-2999. - Rob Lowman television Voices of spookiness: How ghoulish ghoul n. 1. One who delights in the revolting, morbid, or loathsome. 2. A grave robber. 3. An evil spirit or demon in Muslim folklore believed to plunder graves and feed on corpses. , how ghastly - how hauntingly perfect for Halloween. Premiering 6 and 10 p.m. Sunday on the Sci-Fi Channel, ``Alien Voices: A Halloween Trilogy'' is a shivery shiv·er·y 1 adj. 1. Trembling, as from cold or fear. 2. Causing shivers; chilling. Adj. 1. staged reading of Edgar Allen Poe's eerie ``The Cask of the Amontillado amontillado (əmŏn'tĭlä`dō), dry sherry noted for its delicate bouquet, resembling the wine of Montilla, Spain, from which it derives its name. A blend of pale, dry sherries of the palma type, it assumes in aging a darker color. ,'' Rudyard Kipling's ``Mark of the Beast'' and Oscar Wilde's ``The Canterville Ghost'' by superb science-fiction acting troupe Alien Voices. Notable members include Mr. Spock himself - Leonard Nimoy - and John de Lancie
John de Lancie (born March 20, 1948) is an American character actor. He is known for his recurring role as "Q" on the various Star Trek series, and as Frank Simmons in Stargate SG-1. - Q from ``Star Trek: The Next Generation.'' ``Trilogy'' was taped in July before an audience at the Variety Arts Theatre in Los Angeles. The top-notch production includes sound-effects artists in eerie skeleton suits and pulsing music by jazz artist Peter Erskine of Weather Report. Alien Voices has also recorded sci-fi books on audiotape au·di·o·tape n. 1. A relatively narrow magnetic tape used to record sound for subsequent playback. 2. A tape recording of sound. tr.v. , including H.G. Wells' ``The Time Machine.'' The group makes a wonderful listen - but watching their spooky, high energy antics doubles the Halloween treat. - Kinney Littlefield Orange County Register film Toni award: ``Beloved'' is a rich, wild and tender telling of a tough, challenging tale. Adapted from Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, it's a surreal, knotty knot·ty adj. knot·ti·er, knot·ti·est 1. Tied or snarled in knots. 2. Covered with knots or knobs; gnarled. 3. Difficult to understand or solve. See Synonyms at complex. ghost story that's really about the psychic repercussions repercussions npl → répercussions fpl repercussions npl → Auswirkungen pl of slavery. Oprah Winfrey, who also produced the film, stars as a woman who, eight years after the Civil War, is still possessed by the horrors of slavery - both those she suffered and the one she was driven to commit. When a weirdly feral young woman (Thandie Newton) enters her haunted household, an unholy reckoning is not far behind. Uncompromising in its psychological and narrative complexity and shot through with blunt, shocking imagery, ``Beloved'' is no easy entertainment. But it's also a feast for the senses. Director Jonathan Demme (``Silence of the Lambs'') infuses the harrowing story with moments of warm sensuousness, natural beauty and triumphant spirituality, while his brilliant cinematographer Tak Fujimoto proves yet again that nobody knows how to light and frame faces more evocatively. - Bob Strauss CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Oprah Winfrey stars in ``Beloved,'' a challenging and rewarding rendition of Toni Morrison's novel. (2) IRENE BEDARD (3) JOHN TRUDELL (4) Van Nuys writer/performer Sandra Tsing Loh's one-woman show, ``Bad Sex With Bud Kemp,'' continues through Nov. 15 at the Tiffany Theaters in West Hollywood. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion