“I hate music.” Inspired by Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle and containing music from Bartok with original compositions by Adam Sherkin, Room of Keys is a one act play from David James Brock about a man who follows clues left by his father’s estate to a secret and abandoned music shop. Once there, their divided history unravels through seven instruments and memories, where music and silence are not always beautiful.

 

RECITAL PROGRAMME:

Allegro Barbaro, BB 63 (Sz. 49, composed 1911)
From Seven Sketches, Op. 9b; BB 54 ("Vázlatok, "Sz. 44, composed 1908-10): No. 5 Romanian Folk Melody and No. 3 Lento
Romanian Dance, Op. 8a, No. 1: Allegro vivace (composed 1910)
Four Dirges, Op. 9a, BB 58 (Sz. 45, composed 1909-10)
Three Burlesques, Op. 8c, BB 55 (Sz. 47, composed 1908-11)
by Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
Allegro Benevolo (After Bartok), Op. 45* by Adam Sherkin (b. 1982)

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* world premiere

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** Other location: Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre