


“Denk’s playing of this glorius psatiche was all energy and mischievous glee,” wrote The Boston Globe following Denk’s performance of the program in early April. “For me, it’s about telling the tale and making it work,” he said. Twelfth Night Productions (TNP) is excited to announce our summer production - Ragtime the Musical, playing at the Highline Performing Arts Center. The Seattle Times When the musical Ragtime hit Broadway two decades ago it was a multimillion, super-deluxe affair: Big dance numbers. But the pieces are linked together in their rhythmic spontaneity. “Our bodies condition us to expect such regularity through biological rhythms.” But syncopation works against those rhythms, taking the audience off-balance.Īnd that’s exactly what Denk (the “thinking person’s pianist”) hopes to do with the program, which he brings to Kalamazoo on May 3.įrom Schubert’s difficult “Wandererfantasie” to Stravinsky’s modernist “Piano Rag Music” to Paul Hindemith’s “Ragtime” (which Denk describes as a “player piano gone mad”), the program is certainly off beat. “The basic idea all comes down to foiling expectations of regularity, of accent and stress,” writes The Seattle Times. Cowboy boots Vintage dresses Mens sport jackets Chairs Hats, uniforms, unique costumes and props. Complete Information About Ragtime in Seattle at The 5th Avenue Theatre. Audiences around the country are surprised and delighted to hear Jeremy Denk’s current program of Bach’s Third English Suite, Schubert’s “Wandererfantasie,” and – between the two – seven ragtime (or ragtime-related) works that the MacArthur “Genius” Grant winner calls “an exploration of the joy and wit of syncopation.” Help us clear out our costume/prop/set piece inventory. In this tour de force concert, Byron Stripling showcases ragtime masters Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton in addition to blues legends B.B.
