“Stephen wrote this. The Hilliards sang it.” These words were sung at the very end of 8bb’s performance on Thursday night of Tituli, Stephen Hartke’s euphonic, emotionally potent reawakening of some of the world’s oldest (and yet curiously “modern”-sounding) written texts. The quote is the only modern addition to Stephen’s scrupulously chosen ancient libretto, and it sets [...]
8bb performs the music of Stephen Hartke with The Hilliard Ensemble at 7.30pm tomorrow (Thursday 19 February), Harris Theater, Chicago. Here are three reasons that you should come: To hear the Hilliards (one of the world’s great vocal ensembles); to hear the music of Stephen Hartke (imagination and craft at the highest level – music that will [...]
It is true that before now there have been life-altering discoveries in the fields of navigation, science, medicine, technology and semi-homemade food preparation. But none can compete with the wonders of twitter. In the past, if one wanted to share a deep and important moment with the world, like “That is YUMMMMMMMY!! I had to heart [...]
