Well hello there.
Welcome to another Artful Friday!
Hope all is well in your corner of the world today.
Just stopping in to share a little
music (Schonberg and Trevor Nunn )
and literary history (Victor Hugo ) today.
So...
prostitutes, homeless revolutionaries, factory workers, student rebels, you say?
.
In the context of Schonberg's score and Nunn's adaptation,
with the backdrop of early 19th century seeds of redemption and revolution.
Yes.
This is what we've been immersed in this week.
Our history curriculum timeline coincided beautifully
with my younger son's appointment
to audition for the role of Gavroche in a local production of
Les Miserables!
Did you know that in the musical,
Gavroche is a random beggar,
but in Hugo's novel, he is the son of the "Master of the House," Thernadier?
Interesting.
Yup, the strains of "Look Down"
and "Little People" can be heard 'round here and 'round the clock!
Very honestly, it has been enriching.
If he does get a role, of course, that'd be magical.
If not, we were all enriched by the music and the history.
With audition,
comes the very real presence of rejection.
There have been more rejections than roles around here.
But preparation for an interview, an audition?
Background knowledge?
Priceless.
That's what it's all about.
So.
Here are a few of the resources
that have been perfectly awesome
in getting acquainted with the
characterization, setting, theme and, of course, the music:
Les Miserables
the paperback edition
The DVD Highlights~
The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert?
Beyond words
The Original Broadway Soundtrack on CD
Vocal/Piano Selections
Highlights of the score
so that he can play the melody and have the lyrics handy:
Les Miserables:
The 2012 movie musical
Ok, we have a hard and fast PG 13 "rule,"
which may need revisiting, now that our oldest IS actually, well, 13.
But since my younger guy is 10, he will not be watching the movie version.
So, my Timmy practiced for a little while the other night,
under the guidance of our parish organist,
who he knows well from accompanying the children's choir.
Timmy asked J if he would mind listening to part of
"Little People" and perhaps give him a tip or two.
J. decided that yes, he can give a few pointers, since he has played the show a number of times in community theater and knows it quite well!
So here they are, the other night:
As you can see, he's really just having fun with it!
Although, he likes to joke that he is auditioning for a role off - Broadway.
(About 40 miles off!)
And he's aware too, of the circumstances of Gavroche's
tragic demise at the barricade.
Just stopping in to share a little
music (Schonberg and Trevor Nunn )
and literary history (Victor Hugo ) today.
So...
prostitutes, homeless revolutionaries, factory workers, student rebels, you say?
.
In the context of Schonberg's score and Nunn's adaptation,
with the backdrop of early 19th century seeds of redemption and revolution.
Yes.
This is what we've been immersed in this week.
Our history curriculum timeline coincided beautifully
with my younger son's appointment
to audition for the role of Gavroche in a local production of
Les Miserables!
Did you know that in the musical,
Gavroche is a random beggar,
but in Hugo's novel, he is the son of the "Master of the House," Thernadier?
Interesting.
Yup, the strains of "Look Down"
and "Little People" can be heard 'round here and 'round the clock!
Very honestly, it has been enriching.
If he does get a role, of course, that'd be magical.
If not, we were all enriched by the music and the history.
With audition,
comes the very real presence of rejection.
There have been more rejections than roles around here.
But preparation for an interview, an audition?
Background knowledge?
Priceless.
That's what it's all about.
So.
Here are a few of the resources
that have been perfectly awesome
in getting acquainted with the
characterization, setting, theme and, of course, the music:
Les Miserables
the paperback edition
The DVD Highlights~
The 10th Anniversary Dream Cast in Concert?
Beyond words
The Original Broadway Soundtrack on CD
Vocal/Piano Selections
Highlights of the score
so that he can play the melody and have the lyrics handy:
Les Miserables:
The 2012 movie musical
Ok, we have a hard and fast PG 13 "rule,"
which may need revisiting, now that our oldest IS actually, well, 13.
But since my younger guy is 10, he will not be watching the movie version.
So, my Timmy practiced for a little while the other night,
under the guidance of our parish organist,
who he knows well from accompanying the children's choir.
Timmy asked J if he would mind listening to part of
"Little People" and perhaps give him a tip or two.
J. decided that yes, he can give a few pointers, since he has played the show a number of times in community theater and knows it quite well!
So here they are, the other night:
As you can see, he's really just having fun with it!
Although, he likes to joke that he is auditioning for a role off - Broadway.
(About 40 miles off!)
And he's aware too, of the circumstances of Gavroche's
tragic demise at the barricade.
Here are a few artsy, theater-y, music-y posts
from my Artful Friday series.
In case you'd like to dust off something from the archives~
In case you'd like to dust off something from the archives~
( knitting, winter crafts, the theater and piano)
Friends, thank you for stopping in!
I hope this weekend finds you peaceful and happy.
Until next time,
~Chris
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