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Gaslighting: 10 Years of Film Noir at Nec at Jordan Hall
Courtesy of Ran Blake | Posted on April 7, 2015
Where
Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street
Boston, MA
Map
(617) 585-1260
When
Mon, April 13, 2015
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Ran Blake
pianoJason Moran
pianoKen Schaphorst
composer / conductorMark Zaleski
saxophone, altoSarah Hughes
saxophoneAbout
Pianist/composer/improviser Ran Blake, who celebrates his 80th birthday on April 20, and trombonist Aaron Hartley celebrate their 10th year in coproduction of New England Conservatory's famed Film Noir series with "Gaslighting," a tantalizing mélange of scenes from Patrick Hamilton's original screenplay, Gaslight (also known as Angel Street, 1938), Gaslight (1940, directed by Thorold Dickinson) and Gaslight (1944, directed by George Cukor).
As young Mrs. Manningham is driven slowly insane by her treacherous husband, members of the NEC Storyboard Noir Ensemble, coached by Aaron Hartley, create an original score, responding to the drama through improvisations, recompositions, and reinterpretations of works by Konrad Elfers, Bernard Herrmann, Gustav Holst, and Johann Strauss II....