Music > theater
| Music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(1999) for tape, steel drum, boom-whackers™, string quartet, and actor/musicians World Premiere:
November 6, 1999
The Shakespeare Theatre Washington, D.C. Commissioned by the Shakespeare Theatre, Washington D.C. “...On the upside, Jon
Magnussen's music, scored primarily for steel drum, is delightful.” -- —Lloyd
Rose, The Washington Post, November 16, 1999
[Audio excerpt - "Into Puck's World" -Magnussen, vocals, synths] [Audio excerpt - "Just a Dream" - string quartet {Meg Okura, vln.; Catherine Bent, vcl}] [Audio excerpt - "Midsummer Pastiche Waltz" - string quartet Meg Okura, vln.; Catherine Bent, vcl.] |
| Aukele's
Odyssey (1998) for vcl, perc, actor (25 min.) text adaptation by
Stephen Belber
World Premiere: May 14, 1997 Young Concert Artists International Merkin Hall New York, New York David Eggar, violoncello Pablo Rieppi, percussion Matt Yeoman, actor This work toured five New York City public schools (grades 3-8) in 1998 with the creators and performers. It recounts the adventures of a young Polynesian chief who sails for an unknown land, undertakes a perilous quest, and overcomes formidable opponents. [Audio excerpt - world premiere performers] [score sample - pdf] [note - pdf] [actor's text - pdf] |
| Music
for John Barry's Paris Bound (1993) cl, alto sax, pno
World Premiere: Spring 1993 Susan Jennings, alto sax Jon Magnussen, piano Fondation des Etats-Unis Grande Salle Cité Universitaire Paris, France |
(18 July 2008)