Ted Hearne: In Your Mouth
Still from Blue Falling ©2019 by Rachel Perry
Copresented by Liquid Music and the Walker Art Center
Commissioned by the Walker Art Center and Carnegie Hall
Nov 21–22
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
“Some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory—from any genre.” –Pitchfork
Photo by Jen Rosenstein
The lush, stinging poetry of Dorothea Lasky has inspired composer Ted Hearne’s new theatrical song cycle, igniting hearts and minds with ferocity and grace. With frank observations of the everyday intertwined with revelatory maneuverings of his own voice, Hearne’s music—a smart mélange of traditional and contemporary tonalities with an accessible pop sheen—is backed by a quintet of in-demand musicians. This intimate 12-song suite engages audiences in a complicated, loving meditation on the personal and domestic, while savoring the depths of the wildness within. Intensifying the performance is real-time installation by conceptual artist Rachel Perry and stage direction by Daniel Fish.
Tickets: $26, $20.80 Liquid Music/SPCO subscribers and Walker members
Pre-performance reading by Dorothea Lasky
Thursday, November 21, 7–7:30 pm
Cityview Bar, outside the McGuire Theater