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William Shakespeare (Detail from a portrait by John Taylor)
The Bard of Avon gets a post-modern punk rock makeover in the rhythmically driven electro-acoustic hybrid "Yo Shakespeare" by Michael Gordon. We hear it tonight from one of London's top new music ensembles, Icebreaker.
Yo Shakespeare
It may sound like Rocky Balboa discussing "Hamlet," but Gordon's work — like much of the music from Shakespeare's time — is essentially a dance piece (and has been choreographed on the stage in New York). Using the electric guitar as a launching point, Gordon sets up a complex series ...
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