Can narrative prose occasion instrumental music? Though countless compositions have been based on literary texts, the process from words to music can be elusive. A case in point was the world premiere of Luciano Chessa’s Piombo (Italian for lead)—from Primo Levi’s story of the same title—for solo cello, performed by the exceptional Frances-Marie Uitti on January 21 at Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, New York, and the following week, at the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco.
PW talks with Youssef Daoudi and poet Adrian Matejka about Last on His Feet: Jack Johnson and the Battle of the Century , a lyrically structured graphic recreation of the historic 1910 heavyweight title bout between Johnson the first Black heavyweight boxing champion and James J. Jeffries, the White Hope.
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