The Bridge Project

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Film, Music, Diplomacy

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Kyoto, Japan

New York, USA

ブリッジプロジェクト

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京都・日本     

ニューヨーク・アメリカ合衆国

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映像   音楽   国際交流

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無言歌

songs without words

The program for the Bridge project consists of composers Samuel Barber, Sergei Rachmaninoff, George Enesco, Bela Bartok, Noriko Nakamura, and Bonnie McAlvin. The works are chosen as a result of their intrinsic beauty, their ability to open an empathic space, and their ability to evoke images of bridges and connection.

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Agatha, by Noriko Nakamura

Vocalise, by Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Canzone (Elegy), by Samuel Barber

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Cantabile et Presto, by Georges Enesco

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15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, by Bela Bartok

And the joy will burn out the pain, by Bonnie McAlvin

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A film will be commissioned for each of the musical works, and will be shown while the music is performed (live). In this way, the films will impact the interpretation of the music, and the musical interpretation will impact the interpretation of the film.