Boston Baroque

Martin Pearlman, Composer Martin Pearlman: Finnegans Wake–An Operoar: (work in progress) premiere. This work in progress sets the opening pages of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake for an actor and 7 instrumentalists. When excerpts were performed at the Huntington Library in Pasadena in June 2011, the James Joyce Quarterly wrote, "[This is] the first musical adaptation of a large unbroken portion of the book…At the end there was a universal ovation.” Join us for this open workshop performance, which will include discussion with the audience. Featured actor Adam Harvey, who specializes in performing sections of Finnegans Wake, will join Composer/Director Martin Pearlman and instrumentalists, Sarah Brady, flute and piccolo, William Kirkley, clarinet and bass clarinet, Danielle Maddon, violin, Sarah Darling, viola, Anthony d'Amico, double bass, Robert Schulz, percussion and Donald Berman, piano.