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Sergei Prokofiev and War and Peace
A one-day conference introducing the premi่re of the operas original version
Venue: Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
21st January 2010
Conference Programme
9:30 10:15: Coffee & Registration (AGOS Foyer)
10:15 10:30: Welcome by Professor Christopher Underwood (Head of Vocal Studies at RSAMD)
Session 1:
10:30 11:00: Simon Morrison (Princeton University) Present-day perceptions of Prokofiev's Soviet works
11:00 11:30: Christina K. Guillaumier (RSAMD) Vintage Prokofiev: distinctive features of compositional style
11:30 12:00: David Nice War and Peace, the director's choice: recent stagings of the revised version
12:00 12:30: Irina Brown (Opera Director) War and Peace - the director's view
12:30 13:00: Discussion
Lunch & Coffee (13:00 14:00)
14:00 14:30: Recital of excerpts from War and Peace by members of the opera cast
Session 2:
14:30 15:00: Gabriel Prokofiev interview with Christopher Underwood
15:00 15:30: David Lloyd Jones How War & Peace came to the UK
15:30 16:00: Rita McAllister (RSAMD) Reconstructing the original version of the opera
16:00 16:30: Discussion
Attendance at the conference is free but registration is necessary. Closing date for registration is 18 January 2010. Please email Christina K. Guillaumier to confirm your place:[log in to unmask]
www.rsamd.ac.uk/warandpeace
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
http://web.me.com/jpehs/
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