Name: The Yellow Shark
Start: 2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-03-19T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Milton Court Concert Hall

Organization

Conductor

Simon Wills

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Ubu Ensemble

The Yellow Shark

London

United Kingdom

Barbican Centre

Milton Court Concert Hall

The Yellow Shark: The Perfect Stranger Zappa (+4 More)

Public

Private

The Perfect Stranger

Concerto for 9 Instruments, Op. 24

Pribaoutki

Intégrales

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Stage director

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Soprano

Singer

Baritone

Contralto

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Guildhall’s Ubu Ensemble pay homage to Frank Zappa’s iconic last album The Yellow Shark, harvested from his appearance at the 1992 Frankfurt Festival.

Following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, in 1991 Zappa agreed to appear as a featured composer at the Frankfurt Festival the next year. What started as a cautious collaboration turned into an inspired one when Zappa started working with the German contemporary music orchestra, Ensemble Modern.  The concerts that followed have gone down in history, thanks in part to The Yellow Shark. The album contains live recordings from the festival in which Zappa’s tongue-in cheek command to his audience to ‘get serious’ rubs shoulders with now-classic Zappa scores including the unmistakable melody of 'G-Spot Tornado'.

This performance focuses on works that rhapsodize on Zappa’s intense, disciplined interest in classical counterpoint. Music by the composer’s beloved Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky and Anton Webern provide essential context.

English

The Yellow Shark by Zappa, Frank, Webern, Stravinsky, Varèse, From (2022/2022), Conductor Simon Wills, Milton Court Concert Hall, London, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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