K-State's McCain Performance Series presents 'Hamlet,' Vienna piano trio

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Friday, October 13, 2006

K-STATE'S MCCAIN PERFORMANCE SERIES PRESENTS 'HAMLET,' VIENNA PIANO TRIO

MANHATTAN -- The next presentations in Kansas State University's McCain Performance Series will be a showing of "Hamlet" and a concert by the Vienna Piano Trio.

Actors from the London Stage will present the Shakespeare classic "Hamlet" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, in McCain Auditorium.

Now in its 30th year, Actors From The London Stage is one of the oldest established touring Shakespeare theater companies in the world. The company will present Shakespeare's tale of ghosts, betrayal, murder and tragedy.

A pre-performance lecture will be given by Don Hedrick, K-State professor of English, at 6:30 p.m. in 204 McCain.

Additionally, cast members from "Hamlet" will present two dramatic readings in Manhattan; both are free and open to the public. Terrence Wilton will present a reading of "Ithaka" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, at the Manhattan Arts Center. Geoffrey Beevers will present a reading of "Pilgrim's Progress" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, in the Flint Hills Room at the K-State Student Union.

The internationally celebrated Vienna Piano Trio will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, in All Faiths Chapel.

The trio will perform Beethoven's Trio in D-Major "Ghost," Schoenberg's "Verlarte Nacht" in the piano transcription by Eduard Steuermann and Shubert's Piano Trio in B-Flat Major D.898, Op.99.

Described by the Washington Post as "one of the world's leading ensembles of violin, cello and piano," the Vienna Piano Trio annually appears on major stages worldwide, including recent performances in England, Germany, Japan, France, Belgium and Australia. In May 1999, Classic CD named them "Top of their Class" and The London Times voted the trio's Beethoven CD as record of the year. Praised for its silken homogenous sound, the ensemble also has graced the stage of Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall and the Kennedy and Lincoln centers.

A pre-performance lecture will be given by Cora Cooper, K-State music professor, at 6:30 p.m. in 204 McCain.

Tickets for the performances can be purchased at http://www.k-state.edu/mccain or by calling the McCain Box Office at 785-532-6428 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. weekdays.

The events are sponsored by the Kansas Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts and the K-State fine arts fee.