Thu, Jan 25, 2007
January 25, 2007
KIMBALL RECITAL HALL, 7:30PM
School of Music Presents Faculty Organ Concert
Christopher Marks will give a recital of organ music whose repertoire will include Baroques, Op. 41 by Seth Bingham, Fantasy on "Slane" for Flute and Organ by Libby Larsen, 4 Psalms for Flute and Organ by Moonyeen Albrecht, Two Invocations for Trombone and Organ by Petr Eben, and Concerto for Brass and Organ by Seth Bingham which will feature the University of Nebraska Brass Quintet, Darryl White and K. Craig Bircher, trumpets, Alan Mattingly, horn, Scott Anderson, trombone, and Craig Fuller, tuba, along with Joseph Holmquist, snare drum.
Ticket are $5 for general admission and $3 for students and seniors, and will be available at the door approx. one hour before the performance.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
BRACE LAB, 3:30PM
Physics & Astronomy Colloquium - "How to Increase the Number of Undergraduate Science Majors"
Dr. Robert C. Hilborn, UNL Refreshments: Brace Lab 201 at 3:30 p.m. Colloquium abstract can be found at: http://physics.unl.edu/news/schedule.html
LIED CENTER, 7:30PM
Moscow Ballet Brings "Cinderella" to Lied Center
One of Russia's most acclaimed companies, the Moscow Festival Ballet will bring the story of Cinderella to life right here at the Lied. Featuring music by Sergei Prokofiev and choreography by Rostislav, the story is told in an elegant yet entertaining manner. Experience the grace of Cinderella, the spitefulness of her step-sisters and the fantasy of it all.
The company specializes in 20th century full-length ballets and presented Giselle at the Lied in 1997. Tickets for the event range from $14.50 - $19.50 for Students/Youth and $29.00 to $39.00 for others. For tickets, call (402) 472-4747 or visit the Lied Center web site.
LIED CENTER
MARY RIEPMA ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
The Last King of Scotland Shows at the Ross
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center presents The Last King of Scotland. It will play through February 1.
In The Last King of Scotland, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.
MacDonald, director of the acclaimed documentaries One Day In September and Touching The Void, makes a startlingly assured transition into fictional filmmaking with The Last King of Scotland. Working with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (The Celebration) and editor Justine Wright, MacDonald brings 1970s Uganda to pulsating life, perfectly recreating that tumultuous era. But ultimately the film belongs to Whitaker: as he shifts from charming to maniacal in the space of a short, unexpected breath, he infuses Amin with startling humanity.
More information is available at the Ross website.
