Los Angeles composer Peter Boyer will have his biggest national showcase to date when PBS’s “Great Performances” debuts his “Ellis Island: The Dream of America” on Friday, June 29.
Carl St. Clair conducts the Pacific Symphony in the hour-long broadcast, taped last year as part of the orchestra’s annual American Composers Festival. Actors Barry Bostwick, Camryn Manheim and Michael Nouri are among those speaking the words of immigrants who came through Ellis Island during the early years of the 20th century. Hundreds of historical photos provide a visual backdrop for both actors and orchestra.
Boyer talks about the challenge of writing “Ellis Island” in the below:
Boyer received a 2005 Grammy nomination for “best classical contemporary composition” for the work, which draws on the true stories of seven immigrants and frames their words with dramatic orchestral music that is very much in an Americana vein. The piece concludes with a...
Carl St. Clair conducts the Pacific Symphony in the hour-long broadcast, taped last year as part of the orchestra’s annual American Composers Festival. Actors Barry Bostwick, Camryn Manheim and Michael Nouri are among those speaking the words of immigrants who came through Ellis Island during the early years of the 20th century. Hundreds of historical photos provide a visual backdrop for both actors and orchestra.
Boyer talks about the challenge of writing “Ellis Island” in the below:
Boyer received a 2005 Grammy nomination for “best classical contemporary composition” for the work, which draws on the true stories of seven immigrants and frames their words with dramatic orchestral music that is very much in an Americana vein. The piece concludes with a...
- 6/25/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Clemente has been axed at Fox News, where he had overseen the specials and longform division only since April. Also out is his No. 2, Peter Boyer. Fox News confirmed the two exits, which come on the heels of last week’s abrupt resignation of Roger Ailes as Fox News chief in the wake of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by former show host Gretchen Carlson. A source with knowledge of the matter said today’s cuts were unrelated, adding that Fox News…...
- 7/25/2016
- Deadline TV
This week’s New Yorker features a sketch of C Street House, the shared Washington, D.C., residence of many of Congress’s most high-profile Christians. In the piece, staff writer Peter Boyer reveals house rituals, residents, and reforms, and discusses the scandal that threatened to tear C Street asunder. Careful observers of contemporary urban studies will note that the theologically inclined town house is hardly unique among the capital’s roster of multi-v.I.P. residences. For example, a cadre of Democratic politicians—including Senators Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin—populated another Washington home, while Matt Yglesias and Spencer Ackerman once shared their digs with a pack of progressive bloggers. Here, we contrast C Street House, the blogger-infused Flophouse, and an unnamed Democrat-dominated two-bedroom row house.
- 9/7/2010
- Vanity Fair
The Boston Pops sent Monsters and Critics exclusive video of actor Alec Baldwin narrating The Dream Lives On: A Portrait Of The Kennedy Brothers taken on Sunday July 18. Emmy Award-winner Alec Baldwin gave life to the words of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, when he joined conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for a performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers at Tanglewood in Lenox, Ma today, Sunday July 18. Celebrating the legacies of these three influential Massachusetts native sons, The Dream Lives On-composed by Peter Boyer with Tony Award-winning lyricist Lynn Ahrens-was commissioned by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. This new multi-media work...
- 7/19/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Emmy Award-winner Alec Baldwin will deliver the words of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, when he joins conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus for a performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers at Tanglewood in Lenox, Ma on Sunday July 18 at 2:30 Pm. From PBS Celebrating the legacies of these three influential and inspiring Massachusetts native sons, The Dream Lives On.composed by Peter Boyer with Tony Award-winning lyricist Lynn Ahrens.was commissioned by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops. This new multi-media work combines quotes from speeches by the Kennedy brothers with original text and video, accompanied by a dramatic orchestral and choral score. The choral score is...
- 7/16/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
Last night, May 18, acclaimed actors Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Cherry Jones joined conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra for the world premiere performance of The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, at Symphony Hall in Boston, Ma. Written by composer Peter Boyer and lyricist Lynn Ahrens and commissioned by Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops, The Dream Lives On pays tribute to the legacies of John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy.
- 5/19/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
Robert De Niro was brought to tears just before the premier of the Boston Pops for "The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers" at Boston's historic Symphony Hall Tuesday night. "There's a long history," De Niro said. "I get emotional ... about the whole family," "I met John John...I've seen him when he was a little kid and his sister, and I've seen them when they were older in New York...so there's a little history," De Niro said as his voice broke and he blinked back tears. "It's hard for me to say anything else." The Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform a musical tribute to President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert and Edward Kennedy. Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris and Cherry Jones will join the orchestra reading quotes from the three brother’s iconic speeches. The Boston Pops conductor, Keith Lockhart, commissioned composer,...
- 5/19/2010
- IrishCentral
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