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Brooklyn Village

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The year is 1869, a time when New York City lived out its wildest fantasies, when the famous and the faceless made history together. A proud community of workers, poets and artists gathers along the edge of the East River in Brooklyn Village, obscured under the shadow of Manhattan, awaiting their inevitable destiny. It was a time bursting with creativity, passion and rebellion; when an engineer’s obsession would consume a centuries old village to unite the greatest city in America.

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(Artist rendering of scene from the Brooklyn Village concert:
“The Bridge Approaches.” Credit: Laurie Olinder 2012.)

Then as now, Brooklyn remains. Join us on the imaginary final day of St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn as she is about to be razed to make way for the foot of the new massive Brooklyn Bridge. Take an extraordinary musical journey through time with musical works spanning the years 1804 to 2012. Come experience Brooklyn Village.

(Three excerpts from David T. Little’s 2012 “Am I Born”
which will have its world premier at the Brooklyn Village concert.)

Over two nights at Roulette Theater in Brooklyn (509 Atlantic Avenue near Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217), 800 audience members will be propelled into a musically immersive social event examining linkages between the 19th century and our own time that trace the development of Brooklyn from a small village to a major global super city. Locally written orchestra and choir music, spoken verse, staging, costumes, audience interaction and film will combine together to form a new shared voice as Brooklynites celebrate our collective ability to adapt to the relentlessness of change.

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(Artist rendering of scene from the Brooklyn Village concert:
“Last Night of St. Ann’s.” Credit: Laurie Olinder 2012.)

Initially inspired by Francis Guy’s 1820 painting, “Winter Scene in Brooklyn” which hangs in the Brooklyn Museum, this uniquely immersive program will include musical works by David T. Little, Matthew Mehlan, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Frederich Bristow, Aaron Copland and Sufjan Stevens along with lyrics by Royce Vavrek.

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(Artist rendering of scene from the Brooklyn Village concert:
“The Old Village.” Credit: Laurie Olinder 2012.)

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