REDCAT Presents

Daniel Corral and Alexander Gedeon:

Concerto for Having Fun with Elvis on Stage and Count In!

November 14, 2020

Having Fun with Elvis on Stage is a 1973 album collaged entirely from Elvis speaking on stage between songs at live concerts — no music. One reviewer wrote: “hearing it is like witnessing a car wreck, leaving onlookers too horrified and too baffled to turn away.”

Concerto for Having Fun with Elvis on Stage reimagines this vilified recording as a sort of ‘ghost opera’ — creating a memetic hologram of celebrity afterlife. Members of the Now Hear Ensemble perform composer Corral’s original live musical score along with the original LP while Alexander Gedeon’s ‘Elvis’ persona becomes a vehicle to explore all things absurd in pop idolatry.

Beforehand: Enjoy a screening of Count In!, Corral’s video piece combining the voice of punk rocker Poly Styrene with musical minimalism and hypnotic color.

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