The New York Times Profiles Jonathan Tunick ’58, “The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound”
Listening to a demo of Stephen Sondheim’s “Losing My Mind” is a very different experience from the final product available on the original cast recording of the musical Follies. “What happened? The short answer: Jonathan Tunick,” writes Darryn King for the New York Times. In a profile of the career of Bard alumnus Jonathan Tunick ’58, King asked many experts what, exactly, an orchestrator does. For his part, Tunick refers to his work as “lighting for the ears.” “[Tunick] often confers with a show’s lighting designer to determine which colors and shadings will be used onstage,” King writes. “The orchestra, [Tunick] said, has the ability ‘to provide its own shadings of light, darkness, warmth, and texture to the music and lyrics.’” Orchestration “can hint at unspoken secrets,” Tunick says, enhancing character alongside harmony: “Things that the characters don’t say, or don’t want to say, or don’t even know.”
Post Date: 01-17-2024
Post Date: 01-17-2024