Elliot Goldenthal's evocative score combines with period music to create a wonderful soundtrack. (filmfestivaltoday.com)
Highlights included a newly choreographed Don Quixote by the Carolina Ballet, a commissioned work by renowned modern composer and Duke professor Stephen Jaffe for the North Carolina Symphony, a concert of period music with viola da gamba performer Jordi Savall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall and a performance by the renowned British choral group the Tallis Scholars sponsored by Duke Performances. (nasher.duke.edu)
Evocative background sound effects blend with impressive jazz and blues period music from such recognizable musicians as Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, and Dizzy Gillespie, providing a resonant backdrop to the stellar readings. (booklistonline.com)