Highlight
Up for a little slap and tickle this weekend? Dr Reniculous Lipz and the Scallyunz are having a release party for their first CD, Journey to the East, at VU tomorrow with guests Point 22 (.22) and New Hong Kong Hair City. Both Dr Lipz and the members of .22 have naughty lyrics that could be misinterpreted if you don’t listen carefully for the tongue-in-cheek (and other places) aspect to their message. They aren’t bad boys, they just sing that way. Lipz is a whiz with words, and .22 are veteran performers who put on a silly show with serious talent.
It’s an interesting lineup: hip-hop from the Doctor, a shot of alt-country and psychedelic rock from .22 and hair-curling rock-based funk with heavy metal saxophone from Hair City
See this Monday’s Taipei Times for a full story and surreal interview with Dr Lipz (aka Nick Sylvester) himself
▲ Dr Reniculous Lipz and the Scallyunz Journey to the East “seedy” CD release party with guests Point 22 (.22) and New Hong Kong Hair City
▲ Tomorrow from 10pm until late at VU Livehouse, B1, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市武昌街二段77號B1). Call (02 ) 2314-1868 for more information
▲ Tickets are NT$250, which includes a drink and a CD
▲ On the Net: www.drlipz.com/index.html
▲ On Facebook: Journey to the East (under “events”)
Classical music
NSO Meet the Master — Heavenly Symphony (NSO 遇見大師系列 — 天國的音海) brings conductor Gunther Herbig, a protege of Herbert von Karajan, to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring two powerful works: Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 in C Minor and Toru Takemitsu’s Requiem. [See story above.]
▲ Today at 7:30pm
▲ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$2,000, available through NTCH ticketing
Brilliant Pipe — Paul Meyer & TSO (炫麗燦爛的笛音 — 單簧管大師保羅•梅耶與北市交) sees French clarinetist Paul Meyer perform with the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (台北市立交響樂團) under the baton of guest conductor Heiko Mathias Forster. The program will include Richard Strauss’ Don Juan, Op.20 and Suite from “Der Rosenkavalier” Op.59 and Spohr’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.4 in E Minor and Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.2 in E Flat Major.
▲ Tomorrow at 7:30pm (Taipei) and Sunday at 2:30pm (Hsinchu)
▲ National Concert Hall, Taipei City and the Performance Hall of the Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Hsinchu City (新竹市文化局演藝廳), 17, Tungta Rd Sec 2, Hsinchu City (新竹市東大路二段17號)
▲ Tickets are NT$200 to NT$1,000, available through NTCH ticketing
Concerto de Los Angeles (天使の協奏曲首演) is a concert featuring guitar virtuosos from Japan, South Korea and Taiwan with Shingo Fujii conducting. The performers include Shinichi Fukuda, Liu Shih-yu (劉士堉), Kim Yong-tae and Yasuji Ohagi. The program includes arrangements for guitar duets and trios of works by Rossini, De Falle, Toru Takemitsu and Shingo Fujii’s own Concerto de Los Angeles for Solo and Guitar Orchestra.
▲ Sunday at 2:30pm
▲ National Concert Hall, Taipei City
▲ Tickets are NT$400 to NT$1,200, available through NTCH ticketing
Theater
The president’s daughter is cast in the role of Juliet in Tainaner Ensemble’s (台南人劇團) humorous play within a play K24 (Chaos). The K24 Bureau of Investigation discovers that an attempt will be made on the first daughter’s life on opening night and tries to uncover the killer’s identity. This weekend’s performances feature the first two episodes from the six-episode series.
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