Nosferatu Live!

• Featuring Sound Poem Inspired by Nosferatu This event featured the 1922 classic silent film Nosferatu, enhanced by the musical composition, Sound Poem Inspired by Nosferatu, by local composer Karel Suchy. A live performance by Voices and Verses included Sound Poem and poetry contributed by local poets. The performance took place at the Kenosha Public Museum, This event was a part of the Crowdsourced Kenosha program, presented by the Kenosha Public Library, Kenosha Community Media, and Voices & Verses. The Choral Arts Society commissioned Sound Poem Inspired by Nosferatu from composer-in-residence Karel Suchy in 2008. It was again performed in 2010. The music encompasses a variety of styles, including early modal music, modern classical, Appalachian hymnody, and rock ballad. The emotional, dramatic and philosophical elements of the film are interpreted through leitmotif, “modified gypsy” scale, and musique concrete (recorded natural sounds). In the words of reviewer Fred Hermes, “The music, not the usual chase music, is ethereal and dreamy…” and “The excellent music was ‘dreamed up’ by composer Karel Suchy . . .” Poetry that was inspired by and which complements the film was contributed in 2010. These works by poets Pat Chaffee of the Choral Arts Society, and by Jenny Bootle, Lisa Adamowicz Kless, Peg Rousar-Thompson, and Kaitlyn Ulmer of the Kenosha Writers’ Guild will again be featured in the upcoming October 25th performance.