PIERRE — Flower & Flame, a string quartet complete with an actor/narrator is bringing Mark Twain back to life — but you’ll have to experience the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” first.
Flower & Flame, the third concert in the 2009-10 Pierre Concert Series will perform “The American Storybook: Wanderings With Twain and the Headless Horseman,” at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 1, at Riggs High School Theatre.
 Courtesy photo Magdalena Modzelewska, of Poland, plays the violin for Flower & Flame. Advertisement |
The concert will have an equal mix of storytelling and music, which is performed by people from all over the world.
The string quartet has Magdalena Modzelewska, from Poland, on the violin, Justyna Lutow, from Poland and the U.S., also on violin, Pei-Ling Lin, from Taiwan, on the viola and Maxim Kozlov, from Russia, on the Cello. Darrel Fickbohm, of Sioux Falls, will perform the acting and narrating.
“It’s an amazing show,” Fickbohm said. “We’ve done it once or twice before and so far it has been very successful.”
This show’s narrative comes directly from the haunted region of Sleepy Hollow and features its most famous headless citizen.
The second half is a humorous telling of Mark Twain’s travels, observations and theories about lying.
Excerpts of Twain’s “Innocence Abroad,” “Roughing It” and “Letters to the Earth” will be highlighted, Fickbohm said.
“It’s pretty light fair for the most part,” he said.
Several flavors and schools of musical philosophy are added to the music itself that make the performances unique.
Season memberships to the Pierre Concert Series can be purchased by mail at P.O. Box 519, Pierre SD, 57501, from Nancy Thomsen at the Pierre Flower Shop or at the door the night of the performance.
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