Hamlet on Alcatraz, by Gurkestra

Hamlet on Alcatraz

by Gurkestra

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2.	Transition Music 04:57	buy track
3.	Dumbshow Madness 11:35	buy track
4.	Gravedigger 06:32	buy track
5.	What Ceremony Else 04:52	buy track
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In an historic partnership, the National Parks Service and We Players presented Shakespeare’s Hamlet as an island-wide interactive experience. Offering unprecedented opportunities to enter areas ordinarily closed to visitors, the performance used both intimate spaces and cinematographic vistas with simultaneous action on multiple levels. We Players led the designated audience along a carefully crafted route, while regular park visitors were provided with numerous opportunities to interact with the performance. Alcatraz’s compelling landscape provides a perfect natural setting for Hamlet and the central themes of the text speak to the charged and varied history of The Rock.

This album presents the original score for We Player's 2010 production of Hamlet on Alcatraz, composed and arranged by Charlie Gurke. Performed by the Gurkestra Brass Band, featuring:

Charlie Gurke - baritone saxophone
Steve Adams - alto saxophone
Jamie Dubberly - trombone
Henry Hung - trumpet
Luke Kirley - tuba
Eric Garland - drums

Produced by Charlie Gurke and We Players

Recorded at Bird and Egg Studios, Richmond, CA
Mixed by Jeff Cressman, San Francisco, CA
Mastered by Jeremey Goody at Megasonic Sound, Oakland, CA

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released January 28, 2022

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We Players San Francisco, California

We Players creates site-integrated performances that transform public spaces into realms of participatory theatre, in an effort to engage with history and the environment, build community, and activate personal relationships with place. Our work inspires, awakens the senses, and connects people with each other and the landscape. ... more

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