Mishima with Chamber Music Tulsa

Chamber Music Tulsa invites you to a special evening at Circle Cinema celebrating the work of legendary composer Philip Glass with a special screening of “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” on Thursday January 22. The event is presented in advance of Chamber Music Tulsa’s Friday Gallery Series concert on Friday January 30, featuring an evening of string quartets by Philip Glass performed live by Brooklyn Rider. Tickets for the film screening are on sale now, $11 Circle members and $13 non-members. Tickets for the concert at WOMPA are sold separately and available at ChamberMusicTulsa.org.

The evening begins with a reception in the lobby at 6pm for film buffs and chamber music lovers to enjoy a drink at the cash bar, then at 7pm a special introduction to the “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” by Circle about the film and Chamber Music Tulsa about the score by Philip Glass and the upcoming performance by Brooklyn Rider.

Chamber Music Tulsa’s mission is to share the experience of chamber music through live performance and community engagement. Now in its 72nd season, CMT is committed to making chamber music widely accessible in Tulsa by presenting compelling performances by professional ensembles, and investing in the future of the art form by commissioning new music.

The next Friday Gallery concert will be Friday January 30, 7:30pm at WOMPA. Brooklyn Rider will play an evening of music by Philip Glass, including Quartet No. 7, Quartet No. 2 “Company,” Quartet No. 5, and Quartet No. 3 “Mishima.” More information and tickets available at ChamberMusicTulsa.org.

About the film: 2hr – Biography, Drama – Rated R – English and Japanese

Featuring an acclaimed score by Philip Glass, “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was originally released in 1985 from producer Francis Ford Coppola and director Paul Schrader. Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted an impossible harmony between self, art, and society. Taking place on Mishima's last day, when he famously committed public seppuku (a Japanese ritualistic suicide), the film is punctuated by extended flashbacks to the writer's life as well as by gloriously stylized evocations of his fictional works. With its rich cinematography by John Bailey, exquisite sets and costumes by Eiko Ishioka, and unforgettable, highly influential score by Philip Glass, the film is a tribute to its subject and a bold, investigative work of art in its own right.