Diablo Ballet presents the second program of their 26th season, Balanchine & Beyond, Feb 7 a?" 8 at the Del Valle Theatre in Walnut Creek. The programs features selections from five ballets including George Balanchine's, Who Cares? set to the music of Gershwin; the choreographic debut of company dancer Michael Wells; the bravura Esmerelda; and the celebration of female choreographers with works by Sally Streets and Penny Saunders.
This February, six exceptionally talented young artists from the world-renowned Kronberg Academy in Germany travel to New York City to make their Carnegie Hall debut over four concerts in Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall. Current students - violinist Stephen Waarts, cellist Jonathan Roozeman, and pianists Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula and Mishka Rushdie Momen - along with alumni violinist Marc Bouchkov and violist Matthew Lipman present a wide range of repertoire in programs that reflect the individuality and artistry honed during their studies at the prestigious Academy. In two matinee programs, these musicians perform alongside Kronberg Academy faculty members and acclaimed soloists - violist Antoine Tamestit and cellist Gary Hoffman - while in two evening programs the students and alumni showcase solo and chamber works.
NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of Belgium choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (In the Midst of Life/Bach's Cello Suites), Thursday, February 13 a?" Saturday, February 15 at NYU Skirball. The dance piece is set to Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites, performed by world-renowned cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and five dancers, including De Keersmaeker herself.
Newton's New Philharmonia presents a special night of musical delights with A Musical Tapestry: A Silver Salon Evening. Led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, the performance will take place Saturday, February 1st, at 7:30 PM in the unique and intimate setting of Gregorian Rug, 2284 Washington St., Newton. Tickets are $35.
The Music Conservatory of Westchester, a revered music school celebrating its 90th anniversary, is launching its Collegiate Orchestra Institute, a new opportunity and training ground to prepare serious collegiate music students for professional careers.
The Santa Barbara Symphony kicks off the second half of its 2019-2020 season with Beethoven's a?oeEroicaa?? on January 18th and 19th at the Granada Theatre. The evening begins with Michael Torke's Ash, followed by world-renowned Israeli pianists Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg performing a unique arrangement for piano four-hands and strings based on Johannes Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet, Op. 25. The program will close with Beethoven's revolutionary a?oeEroicaa?? Symphony, conducted by Music & Artistic Director, Nir Kabaretti. The program has been made possible by the generosity of selection sponsors JoAnne Ando, Hans Koellner and Karin Jacobson, and Dr. Robert W. Weinman.
Diablo Ballet presents the second program of their 26th season, Balanchine & Beyond, Feb 7 a?" 8 at the Del Valle Theatre in Walnut Creek. The programs features selections from five ballets including George Balanchine's, Who Cares? set to the music of Gershwin; the choreographic debut of company dancer Michael Wells; the bravura Esmerelda; and the celebration of female choreographers with works by Sally Streets and Penny Saunders.
DACAMERA continues its 2019a?"2020 series of intimate concerts at the Menil Collection with Folk Inspirations, two performances by mandolinist Avi Avital and harpist Bridget Kibbey on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, at 7:30 p.m. and Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, at 7:30 p.m.
Entre amigos, lectores y familia, el escritor, ensayista y narrador Enrique González Rojo Arthur (Ecatepec de Morelos, 1928) fue homenajeado en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes por su amplia ruta literaria y aportaciones a las letras nacionales, el domingo 15 de diciembre, en una actividad organizada por el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Literatura.
In a working partnership approaching three decades, composer Stewart Copeland and librettist Jonathan Moore bring their latest opera 'Electric Saint' to Kunstfest Weimar in September of 2020. The project is a co-commission of the innovative Kunstfest alongside Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (DNT). The world premiere performance will take place at Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar on September 6, 2020, with seven subsequent performances in Weimar.
American Symphony Orchestra comes to Alice Tully Hall for the holiday season with a concert titled Sons of Bach on Thursday, December 19 at 8 PM. The program will offer rarely-performed works by four of J.S. Bach's sons, showcasing the compositional mastery the young men learned from their father, and also revealing how each was able to develop his own unique style.
It is a heartbreakingly beautiful work.
The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's (PYO) all-brass ensemble, Bravo Brass, will present a concert of recent compositions and fresh arrangements of holiday favorites entitled 'Brand New Brass' at the historic St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Burlington, New Jersey on Sunday, December 1 at 3 p.m. St. Mary's is located at 145 West Broad Street, Burlington, NJ. The performance will be led by Paul Bryan, the Director and Conductor of Bravo Brass.
San Francisco Opera showcases the vocal might of the San Francisco Opera Chorus in concert on Friday, November 22, at 7:30 p.m.
Cape Town City Ballet's exciting new trilogy of works, SATORI, enters its final week having received high praise from audiences and critics alike.
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity welcomes acclaimed choral conductor Kent Tritle Sunday, November 10th at 5:00 pm when Mr. Tritle will lead the Holy Trinity Bach Choir and Players in Johann Sebastian Bach's Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten (He who leaves all power to God), BWV 93.
The acclaimed Arizona Bach Festival celebrates its 11th anniversary season January 26 through February 9, 2019, bringing internationally renowned artists to perform Johann Sebastian Bach's great masterpieces in Phoenix area venues.
Música barroca, romántica y contemporánea, de compositores como Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn y Eric Whitacre, entre otros, además del estreno de Il Mago, forman parte del repertorio que interpretará el Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes durante el concierto Plegarias de un día, bajo la dirección musical de Stefano Ragusini. Esta única función se llevará a cabo el viernes 25 de octubre, a las 20:00 horas, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.
A Baroque composer, albeit the most important of his time (or of all time, as many are of the opinion) on the same program as a Romantic composer, one of the plethora of musical innovators of the 19th century? How could such music possibly be of interest?
On November 8, 2019, Naïve Classiques will release an album of Bach Ouvertures performed by Concerto Italiano and harpsichordist and director Rinaldo Alessandrini.
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