The Big O
Shigeru Umebayashi, Kremerata Baltica, the Big O, and Hurricane Helene.
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Some of our recent programs:
The Big O
Shigeru Umebayashi, Kremerata Baltica, the Big O, and Hurricane Helene.
Salli Terri/Laurindo Almeida, Chavela Vargas
Music of Brazil and Mexico with brief sketches of Salli Terri, Laurindo Almeida and Chavela Vargas (above).
Nina Simone
A review of Nina Simone’s first recording, 14 tracks on Bethlehem Records, that made it clear, A Big New Talent Has Come to Town.
Correspondence
Kathleen Turner performs Ariel Dorfman’s arresting poem Correspondence that will both chill and warm you. And in honor of their magnificent collaboration, a sampling of tangos.
Music for Theater, Stage and Film
A brief over view of La Traviata, and a teaser of Johann Johannsson and Ólafur Arnalds (above).
Blue Moon
Songs and lore in celebration of this month’s blue moon.
Hejira
Joni Mitchell’s sine qua non, Hejira, with notes to parse out a fuller picture of a magnificent work of art.
Gidon Kremer
A scant 58-minute review of the vast career of violinist Gidon Kremer, a door to contemporary composers far and wide.
Jeffery Dench
New music by Pat Metheny, selections by Julian Lage, Jude, Laibach, Amy Winehouse. and a reading of “All the World’s a Stage” by the late Jeffery Dench (above).
Shigeru Umebayashi
A sampling of pieces by film composer Shigeru Umebayashi (above) and other like-minded individuals.