Pianist and actor Hershey Felder returns with his show about George Gershwin to the Boston stage. I saw it, and was enthralled, ten (or so) years ago when he first performed it in the Boston area, at the American Repertory Theatre. Since then, he has taken it on the road, and has done it 3500 (or so) times – a long road.
Concerts
Woody Sez: The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie
American Repertory Theatre
Twenty-eight Woody Guthrie songs, played with gusto and expertise, supported by a narrative about his life.
Steve Reich with Bang on a Can All-Stars
Concert Performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars with Nick Zammuto and Steve Reich With compositions by Steve Reich and Julia Wolfe, Florent Ghys, Christian Marclary, Mira Calix, David Lang, Evan Ziporyn, Michael Gordon, Tyondal Braxton and Nick Zammutto Kresge Auditorium, MIT Cambridge Bang on a Can All-Stars: Ashley Bathgate (cello), Robert Black (bass), Vicky […]
Dawn Upshaw and Gilbert Kalish
Dawn Upshaw, Soprano Gilbert Kalish, Piano Distler Performance Hall Granoff Music Center Tufts University Medford, MA This dramatic, warm, funny and musically sophisticated program demonstrated not only the first-rate musical skills of these two consummate artists, but their greatly evident compatibility and capacity to deliver an intimate – though dramatic and expressive – musical conversation. […]
Ray Chen and Andrew Tyson
Ray Chen, Violin Andrew Tyson, Piano Friends of Music Sleepy Hollow, NY Giuseppi Tartini Violin Sonata in G Minor “Devil’s Trill” Cesar Franck Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major Johann Sebastian Bach Chaconne from Partita in D Minor for solo violin Henryk Wieniawski Three Pieces: Saltarelle, Legende, Variations on an Original Theme A […]