Friday again. If you’re starved to see a “live” performance of anything these days, even it means streaming, here are just a few morsels to savor over the coming weekend.
Pianist Orli Shaham will appear with the Grand Rapids Symphony, in Francis Poulenc’s “Aubade.” Even under the best of circumstances, the work is hardly over-programmed, but what makes this concert especially interesting is that it will also be danced, as was originally intention. Dancers from the Grand Rapids Ballet will join Shaham and musicians from the orchestra. Also on the program will be “Aubade” by the Brazilian composer Antônio Francisco Braga (1868-1945) and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. If “aubade” is not in your active vocabulary, it indicates a piece of music associated with the dawn or early morning. The concert will be available on-demand to ticket holders for 30 days, beginning tonight at 7:30 pm EST.
https://www.grsymphony.org/art-of-dance
Somewhat closer to home, the PUBLIQuartet, familiar to followers of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (especially in regard to its landmark #Quartweet residency) will appear on “The Atterbury House Sessions.” This live concert series, held at New York’s historic Atterbury House, is curated by violinist Lara St. John, who has also appeared locally, as soloist with the PSO and courtesy of Lambertville’s Riverside Symphonia. The PUBLIQuartet concert will include works by Jessie Montgomery, Jessica Meyer, John Corigliano, and the quartet itself. Live streaming begins tomorrow at 5 pm EST. The concert will be available then, on-demand, for the period of one week. For more information, visit https://www.larastjohn.com/?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_email_id=604bc1656af8864a81fd6f99
Bard College can always be counted on to put together a good program. Tomorrow, the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra will be conducted by its music director, Leon Botstein (also president of Bard College) and assistant conductor Andrés Rivas . Featured will be the Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7, by Richard Strauss, “Ennanga” for Harp, String Orchestra, and Piano, by William Grant Still, Prologue and Variations, by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, and the Divertimento for String Orchestra by Béla Bartók. The concert will stream Saturday night at 8 pm EST.
Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra will celebrate the 300th anniversary of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, on a concert titled “1721: A Very Good Year.” Also featured will be works by Locatelli, Telemann, and Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco. The concert will begin streaming tomorrow at 7 pm EST, and on-demand through March 21st (Bach’s birthday).
https://tempestadimare.secure.force.com/ticket/PatronTicket__PublicTicketApp#/events/a0S0H00000O1WOKUA3
Finally, Voices Chorale NJ will host an “Irish Coffee House Concert” with Gerry Dignan. Get a leg up on St. Patrick’s Day with a program of Celtic ballads and fast Irish “mouth music.” The concert will be streamed on Monday at 7:30 pm.
https://www.voiceschoralenj.org/
Five events to keep you out of trouble. Don’t forget to change your clocks. Enjoy the music, and have a great weekend.
