Cellist Matt Haimovitz’s continuously-evolving and intense engagment with the Bach Cello Suites reaches a new zenith with Overtures to Bach, six new commissions that anticipate and reflect each of the cello suites.
On this week’s World Music Show (10/1), we’ll create a travelogue of musical souvenirs, with highlights in alternative Portuguese tunes, as well as some Rock-n-Roll tracks out of Russia. Plus, we’ll hear a melding of African & Brazilian music, as well as some groovy Gypsy songs.
Pioneering rock and roll singer Gary U.S. Bonds will perform at the 2016 Richmond Folk Festival with saxophonist Gene “Daddy G” Barge.
Get ready to spread your wings and some Big Noise on this week’s World Music Show (9/24). That’s right, we’ll check out some Funky Tropicalismo music which has a big band sound to it, plus we’ll get a Brazilian groove going with Bebel Gilberto and a few others. And if that weren’t enough for you, how about some world music covers of some of your favorite pop songs? Don’t be shy, come read what’s up for this week’s show.
The Grammy-nominated Chiara String Quartet plays by heart, in other words without the music! They are renowned for “bringing fresh excitement to traditional string quartet repertoire as well as for creating insightful interpretations of new music.” The ensemble is comprised of Rebecca Fisher and Hyeyung Yoon (violins), Jonah Sirota (viola) and Gregory Beaver (cello).
We hope you will join us this Saturday night (9/24/16) at 11 for this week’s pulse pounding episode of Time for the Blues. Henry and I are bringing in some great music to celebrate the first Saturday of Fall and feel free to crank up the volume loud enough to knock the leaves off the trees!
