Each one a solo artist of distinction, Van Raat and Pinkham join up to make beautiful music together. They will play two-piano pieces by a range of composers: Chick Corea’s ...
Allan Pollack will conduct his own “From an Ancient Book,” written especially for the Festival Orchestra. The brilliant colors of Stravinsky’s ballet score for “The Firebird” will explode in sparkling ...
Faure wrote some of his most astonishing music in his late seventies, when he was becoming increasingly deaf. Susan Waterfall will accompany mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen in Le jardin clos, Stephen ...
In their early days, Brooklyn-based Damn Tall Buildings didn’t rehearse; they busked. Now, whether live or on record, the band still radiates the energy of a ragtag crew of music ...
The annual concert by the wonderfully talented young string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love hearing accomplished musicians interpret chamber music classics. CHOOSE ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a South African male choral group singing in the local styles of isicathamiya, which developed in the mines of South Africa, and mbube, rhythmic homophonic a ...
The final concert offers comfort and hope in difficult times. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40, sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony" to distinguish it from No. 25, the ...
December 7 and 8 the Festival Chorale will present a joy-filled concert in the Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary under the direction of Matthew Evans. This year's musical selections include songs ...
December 7 and 8 the Festival Chorale will present a joy-filled concert in the Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary under the direction of Matthew Evans. This year's musical selections include songs ...
Sunday, December 8, 2024, 7:00 PM
Abalone Room, Little River Inn
Kim Nalley with Pianist Kent Strand
Wines and treats (savories and sweets)
The arrival of Spring will be lauded in song with some traditional folk songs, including "The Water Is Wide," and selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johann Sebastian Bach, Aaron Copland, ...
The arrival of Spring will be lauded in song with some traditional folk songs, including "The Water Is Wide," and selections by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johann Sebastian Bach, Aaron Copland, ...
The Mendocino Music Festival is, first and foremost, a community of music lovers who collaborate to produce the Festival, create the music, and enjoy the performances. Volunteers are at the ...
Imagine yourself... ...in a stunning seaside setting, with a small gathering of fellow opera lovers, grazing on delicacies both savory and sweet, sipping fine wines and other libations, enhanced by the 'golden ...
Susan Waterfall's biographical film on Igor Stravinsky provides an ideal prologue to the Festival's programming this year. Experience the fascinating life of the greatest composer of the 20th century, including excerpts from 25 of his works, along with compelling images and photographs. A Q&A will follow the screening.
Enjoy a brilliant meal with friends as Fedele and Linda Bauccio (creators of Sostenuto, the Festival's legendary annual culinary event) bring us an evening of color and culinary exploration dedicated to New Orleans cuisine and the art of good food and fine dining. In a spacious and secluded area on the Mendocino Grove property, party ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/13): Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/13): Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
This Grammy-Award-winning family band is recognized as one of the foremost contemporary Mexican ensembles in the world. With their unique fusion of Mexican folk, jazz, and classical music, they have graced prestigious stages around the globe, including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, and captivated audiences with their virtuosic musicianship. Hermanos Villalobos have frequently collaborated with ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 1 (7/13): Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.
In the opening classical concert, Allan Pollack will lead the musicians in Igor Stravinsky’s 1922 Pulcinella Suite, one of the ballets commissioned by Diaghilev. We’ll catch our breaths when the orchestra and pianist James D'León transport us to Nights in the Gardens of Spain, Manuel de Falla’s set of nocturnes for piano and orchestra. The ...
Pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi will celebrate Ravel’s 150th birthday with “Moons and Insects,” a selection of short pieces by classical and contemporary composers that celebrate the moon and some of the many bugs in the world. His selections will include Grieg’s butterfly, Ravel’s moth, Scriabin’s mosquito, and Prokofiev’s grasshopper, interspersed with some moon music, and capped ...
This country singer and songwriter was raised in Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky. Waldon's family roots in the Bluegrass State date back over ten generations. She has performed with with artists of note within the country and Americana genres, including Willie Nelson, John Prine and Tanya Tucker, and she made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 2016, ...
Recently dubbed the "Superman of the Bay Area jazz scene" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenny Washington is a jazz virtuoso who thrills audiences with his soulful interpretations, seemingly limitless range, and rapid-fire scatting. Ravi Coltrane has declared Kenny his favorite male vocalist, and Mark Murphy said in a Jazz Times interview that Kenny was ...
NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)
A carnival mood will be created by pianist Sergey Belyavsky as he plays Schumann’s lively Carnival Scenes from Vienna Op. 26 and his Carnaval Op. 9. The spirit will only grow with Liszt’s “Carnival in Pest” (aka Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9), Rosenthal’s Carnaval de Vienne, and selections from Saint-Saens’ humorous The Carnival of the Animals. ...
Heralded as one of “Austin’s rising stars” by Rolling Stone and called “an Austin legend in the making” by Forbes, Jackie Venson has established herself as one of the most commanding R&B performers to come out of Texas. An Austin native, Venson has shared the stage with icons like Gary Clark, Jr. and Melissa Etheridge ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)
Twenty-three years ago, three members of what would soon be Foxglove gathered on stage at the Caspar Community Center to record a live album in front of a capacity crowd. This trio of multitalented musicians—Morgan Daniel, Gwyneth Moreland, and John Bush—had been building a following at small, local venues, showcasing Gwyneth’s lovely voice, Morgan’s songwriting, ...
NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.
Prepare for an evening of soul-tinged jazz and fusion, with a look to the future, sprinkled with electronica and hip-hop. Described by Timeout New York as a musician who “deftly balances virtuosity with tenderness,” Julian Pollack is well-known in these parts as an amazing pianist and keyboard wizard. He will be joined by Berklee-trained Max ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/18): Don Pasquale (concert version)
NOT PUBLIC - PERFORMERS ONLY. This is one of the few MMF rehearsals not open to the public.
Zoe Ellis’s dramatic and colorful voice is well known to music fans in the Bay Area and beyond. Described by reviewers as “a resourceful and inventive vocalist,” she sang for many years with the Bay Area funk band, the Mo’Fessionals. A dynamic performer, Ellis’s credits include live performances with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Donald ...
In this concert version of Donizetti’s comic opera, conducted by Ryan Murray, the audience will be treated to all of the beautiful music in this bel canto masterpiece, and most of the shenanigans. Don Pasquale is generally regarded as the high point of the 19th century opera buffa tradition and five accomplished singers will lead ...
American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK) and having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active and successful competition career and has performed and taught masterclasses around the world. In the first half of this concert Breen will perform a set of ten etudes ...
Maiya Sykes is back for her third Big Band concert and she’s ready to pull out all the stops. She’s a former back-up singer whose rendition of “Stay with Me” on The Voice in 2014 catapulted her to lead singer fame. Based in Los Angeles, Sykes is a classically trained musician who graduated from Yale ...
Rehearsal of 7/20 Stravinsky: Chamber Music for the Concert Hall 10:00–11:00 L'histoire 11:00–11:30 Dumbarton Oaks —break— 11:50–12:10 Dumbarton Oaks 12:10–1:00 Renard 1:00–1:30 Octet for Wind Instruments
L’histoire du soldat shows off Stravinsky’s familiarity with a wide range of musical styles: pasodoble, tango, waltz, ragtime, klezmer, and even Luther’s Ein Feste Burg. Concerto in E-flat (“Dumbarton Oaks”) is one of Stravinsky’s two chamber concertos. Stravinsky’s Octet for Wind Instruments is scored for an unusual combination of woodwind and brass. Completed in 1923, ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/23) Rehearsal order: Pollack, Igor on My Mind Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Beethoven 5
Siblings Jasper Manning on mandolin and Jayna Manning on guitar are joined by their fiddler father, Chad Manning, an alum of Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands and the David Grisman Bluegrass Experience. They will be accompanied by Tyler Stegall, a versatile Bay Area banjo player, and either Mark Schatz or Paul Knight. Schatz has ...
Enjoy a delightful evening of gourmet food and music at one of the area’s leading restaurants, with premium wines generously supplied by Husch Vineyards. Located seven miles south of Mendocino on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA-1) in Albion, California, its bluff-top location on the Albion headlands allows panoramic views of the Pacific and breathtaking sunsets.
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/23) Rehearsal order: Pollack, Igor on My Mind Stravinsky, Violin Concerto in D Beethoven 5
The musicians will reveal surprising new sides to Stravinsky through the years in these intimate concerts. Alexander Katsman will accompany mezzo-soprano Silvie Jensen in Le Faune, a songs composed by Stravinsky during his honeymoon. Jensen will be joined a bit later by Alexander on “Cradle Songs for a Cat.” Susan and Julian Waterfall Pollack will ...