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. If you enjoyed her performance last year, you will certainly appreciate this one. ...took into ...
Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer whose shows offer a musical journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor, and warm, expressive voice have made him a legend to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
The annual concert by the wonderfully talented string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love hearing accomplished young musicians interpret chamber music classics and present exciting contemporary works. Each year twleve participants are chosen from the many who apply to come to Mendocino, receive chamber music coaching from principals ...
Originally from Canada, Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A five-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist, Foley has won a Juno Award among other honors. Touring internationally, she has shared stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top), earning ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
The season will conclude with “Songs of Love and Loss” by Allan Pollack, a work for soprano, chorus, orchestra. The piece deals with emotions of grief and longing, blending contemporary texts and musical materials with Biblical passages. The mood will shift with Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 9 in D minor, a fitting finale for the ...