Hailing from Pennsylvania and flying high since the 2012 release of their critically acclaimed self-titled album, The Stray Birds is a genre-melding acoustic trio of classically trained musicians who have been making music of all kinds since childhood. The band - multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Maya de Vitry, Oliver Craven and Charlie Muench - has received ...
Returning for a fourth year of insightful and moving playing, the internationally acclaimed Calder Quartet will perform the Debussy String Quartet; Anders Hillborg Kongsgaard Variations; and Beethoven Op. 59 No. 2. The Calder Quartet always plays impeccably, with passionate engagement. The Debussy quartet is a sparkling, effervescent work. Beethoven’s eighth quartet, often called the Second ...
Combining their love for folk and traditional music, the Paul McKenna Band offers captivating sounds. With a contemporary approach, but not straying too far from their roots, their arrangements have been called both fresh and innovative. Their exciting sound is created through outstanding vocals, driving guitar and bouzouki, intense fiddle playing, a warm pairing of ...
Tonight we celebrate instrumental masters: Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. There will be energy and passion in the tent, opening with the final movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—an Allegro with great Brio. Then brilliant pianist Stephen Prutsman plays Beethoven’s 3rd piano concerto, a work immediately familiar and joyful, “turning the concert stage into a platform for the ...
A self-proclaimed "Voice for the Voiceless" and leader of the premier band in Malawi, Mawanga joins traditional Malawian rhythms, compositions and vocal arrangements with modern instrumentation to produce socially conscious, inspirational music. With his poignant songs and strong messages, the artist strives to speak for the underprivileged and expose the world to the riches of ...
The rapturous music of J. S. Bach opens the 2016 Festival with all six of the rarely heard sonatas for violin and piano. Described as the “Jon Stewart of chamber music,” violin virtuoso Geoff Nuttall redefines what a chamber concert can be, with his creative daring and flair for entertaining. Nuttall is known for his ...
Featured wines at this performance Spencer Myer, piano Two monumental works of the classical repertoire will be featured at the final concert of the season. Pianist Spencer Myer will play ...
Featured wines at this performance A bold composer, a brilliant jazz pianist and an inventive vocalist all rolled into one, Clarice Assad floats freely across musical idioms. Born into one ...
Featured wines at this performanceMatt Andersen’s narrative driven writing cuts through the soul, blending blues and folk, delivered in total honesty. He takes listeners on a ride with his diverse ...
Featured wines this performance This concert, the fourth in the Mozart in Mendocino series, contains some of the greatest music ever written, including the Overture from Abduction from the Seraglio ...
Featured wines at this performanceBassekou Kouyate, musician from Mali, is one of the true masters of the ngoni, an ancient traditional lute found throughout West Africa, which he started playing ...
Featured wines at this performanceBlame Sally, formed in 2000, doesn’t fall into the usual “girl group” category. Each of the members - Pam Delgado (percussion and vocals), Renee Harcourt (guitar, ...
Two multi-media lectures, a Punch tasting, and music, both ribald and ravishing.
Featured wines at this performanceThe Festival Big Band comprises seventeen nimble, creative, steaming and swinging pros who come together year after year for the sheer love of music-making with bandleader Allan ...
Featured wines at this performance This promises to be a magical production of one of the funniest operas of all times. Rossini at his rollicking best! The opera will be ...
Featured wines at this performanceThe Joni Mitchell Project, featuring Mark Summer and Serge Merlaud. Tierney Sutton will present some of the material from her acclaimed album After Blue, her tribute ...
Featured wines at this performance The "intellectually, emotionally and musically rich" (Star Tribune) nine-member men's vocal ensemble, Cantus is known internationally for its trademark warmth and engaging performances of music ...
Featured wines at this perfprmance The California Honeydrops don’t just play music - they throw parties, and have taken the party all over the world. From European tours to featured ...
Featured wines at this performance The Calder Quartet, called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, performs a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to ...
A Canadian roots music band, Vishten entertains with a high-spirited concert of Acadian and Celtic genres combined with rock and indie-folk influence. One of the most respected bands on the ...
Featured wines at this performanceDe Temps Antan performs memorable and time-honored melodies of Quebec, songs with a hint of contemporary that speak to familiar rhythms of the past. With a ...
Featured wines at this performanceThe Festival will open with the delightful Second Jazz Suite of Shostakovich, showing the light side of this composer. Award-winning violinist Livia Sohn will perform the ...
Featured wines at this performance The final orchestral concert of great choral works by Haydn and Bach will provide a fitting climax to the Festival. Handel’s Royal Fireworks for orchestra alone will precede Bach’s Cantata #51 and Haydn’s Creation, sung by large choir and soloists. There is nothing as inspirational as hearing a powerful choir giving heartfelt ...
Featured wines at this performanceIrma Thomas won a Grammy in 2007 for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was chosen as one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices. Dubbed the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Thomas will warm your heart with her blend of roots and blues. She has been inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame ...