The joy of gospel meets the soul of New Orleans when two of America's great cultural ambassadors join forces for Down by the Riverside. Vocal legends The Blind Boys of Alabama predate Elvis, Little...
When it comes to vocal talent, South Africa has produced some of the most evocative sounds on earth, and the Grammy Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is a magnificent representation of this tradition...
The prodigious vocal gifts, acting talents, natural beauty and emotional connection of American mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore have quickly propelled her to international stardom, performing dozens of...
Icons of freedom and resistance, Tinariwen’s edgy, bluesy sound has earned them fans like Robert Plant and Carlos Santana, whose own music, along with that of John Lee Hooker and others, inspired...
From 1939 to 1975, Blue Note Records recorded just about every trumpet player that mattered: Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Don Cherry ... It’s no...
March 2 Program
Beethoven – Violin Concerto in D major
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major
March 3 Program
Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
Shostokovich – Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op...
With a career spanning four decades and more than 30 albums, the legendary Gilberto Gil introduced the late 1960s tropicália movement alongside Caetano Veloso and went on to become Minister of...
Today’s most renowned Celtic fiddler and one of the great innovators in Celtic music, Eileen Ivers joins us for St. Patrick’s Day with Beyond the Bog Road, a music, story, dance and film event...
Program
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 in D "Classical," Op. 25
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Five billion people watched...
The intrepid, genre-bending New York string quartet Brooklyn Rider, who traveled the world with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, illuminates music through a fervently adventurous repertoire and raw, edgy...
Program
J.S. Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin (BWV 1001-1006)
One of the great young musicians of the 21st century, German violinist Julia Fischer is widely praised for her imaginative...
Apr 7, 2010, 7:30pm at
Memorial Hall,
Chapel Hill, NC
World renowned guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has won an extraordinary 17 Grammy Awards and has been nominated 33 times in 12 different categories, more than any other performer in Grammy history. ...
World renowned guitarist /composer Pat Metheny has been at the forefront of musical expression for decades. His staggering 17 Grammy Awards and 33 Nominations in 12 different categories are the most...
Renowned for his fiery performances, Senegalese world music giant Baaba Maal's unique blend of traditional West African song, Senegalese pop, reggae, and dance has established him as a seminal artist...
