![]() Directed by Patricia McGregor, the production features six vocalists and an 18-member ensemble in a score melding R&B, electronic music and acoustic orchestral sounds. The composer’s evening-length score, with a libretto by singer-songwriter and spoken word artist Saul Williams, makes its West Coast premiere in a semi-staged presentation by Cal Performances. Hearne’s new “Place”: Examining contemporary themes of gentrification and displacement, Ted Hearne’s “Place” is an oratorio for our time. ![]() March 12, McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga in-person $42-$65 streaming tickets $40 per household. Audiences can experience the event in person or via stream. The award-winning South Korean pianist’s program also features music by Ukraine-born composer Nikolai Kapustin (1937-2020), whose love for American jazz idioms produced etudes, sonatas, and concertos. Sunday at Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley $68 Piano mastery at Steinway: In her return to the Steinway Society this weekend, Yeol Eum Son performs beloved works by Ravel, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, and 18th-century Venetian composer Baldassare Galuppi. Friday at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University $15-$84 3 p.m. His programs, accompanied by pianist Michaŧ Biel, span music by Purcell, Handel, Johann Joseph Fux, and Polish composers Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Henryk Czyz and Stanislaw Moniuszko. Orliński, times two: Renowned for his brilliance in a wide range of repertoire - and his off-stage prowess in the art of break-dancing - Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński makes two highly anticipated Bay Area appearances this weekend. Here are four concerts classical music fans should know about. Hillbarn Theatre and Conservatory is staging the show, which features such classic tunes as “Ain’t Misbehavin’”, “Black and Blue”, “This Joint is Jumpin’” and “I’ve Got a Feeling I’m Falling.”ĭetails: Today through March 27 Hillbarn Theatre, Foster City proof of vaccination is required and masks must be worn in the theater $30-$58 - Randy McMullen, Staff Classical highlights: Orliński, Yeol Eum Son “Ain’t Misbehavin’”: The hit 1978 musical revue is a tribute to the tunes and life of legendary jazz musician Fats Waller and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and ’30s.
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