Join Joanne Shaw Taylor and her stellar band performing songs from her critically acclaimed studio album, Nobody’s Fool, as well as songs from the upcoming new album. Her guitar prowess, vocal abilities, and songwriting talents reach new heights as she presents a bold slate of material at the peak of her career. Joanne will also dig […]
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Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports […]
Sam Mendes directs Johnny Flynn as Richard Burton, Mark Gatiss as John Gielgud and Tuppence Middleton as Elizabeth Taylor, in this fierce and funny new play by Jack Thorne, offering a glimpse into the politics of a rehearsal room and the relationship between art and celebrity. 1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to […]
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Experience the triumph of the Force in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. In the epic conclusion of the original trilogy, the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final […]
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A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovetthas broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the Texas-based musician fuses elements of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb started her career with the platinum-selling Number […]
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The imperial “City of Song” has played an essential role as a leading European cultural center, hosting major personalities in the development of music, as well as literature, painting, psychiatry and intellectual thought, from the 16th to 20th centuries. This program takes a cross-section of Viennese musical modes—from operetta to waltz, Beethoven’s Piano Trio which spins […]
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Close Encounters With Music’s Winter/Spring 2024 concerts continue with a cross-section of Viennese musical modes—from operetta to waltz, Beethoven’s Piano Trio which spins on a popular song by Weigl, to Schubert’s sublime testament to his beloved métier, An die Musik. And of course, the quintessential café music of Fritz Kreisler, Caprice Viennois. In charm, verve, […]
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Founded and led by original frontman, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kurt Neumann, BoDeans’ catalog consists of generational anthems such as Good Things, You Don’t Get Much, Idaho, and Closer To Free, just to name a few. However, they still reflect the soul and spirit of the modern American experience on their fourteenth full-length offering, 4 The […]
An all-star ensemble that shares the stage with artistic director Yehuda Hanani includes Max Levinson (a brilliant American pianist…who touches the listener deeply and often—Los Angeles Times) and violist Jordan Bak (a bright commanding presence…a rising star —Boston Musical Intelligencer) making his CEWM debut. So concludes Season 32 of Close Encounters—bookended by the most miraculous […]
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Keb’ Mo’s musical journey began nearly half a century ago, when he landed his first major gig in Papa John Creach’s band at the age of 21. Over the course of the next 20 years, Keb’ would go on to establish himself as a respected guitarist, songwriter, and arranger, and though he recorded a one-off […]
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