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Wednesday, Oct 13, 2010 | 9 PM
Cyro Baptista's Vira Loucos
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Cyro Baptista, Percussion
  • John Zorn, Saxophone
  • Kevin Breit, Electric Guitar
  • Michael Ward-Bergeman, Accordion
  • Romero Lubambo, Guitar
  • Shanir Blumenkranz, Bass
  • Tim Keiper, Drums
  • Vanessa Falabella, Vocals

Program

  • Program is approximately 90 minutes and will be performed without intermission
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Feel the passion and virtuosity of Brazil’s rich musical heritage with percussion wizard Cyro Baptista. A native of São Paulo, Baptista and his band re-interpret the folk music Villa-Lobos used in the works that made him Brazil’s most famous composer. It’s a fresh, new perspective on a national hero by the most notable musical export from Brazil today.
“Dansa” (Villa Lobos)
Cyro Baptista, Percussion
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Saturday, Nov 13, 2010 | 10 PM
The Books
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • The Books
    ·· Paul de Jong
    ·· Nick Zammuto
  • with Gene Back

Program

  • Program is approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes, and will be performed without intermission
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Experimental music duo The Books mix electronica, folk, and acoustic music with samples of video, sounds, and speech.
“Fralité” from Music for a French Elevator
The Books
Audio Clips and Excerpts - Carnegie Hall's 2010-2011 Season
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 | 7:30 PM
Brad Mehldau
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Brad Mehldau, Piano

Program

  • BRAHMS Capriccio in F-sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 1
  • BRAD MEHLDAU John Boy
  • BRAHMS Intermezzo in B-flat Major, Op. 76, No. 4
  • BRAHMS Capriccio in C-sharp Minor, Op. 76, No. 5
  • BRAD MEHLDAU Capriccio
  • BRAHMS Capriccio in C Major, Op. 76, No. 8
  • BRAD MEHLDAU Trailer Park Ghost
  • BRAHMS Rhapsody in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
  • BRAD MEHLDAU Goodbye Storyteller
  • RADIOHEAD "Exit Music (For a Film)"
  • BACH Prelude in E-flat Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 852
  • LENNON / MCCARTNEY "Martha My Dear"
  • BACH Prelude in C-sharp Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 848
  • Improvisation inspired by Bach
  • FAURÉ Nocturne No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 74
  • RODGERS "My Favorite Things"
  • BUCKLEY "Dream Brother"

  • Program is approximately two hours, including one intermission
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Mehldau is “a pianist who has it all” (Telegraph), and in everything he plays, you can hear the distinctive voice of a performer who knows just how to move you with his expressive sensitivity. Hear Mehldau bring his unique artistic vision to bear on music by Bach, Brahms, and Fauré, as well as his own works.
Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 | 7:30 PM
Ensemble ACJW
Featuring musicians of The Academy—a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Alex Mansoori, Tenor (Slave)
  • Ben Rubin, Projection Designer
  • David Robertson, Conductor
  • Deanna Breiwick, Soprano (Zaide)
  • Duncan Edwards, Sound Designer
  • Ensemble ACJW
  • Jeffrey Hill, Tenor (Sultan Soliman)
  • Joel Sherry, Set Designer
  • Kelly Markgraf, Baritone (Allazim)
  • Paul Appleby, Tenor (Gomatz)
  • Shenyang, Bass-Baritone (Osmin)
  • Travis McHale, Lighting Designer

Program

  • MOZART Zaide (Das Serail), K. 344
  • BERIO Vor, während, nach Zaide (NY Premiere)
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David Robertson and Ensemble ACJW—together with a fine group of young singers—team up for Mozart’s unfinished opera Zaide (the immediate precursor to the better known Idomeneo), interspersing the two acts with Berio’s imaginative musical commentary.
Mozart Zaide, Act I. No. 3 (“Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben”)
Soloists with The Academy of Ancient Music / Paul Goodwin, Conductor
Harmonia Mundi