Cal Performances at Home is much more than a series of great streamed performances. Fascinating behind-the-scenes artist interviews. Informative and entertaining public forums. The Cal Performances Reading Room, featuring books with interesting connections to our Fall 2020 programs. For all this and much more, keep checking this page for frequent updates and to journey far, far Beyond the Stage!
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Artist Conversation with Mahan Esfahani: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Mahan Esfahani: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
A harpsichord and Goldberg Variations primer! Listen as Mahan Esfahani talks in depth with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about his instrument, Bach’s beloved piece he will be playing, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
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Issue 56 (Feb 26)
Hybrid virtual-live performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations performed by Mahan Esfahani; Beethoven’s Adagio sostenuto from Piano Sonata, Quasi una fantasia (Moonlight) performed by Mitsuko Uchida; Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” performed by Nina Simone; Smoke, Part 3 performed by Sylvie Guillem and choreographed by Mats Ek
Artist Conversation with Takács Quartet: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Takács Quartet: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
The Takács Quartet talks with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about how new members enter an established group, what the thought process was behind the program, relationships individual members have with pieces being played in the concert, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Takács Quartet performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
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Issue 55 (Feb 19)
Celebrating the life of legendary jazz keyboardist Chick Corea, with Corea’s “Armando’s Rhumba” performed by Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea; Biber’s Violin Sonata No. 5 in E minor performed by Rachell Ellen Wong and Robert Warner; Beethoven’s Maestoso – Allegro from String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major performed by Quatuor Ébène; Arvo Pärt’s The Woman with the Alabaster Box performed by Ars Nova Copenhagen
Issue 54 (February 11)
Celebrating Black History Month with Mozart’s “Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln” performed by Reri Grist; Excerpt from Im schwarzen Rössl performed by Katherine Dunham; Balm in Gilead performed by Alicia Graf Mack and choreographed by Arthur Mitchell; Coltrane’s “Alabama” performed by John Coltrane; Richard Smallwood’s “Total Praise” performed by Richard Smallwood and Vision; “Life Lines” performed by Flutronix with Joe Blaxx; Emancipation of Expressionism performed by Boy Blue and choreographed by Kenrick “H20” Sandy
Issue 53 (February 4)
Selections of Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth” (“Dido’s Lament”) from Dido and Aeneas featuring Janet Baker, soprano and London Philharmonic Orchestra; Jessye Norman, soprano and Orchestra of St. Luke’s; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Ondrejcak, director; Annie Lennox and London City Voices