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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Beyond the Stage
Issue 30 (August 3)
In this issue: Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason guest curates this special edition of Now, More Than Ever.
Issue 29 (July 27)
In this issue: Pianist Timo Andres performing “How can I live in your world of ideas?”; an excerpt from Cappella Mediterranea’s production of Rameau’s Les indes galantes; pianist Martha Argerich performing Chopin’s Largo and Finale from Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Chris Thile performing “Too Many Notes;” an excerpt from Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites
Issue 28 (July 23)
In this issue: acrobat/dancer Yoann Bourgeois performs to Debussy’s “Clair de lune;” Janine Jansen performs Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso with the Berlin Philharmonic; vocalist La Caíta performs “El pájaro negro” from Latcho Drom; Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Friends perform Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah;” Nederlands Dans Theater performs Paul Lightfoot’s Standby
Issue 27 (July 20)
In this issue: We shine a spotlight on the great 19th-century Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828).
Issue 26 (July 16)
In this issue: Martha Argerich performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15; Lacrimosa from Jean-Baptiste Lully’s De profundis performed by Cappella Mediterranea, Chœur de Chambre de Namur, and the Millenium Orchestra; cellist Pablo Casals’ “El cant dels ocells”; a dance work by choreographer Dada Masilo as part of a William Kentridge exhibit; Ella Fitzgerald performing Jobim’s “One Note Samba”
Issue 25 (July 13)
In this issue: A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s First Movement from Serenade for Strings, Op. 48; soprano Ana María Martínez performing with the Cellos of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Gustavo Dudamel; the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra performing Verdi’s “Va, penseiro” from Nabucco; trumpeter Wynton Marsalis performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra and conductor John Williams; Quatuor Ébène performing “Misirlou”; Mark Morris Dance Group performs Dido and Aeneas