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 24 (July 9)
In this issue: Jake Shimabukuro’s ukulele cover of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody; soprano Leontyne Price, soprano and bass-baritone Simon Estes performing Aida and Amonasro’s Duet from Aida; choreographer Camille A. Brown’s “The History of African American Social Dance”; soprano Margaret Price performing Mozart’s “E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono” from Le nozze di Figaro; Silkroad Ensemble performing Kinan Azmeh’s “Wedding”; Music from Cinema Paradiso by composer Ennio Morricone
Issue 23 (July 6)
In this issue: Berlioz’s Dies irae and Tuba mirum from Requiem, Op. 5 conducted by Sir Colin Davis; vocalist Sarah Vaughan performing “Once in a While”; Nicolas Krassik & Cordestinos and Friends, featuring Gilberto Gil performing “Casamento da Raposa”; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing Rennie Harris’ Lazarus; violinist David Oistrakh and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich performing Brahm’s Vivace non troppo from Double Concerto in A minor
Issue 22 (July 1)
In this issue: Classical singer Julia Bullock guest curates this special edition of Now, More Than Ever.
Issue 21 (June 25)
In this issue: Choreographer Bintou Dembélé revamps Les indes galantes; Ustad Amjad Ali Khan’s performance at the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Concert; Blind Willie McTell’s “Statesboro Blues”; soprano Karita Mattila performs Sibelius’ “Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte”; Astor Piazzolla and Friends perform “Libertango”; violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-ki Joo perform “I Will Survive”
Issue 20 (June 22)
In this issue: Violinist Kyung-Wha Chung performs Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry performs Bizet’s Seguedille from Carmen; Pianists Martha Argerich and Evgeny Kissin perform Lutosławski’s Variations on a Theme by Paganini; Diana Adams and Arthur Mitchell perform George Balanchine’s pas des deux from Agon; the Orchestre de Paris performs Revueltas’s “Noche de encantamiento” from La noche de los mayas
Issue 19 (June 18)
In this issue: Donald Byrd’s Greenwood performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Thomas Adès’ “O Albion” performed by Endellion Quartet; Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides, Now;” Charles-Marie Widor’s Toccata from Symphony for Organ No. 5 performed by organist Wayne Marshall; Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium performed by Gaechinger Cantorey and SWR Symphonieorchester; Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra