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 11 (May 6)
In this issue: “Malaika” by vocalist Miriam Makeba; Monteverdi’s “Adagiati, Poppea…Oblivion soave” from L’incoronazione di Poppea, sung by mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Excerpts from John Adams’ El Niño, sung by mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; choreographer Maurice Béjart’s Boléro, danced by Sylvie Guillem; Judgment Scene from Verdi’s Aida, sung by mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett; “Happy Days Are Here Again”/“Get Happy” sung by Barbra Streisand and Judy Garland
Issue 10 (April 30)
In this issue: Bach played by pianists Márta and György Kurtág; Caroline Shaw’s Passacaglia from Partita for Eight Voices performed by Roomful of Teeth; Handel: “Where shall I fly?” from Hercules, HWV 60 performed by Joyce DiDonato; Antonio Martín y Coll’s Folías de España (Diferencias sobre las folías) performed by Jordi Savall; “I Didn’t Know What Time it Was” performed by Cécile McLorin Salvant; and the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain
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Issue 9 (April 23)
In this issue: Choreographer Vaslav Nijinksy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune performed by Rudolf Nureyev; Wagner’s: Prelude to Lohengrin performed by Lucerne Festival Orchestra and conducted by Claudio Abbado; Debussy’s Toccata from Pour le piano performed by pianist Beatrice Rana; “Pilgrim’s Chorus,” after Wagner’s Tannhäuser performed by pianist Donald Lambert; Debussy’s Cello Sonata performed by cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Jorge Viladoms; Wagner’s Prelude and “Liebestod” from Act 3 of Tristan und Isolde performed by soprano Kirsten Flagstad with Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler.
