While most of us can't go out to take in great live music, here are some events taking place online to enjoy while staying home this weekend: On Friday, Mariza sings the music of Amália Rodrigues for NYC's Town Hall from Portugal, Vagabon performs from a decked-out Boulevard Studios in LA, and Jeremy Denk performs Bach for Emory University's Schwartz Center. On Sunday, Chris Thile leads his master class, Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet perform for Miami's IlluminArts from NYC, and Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi perform for Celtic Connections from Ireland.
While most of us can't go out to take in great live music, here are several events taking place online (from around the world) to enjoy while staying home this weekend. To find out how you can support independent music venues and #SaveOurStages while we stay home, visit the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA).
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Mariza celebrates the US release of her new album, Mariza Sings Amália, with a performance for The Town Hall in New York City from her studio in Portugal streaming Friday night at 8pm EST. With Mariza Sings Amália, her first full album of classics, Mariza celebrates the 20th anniversary of her career and the centenary of the late Queen of Fado, Amália Rodrigues. "This is the best way I can find to pay my tribute to Amália," she says, "and to thank her for the legacy and inspiration she gave us." Tickets for the concert can be purchased at thetownhall.org.
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Vagabon and her band perform music from her self-titled Nonesuch debut album and more in a concert from a decked-out Boulevard Studios in Los Angeles streaming Friday night at 9pm EST. Prior to Vagabon's performance, special guest Sasami will open the show with a set of her own. Tickets are available via noonchorus.com/vagabon.
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Jeremy Denk leads a virtual concert and conversation from his living room for Emory University's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts on Friday night at 8pm EST, following his Zoom master class for the center this past Wednesday. On the program are preludes and fugues from Book 1 of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier. The event is free with donations welcome. For details and to RSVP, visit tickets.arts.emory.edu.
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Chris Thile concludes the latest round of his ongoing master class series, Music is Life is Music, with VI. Making Records, this Sunday at 2pm EST. Thile has made many records for Nonesuch, of course, both solo and with Punch Brothers.
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Caroline Shaw and Attacca Quartet, whose 2019 album, Orange, won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance, reunite in a live-streamed performance from New York City inspired by the work of artist Sasha Wortzel Sunday evening at 7pm EST. The free event, presented by IlluminArts and Oolite Arts, also includes a socially distanced in-person screening held at the North Beach Bandshell in Miami Beach for 100 patrons that night. You can RSVP for the online show at eventbrite.com.
Orange is "completely gorgeous in so many ways," exclaims BBC Radio 3. "It hits you everywhere, all at once." "A love letter to the string quartet," says NPR. "[W]hen you hear all the imaginative sounds on Orange, you know you're listening to the voice of a strong composer."
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Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi take part in the online Celtic Connections festival, on an Americana bill with Dean Owens with Joey Burns and Martin Wenk of Calexico, among other artists. The performance premieres on Sunday at 8pm GMT / 3pm EST. Giddens was on BBC Radio Scotland’s Another Country with Ricky Ross earlier this week to discuss the concert; you can listen to that conversation here. Tickets can be found at celticconnections.com.
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