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Cal Performances 2008-2009

January 1, 2009

Video Program Notes

Cal Performances 2008-2009 Season

As part of their mission to bring excellent performing arts to the UC Berkeley and wider Bay Area community, Cal Performances produces a series of videos about upcoming performances and other news.

Matías Tarnopolsky

Matías Tarnopolsky named
Director of Cal Performances

Meet Matías Tarnopolsky. The Director Designate talks about the arts and Cal Performances in this 4:00 video.

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Read the press release 5/20/09

Composer Jake Heggie talks about his opera, Three Decembers

Composer Jake Heggie talks about his opera, Three Decembers

Three Decembers
Composer Jake Heggie plays excerpts from and talks about his new chamber opera Three Decembers. The opera stars mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade and is about the loving but often-strained relationship between a famous actress and her two grown children. (Length: 6:30)
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Sarah Cahill talks about the music of Frederic Rzewski

Sarah Cahill talks about the music of Frederic Rzewski

Sarah Cahill
Pianist Sarah Cahill plays and talks about the music of Frederic Rzewski, including his arrangement of the anti-war song Down by the Riverside which inspired Cahill’s January 25, 2009, concert A Sweeter Music. For the program, she commissioned 18 composers to write new works on the theme of peace. The concert includes a new work by Frederic Rzewski. (Length 6:30)
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Producer: Christina Kellogg
Camera & Editor:
Monica Lam

For more information, go to the Cal Performances website

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Jennifer Parker June 29, 2009 at 12:28 pm

Still looking for a recording of “Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno”….

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