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SWING CENTRAL SHOWCASE PERFORMANCES
RIVER STREET, ROUSAKIS PLAZA
March 31
11:00AM, FREE
Each of the twelve participating bands from SMF's Swing Central High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop performs brief sets in this swing showcase on River Street.
TAKÁCS QUARTET WITH MENAHEM PRESSLER & JOSEPHINE KNIGHT
Telfair Academy
March 23
6:00PM, $67, 57 buy tickets
Pianist Menahem Pressler and cellist Josephine Knight join the renowned Takacs Quartet to perform two of the great masterworks in the chamber music idiom. Mr. Pressler is the founder of
MUSIC AT 11: SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS SOLO RECITAL
Trinity United Methodist Church
March 24
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Schumann Kinderszenen, Op. 15Janacek: On an Overgrown Path (Book 1)Chopin Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23Returning to Savannah for his second consecutive festival appearance, Simon Crawford- Phillips has
DANIEL HOPE & FRIENDS W/MENAHEM PRESSLER. DVORAK PROGRAM
Telfair Academy
March 24
6:00PM, $67, 57 buy tickets
Dvorák Piano Quintet A Major, Op. 81Dvorák Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (Dumky)Dvorák Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola in C Major, Op. 74Associate Artistic Director
THE BRAHMS VIOLIN SONATAS:DANIEL HOPE & SEBASTIAN KNAUER
Telfair Academy
March 25
3:00PM, $52, 42 buy tickets
Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108Brahms Scherzo in C minor from the FAE SonataBrahms Violin Sonata No.
MUSIC AT 11: JOSEPHINE KNIGHT, CELLO
Trinity United Methodist Church
March 26
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Martinu Variations on a Slovak Folksong for Cello and Piano, H. 378Shostakovich Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 40 De Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole The diverse career of Josephine Knight
NOON30: CEDAR WALTON, PIANO
Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
12:30PM, $25 buy tickets
This is a very rare solo recital by NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton, who first came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the 60s, in
PIANO SHOWDOWN
Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
5:30PM, $40 buy tickets
SMF's original "Piano Showdown" productions have captured the hearts of audiences for the past eight years. Our 2012 edition places piano giants Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton alongside young sensations
PIANO SHOWDOWN
Charles H. Morris Center
March 26
8:00PM, $40 buy tickets
SMF's original "Piano Showdown" productions have captured the hearts of audiences for the past eight years. Our 2012 edition places piano giants Kenny Barron and Cedar Walton alongside young sensations
MUSIC AT 11: SEBASTIAN KNAUER, PIANO
Trinity United Methodist Church
March 27
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Gershwin Three PreludesRavel Vallée des cloches & Alborada del gracioso (from "Miroirs")Brahms Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2Mendelssohn Song without words, Op. 30, No. 6Mendelssohn Song without words,
NOON30: KENNY BARRON, PIANO
Charles H. Morris Center
March 27
12:30PM, $25 buy tickets
National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Kenny Barron began his career in the 1950s as a teenager, playing with such jazz greats as Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Lee
HELLO POPS: A CELEBRATION OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG BY WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS
Charles H. Morris Center
March 27
5:30PM, $35 buy tickets
Louis Armstrong (a.k.a. "Pops" and "Satchmo") is arguably the most important and original American musician in history, and this entertaining and original show celebrates his musical legacy with an ensemble
THE MENDELSSOHN PIANO TRIOS: DAVID FINCKEL, WU HAN, PHILIP SETZER
Telfair Academy
March 27
6:00PM, $67, 57 buy tickets
Mendelssohn Sonata for Cello & Piano in D Major, Op. 58 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op.
SWING CENTRAL JAZZ: BIG BAND SHOWCASE
Rousakis Plaza
March 29
11:00AM, Free
A free open-air showcase featuring the twelve high school big bands participating in Swing Central Jazz.
MUSIC AT 11: PHILIP DUKES, VIOLA
Trinity United Methodist Church
March 29
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70Clarke Dumka' Duo Concertante for violin and Viola with PianoBrahms Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120"Great Britain's most outstanding viola player" (The Times
PINK MARTINI
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 29
8:00PM, $70 (gold circle), 60, 50, 40, 30 buy tickets
Pink Martini is a widely celebrated twelve-piece band from Portland, Oregon, performing an unforgettable fusion of Brazilian samba, '30s Cuban dance and Parisian café music. Bandleader and pianist Thomas Lauderdale
MUSIC AT 11: KRISTIAN BEZUIDENHOUT, LORENZA BORRANI & JONATHAN COHEN
Trinity United Methodist Church
March 30
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Haydn Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV:27Haydn Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV: 28Beethoven Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1This program features two of the
NOON30: JEFF CLAYTON QUARTET
Charles H. Morris Center
March 30
12:30PM, $20 buy tickets
Co-leader of the acclaimed jazz ensemble The Clayton Brothers, reed virtuoso Jeff Clayton is also a dedicated educator and Swing Central Jazz clinician. Mr. Clayton has worked with Frank Sinatra,
COLE IN THE AFTERNOON: MUSIC OF NAT KING COLE AND COLE PORTER FEAT. FREDDY COLE QUARTET/MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
March 31
3:00PM, $65 (gold) 50, 40, 30, 25 buy tickets
The youngest brother of Nat King Cole, Freddy Cole grew up in Chicago, in a home where visitors included Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Lionel Hampton. His vocals‚ suave, elegant,
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIN
First African Baptist Church
March 31
8:00PM, $40 buy tickets
This special SMF production blends the power of southern gospel music with modern Americana and features the Shreveport, Louisiana's Zion Baptist Mass Choir, led by the spine-shaking Pastor Brady Blade,
DANIEL HOPE & FRIENDS: LORENZA BORRANI, SIMON CRAWFORD-PHILLIPS & CARLAMARIA RODRIGUES
Telfair Academy
April 1
3:00PM, $57, 47 buy tickets
Schumann Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121Brahms Viola Sonata No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 120Schumann Marchenerzahlungen Op. 132 for violin, viola and pianoBrahms Horn Trio in E-flat
DANIEL HOPE & FRIENDS: FRENCH SOIREE
Telfair Academy
April 3
6:00PM, $57, 47 buy tickets
Ravel Sonata No. 1 in A minor for Violin and PianoFaure Piano Quartet in C minor, Op.15Faure Elegie for Cello and PianoFranck Piano Quintet in F minorThe chamber music literature
MUSIC AT 11: KEITH ROBINSON, CELLO
Trinity United Methodist Church
April 4
11:00AM, $25 buy tickets
Beethoven Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5Dvorak Silent Woods, from the Bohemian Forest for Cello and PianoMendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Major, Op. 58Keith "Robby"
JOSHUA REDMAN/BRAD MEHLDAU DUO
Trustees Theater
April 6
8:15PM, $55, 45, 35, 25 buy tickets
Saxophonist Joshua Redman and pianist Brad Mehldau, two of the most influential, visible and acclaimed improvisers in jazz, share a vast range of concepts, notions and feelings ripe for exploration.
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA W/ MIGUEL HARTH-BEDOYA
YEFIM BRONFMAN, SOLOIST
Lucas Theatre for the Arts
April 7
3:00PM, $75 (gold), 67, 57, 45, 30 buy tickets
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83 The seventh consecutive SMF appearance by the acclaimed Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
PACO DE LUCIA
Trustees Theater
April 7
7:30PM, $72, 57, 40, 25 buy tickets
Paco de Lucia is one of the world's greatest guitarists, as well as the most innovative and influential flamenco artists of the last thirty years. Since the late 1960s his
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