Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott: Songs of Comfort & Hope (on-demand until 12/12/20)
$15+
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano
Peerless cellist and internationally beloved music ambassador Yo-Yo Ma has devoted his career to projects that connect people across geographic and cultural divides. In a recital perfect for holiday viewing by the whole family, Ma and fellow musical explorer, the acclaimed pianist Kathryn Stott, join forces for a diverse concert recorded in mid-November at Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) Concert Hall.
Their "Songs of Comfort and Hope" program – inspired by the phenomenally popular series of recorded-at-home musical offerings that Ma began sharing in the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown – combines a wide range of selections from the piano/cello repertoire with traditional and fresh new takes on favorites like “Shenandoah,” “Londonderry Air,” and the “Last Rose of Summer,” arranged by A-list composers including Benjamin Britten and Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. Ma and Stott also lend the profound connection of their 35-year musical relationship to Robert Schumann’s vibrant Five Pieces in Folk Style (Op. 102) and an arrangement of Manuel de Falla’s winning Seven Spanish Songs.
“Over… many years, they’ve developed a wonderfully warm and mutually responsive musical partnership that has blossomed in performances that are both generous and incisive” (NPR).
The performance begins at 7pm Pacific / 10pm Eastern. This video will also be available on demand until Dec. 12, 2020, 11:59pm PST.
Join us at 6:30pm Pacific, before the streaming premiere at 7pm Pacific, for a pre-concert conversation with Yo-Yo Ma and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen. Free for ticket holders. Available on demand here, following the premiere, for everyone.
Program notes will be available approximately one week before the performance.
The pricing for individual Cal Performances at Home performances is on the honor system and is based on the number of people watching the performance. Starts at $15.