 | Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout will perform with the Scottish Trio and guest piper Jerry O’Sullivan on April 5.
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Great Performances concludes season with international line-upGreat Performances closes out its series season with a flourish of activity in early spring featuring musicians from around the world.
On Sunday, March 30 at 3 p.m., Camerata Sweden, the leading chamber orchestra in Sweden, will perform in the URI Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Well known for its characteristic interpretation of enchanting beauty and musical balance, this young ensemble has continuously captivated audiences around the globe with its rendition of Scandinavian composers from the baroque period to the 21st century. Despite performing without a conductor, the ensemble plays with remarkable precision. Sponsored in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Camerata Sweden will perform works by Beethoven, Biber, Britten and Nielsen. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for faculty/staff/seniors, and $5 for students.
In collaboration with the URI Department of Music’s Jazz and World Music Festival, Great Performances is co-sponsoring the appearance of jazz violinist Lesa Terry with the URI Chamber Orchestra and the URI Big Band on Friday, April 4 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Co-founder of the Uptown String Quartet and a noted composer, arranger and educator, Terry has helped expand awareness of jazz, blues and the Negro spiritual. She has recorded and performed with such artists as Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn, and she has performed on Broadway in such shows as Miss Saigon, Show Boat and Phantom of the Opera. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for students.
Wrapping up the Great Performances season is Scottish fiddler Bonnie Rideout and the Scottish Trio, along with guest piper Jerry O’Sullivan, on April 5 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. Rideout is one of the finest and most fiery Scottish fiddlers of our time, and she brings to the stage evocative music of the Highlands in an unforgettable program on both fiddle and viola. The Glasgow Herald said “her playing is so intensely personal and emotional that one feels like an eavesdropper.” This event is part of the Jazz and World Music Festival and is sponsored in part by grants from Maron Construction and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Tickets are $15 for the general public, $12 for faculty/staff/seniors, and $5 for students.
For more information about any of these performances, call 401-874-2627.
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