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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
ACMC Fest: Week One’s stunning line-up
The heat wave may be burning down on us and the economy is still fizzling, but this year’s Austin Chamber Music Festival is bringing us some inspiring talent, and free concerts to boot.
Here’s the first week of the three-week festival offerings:
FREE CONCERT: Mendelssohn Piano Trio
12 noon, Thursday
Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Eighth St. Program: Three Nocturnes by Ernest Bloch and Brahm’s Piano Trio in B Major.
Brasil Guitar Duo
7:30 p.m. Friday
Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, 7050 Village Center Dr.
Young and blazingly talented, the Brasil Guitar Duo make their mark with a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works. On the program is music by Bach, Rameau, Piazzolla, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, and others. Check out the Brasil Guitar Duo’s YouTube page.
Turtle Island String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Saturday
Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas Butler School of Music, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive.
The boundary-breaking quartet present their much-heralded interpretation of the music by the 20th-century jazz master that re-frames the improvising riffs of Coltrane’s saxophone for a sometimes-improvising string quartet. Also on the jazz-centered program — the first half of which will be announced from the stage — is Stanley Clarke’s ‘For John.’
Tin Hat
7:30 p.m. Sunday
Continental Club, 1315 S. Congress Ave.
This San Francisco-based ensemble uses accordion, guitar, violin, clarinet and other instruments in a singular blend of tango, blues, Eastern European folk music, cabaret songs and avant-garde classical. And where better to listen to that at one of Austin’s iconic live music clubs? (Yes, the club’s bar will be open.)
All concerts are $25. See www.austinchambermusic.org for more information.
See previous coverage and reviews of the festival here.
Image: Brasil Guitar Duo.
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Weekend Arts Pix
FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
‘Department of Angels.’ Heaven is a bureaucracy, so being an angel means punching a time clock and working in a cloud cubicle — unless you resort to slapstick antics to break up the routine. Ben Schave and Caitlin Reilly, husband-and-wife neo-vaudeville clowns, bring their critically acclaimed family-friendly show back to Austin after its national tour. 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Blue Theatre, 916 Springdale Road. $8-$12. www.schaveandreilly.com.
‘Black Snow.’
Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov (‘The Master and Margarita’) wrote the novel ‘Black Snow’ in the 1930s as a savage satire of the post-revolutionary, propaganda-fueled Russian art scene. The ever enterprising Tutto Theatre Company offers an updated production of Bulgakov’s story for the stage. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, through July 12. $15, www.TuttoTheatre.org,
Improv marathon and fundraiser.
The Hideout Theater at 617 Congress Ave. will be celebrating the weekend with a 40-hour improv theater and comedy marathon. The event, which marks the signing of a new lease and new owners, starts at 5 p.m. Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday. The weekend jam will be held in one-hour blocks, each for $5. Marathon players include Andy Crouch, Caitlin Sweet, Curtis Luciani, Jeremy Lamb, Kaci Beeler, Kareem Badr, Matt Pollock and Troy Miller. Guest troupes will include Improv for Evil, Snackers, ColdTowne and McNichol and May. Details on the shows at www.hideouttheatre.com.
SATURDAY
‘Cruz Ortiz: Ice Cold’ and ‘I Am Not So Different.’
Opening: 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday
Live performance by Cruz Ortiz 8:15 p.m. Spaztek Stuka Krash: Spaztek has been traveling for 8 earth days-all of his navigation instruments are not working-his rickety Stuka Spaceship has just crested over the Olympus Mons mountain range-everything is going wrong-the radio might be his only hope.
Exhibit continues 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, through Aug. 5. Art Palace, 2109 E. Cesar Chavez St. Free. 496-0687, www.artpalacegallery.com
