Carnegie Hall Presents

Signatures

Enjoy a captivating playlist of music where each program is performed in signature style by some of today's leading artists. This eclectic series includes a program that combines the works of inventive singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane with songs from Schumann to Sufjan Stevens, an all-star tribute to legendary Mexican songstress Chavela Vargas, and a duo recital by classical guitaristJohn Williams and jazz-fusion guitarist John Etheridge.

Series Events

Thursday, October 25, 2012 | 7:30 PM
Gabriel Kahane: Don't Even Listen
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • Gabriel Kahane, Piano, Reed Organ, Guitar, and Vocals
  • Shara Worden, Reed Organ, Guitar, and Vocals
  • Brooklyn Rider
    ·· Johnny Gandelsman, Violin
    ·· Colin Jacobsen, Violin
    ·· Nicholas Cords, Viola
    ·· Eric Jacobsen, Cello

Program

  • GABRIEL KAHANE Come On All You Ghosts
  • YOTAM HABER "Once The Ocean Takes You"
  • RYAN ADAMS "Sylvia Plath"
  • TRAD. "O Waly, Waly" (arr. Benjamin Britten)
  • CHRIS THILE "The Only Interesting Thing..."
  • SCHUMANN "Ich grolle nicht," Op. 48, No. 7 from Dichterliebe
  • CEE LO GREEN "F**k You"
  • ANDREW NORMAN "Don't Even Listen"
  • IVES "Tom Sails Away"
  • KERN "The Folks Who Live on the Hill" from High, Wide, and Handsome
  • GABRIEL KAHANE The Fiction Issue (World Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
  • GABRIEL KAHANE Songs from Where are the Arms
    ·· "    Winter Song"
    ·· "Charming Disease"
    ·· "Merritt Pkwy"
    ·· "Where are the Arms"
    ·· "Last Dance"

  • Encore:
  • GABRIEL KAHANE "Goodnight to the Boardinghouse" from February House
Merritt Parkway
Gabriel Kahane
Sound Records
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | 8 PM
Ely Guerra
Eugenia León
Tania Libertad
A Tribute to Chavela Vargas
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Performers

  • Ely Guerra, Vocalist
  • Eugenia León, Vocalist
  • Tania Libertad, Vocalist

Program

Three of today’s most exciting female singers join forces for the first time to pay tribute to the late, legendary Chavela Vargas in an evening of traditional and contemporary Mexican song.

Algunas de las cantantes actuales más reconocidas se unen por primera vez para rendir homenaje a la legendaria Chavela Vargas mediante la interpretación de las canciones mexicanas tradicionales y contemporáneas más representativas.

Várias cantoras famosas atuais unem suas vozes pela primeira vez em uma homenagem a Chavela Vargas, em uma noite de música mexicana tradicional e contemporânea.
Monday, March 18, 2013 | 7:30 PM
John Williams
John Etheridge
Zankel Hall

Performers

  • John Williams, Guitar
  • John Etheridge, Guitar

Program

  • TRAD. "Toy" (arr. Cabo Verde)
  • EL HADJ N'DIAYE Ragajuma
  • JOHN ETHERIDGE "Strange Comforts"
  • JOHN ETHERIDGE "Places Between"
  • JOHN WILLIAMS "Malinke Guitars"
  • PAUL HART Ludwig's Horse
  • ABDULLAH IBRAHIM Msanduza
  • MINGUS Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
  • JOHN ETHERIDGE "Six Lines"
  • BACH Prelude, Fugue, and Allegro in E-flat Major, BWV 998
  • STEPHEN GOSS Marylebone Elegy
  • JOHN WILLIAMS Extra Time
Strange Comforts
John Williams, Guitar | John Etheridge, Guitar
Sony Classical

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