The BBC Music Magazine Concert Livestream Calendar
An up-to-date round-up of the concerts, operas and recitals available to view online during self-isolation
13-14 August, 8pm
Global Musician Workshop Online Performance Festival
Concerts
PROGRAM
Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop (GMW) presents its first-ever Online Performance Festival, featuring performances by faculty, fellows, participants, and guest artists. The virtual concerts will showcase a broad array of music styles and instruments in brand-new arrangements created and recorded by GMW faculty over the course of the week-long programme. Free to watch on YouTube and Facebook.
ARTISTS
Special appearances by Rhiannon Giddens, Angelique Kidjo, Jake Shimabukuro and Black Violin
Wednesday 18 August
Concert
PROGRAM
ARVO PÄRT Tabula Rasa
SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Barshai) Chamber Symphony in C minor
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director & Violin
Satu Vänskä – Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 15 September
Concert
PROGRAM
SCHUBERT String Quintet in C major, D.956
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Violin
Helena Rathbone – Violin
Stefanie Farrands – Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve – Cello
Melissa Barnard – Cello
Wednesday 3 November
Concert
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN (arr. Tognetti) Violin Sonata in A major ‘Kreutzer’
JANÁČEK (arr. Tognetti) String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director & Violin
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Wednesday 1 December
Concert
PROGRAM
To include:
CACCINI Ciaccona
STROZZI Arie, Op.8 No.6 “Che si può fare”
TARTINI (arr. Kreisler) Violin Sonata in G minor “The Devil’s Trill”
ARTISTS
Richard Tognetti – Director
Helena Rathbone – Violin
Satu Vänskä – Violin
Stefanie Farrands – Viola
Timo-Veikko Valve – Cello
This list will be updated daily. If there are any we have missed, please contact freya.parr@immediate.co.uk.
Authors
Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's Digital Editor and Staff Writer. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music.
