World Music Institute To Present Béla Fleck: Rhythm, Raga & Rhapsody At Carnegie Hall May 4th, 2024
- The Sound Cafe
- Dec 13, 2023
- 3 min read
By Stevie Connor.
Béla Fleck has virtually reinvented the image and sound of the banjo through a remarkable legacy that has taken him all over the musical map. Rhythm, Raga & Rhapsody will celebrate the music of Fleck’s career, including his New York premiere of “Rhapsody in Blue” performed with an orchestra, conducted by Eric Jacobsen. The multi-artist night features My Bluegrass Heart, tabla master Zakir Hussain, pianist Bruce Hornsby, and woodwind player Anat Cohen.
World Music Institute's Collaboration series presents cross-cultural musical explorations and collaborations. This series often explores ways in which the music of artists from one culture have influenced the music of another culture, or the music of seemingly widely varying cultures can be strikingly similar or complementary.
Béla Fleck: Rhythm, Raga & Rhapsody
Béla Fleck featuring
Eric Jacobsen & The Fleckharmonic
My Bluegrass Heart
(Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton)
Zakir Hussain
Bruce Hornsby
Anat Cohen
The latest project from banjo great Béla Fleck expands and explores George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by paying homage to the legendary composer while redefining an American classic — just in time for its centennial. Available February 12, a hundred years to the day Gershwin premiered the work at Aeolian Hall in New York City, Fleck’s Rhapsody in Blue album includes three variations: “Rhapsody in Blue(grass),” “Rhapsody in Blue(s),” and the classic orchestration, but with banjo featured instead of piano, performed by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Eric Jacobson. The set also features Gershwin’s “Rialto Ripples” and “Unidentified Piece for Banjo,” an unrecorded and unreleased gem discovered at the Library of Congress.
TOUR DATES
JAN 6 SAT
Earl Scruggs' 100th Birthday Celebration @ Ryman Auditorium @ 8:00pm
Nashville, TN, United States
JAN 30 TUE
My Bluegrass Heart @ Sons d'hiver Festival @ 8:00pm
Maisons-alfort, France
FEB 1 THU
My Bluegrass Heart @ Royal Concert Hall @ 8:00pm
Glasgow, United Kingdom
FEB 3 SAT
My Bluegrass Hall @ Vicar St. @ 8:00pm
Dublin, Ireland
FEB 4 SUN
My Bluegrass Heart @ Cadogan Hall @ 8:00pm
London, United Kingdom
FEB 5 MON
My Bluegrass Heart @ Het Depot @ 8:00pm
Leuven, Belgium
FEB 7 WED
My Bluegrass Heart @ Kaufleuten @ 8:00pm
Zurich, Switzerland
FEB 9 FRI
My Bluegrass Heart @ Luxembourg - Philharmonic @ 8:00pm
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
FEB 11 SUN
My Bluegrass Heart @ ElbPhilharmonie @ 8:00pm
Hamburg, Germany
FEB 14 WED
My Bluegrass Heart @ Béla Bartok Concert Hall @ 8:00pm
Budapest, Hungary
FEB 15 THU
My Bluegrass Heart @ Sono Music Club @ 7:30pm
Brno, Czechia
FEB 16 FRI
My Bluegrass Heart @ Dlabacov Hall @ 5:00pm
Královské Vinohrady, Czechia
FEB 17 SAT
My Bluegrass Heart @ Centar Za Kulturu @ 8:00pm
Čakovec, Croatia
FEB 18 SUN
My Bluegrass Heart @ Wiener Konzerthaus @ 8:00pm
Wien, Austria
MAR 9 SAT
Béla Fleck w/ Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra @ Lied Center for Performing Arts @ 7:30pm
Lincoln, NE, United States
APR 3 WED
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Kleinhans Music Hall @ 7:30pm
Buffalo, NY, United States
APR 4 THU
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts @ 8:00pm
Oakville, ON, Canada
APR 5 FRI
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Kingston Grand Theatre @ 7:30pm
Kingston, ON, Canada
APR 6 SAT
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Spruce Peak PAC @ 7:00pm
Stowe, VT, United States
APR 9 TUE
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Centrepointe @ 7:30pm
Ottawa, ON, Canada
APR 10 WED
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Partridge Hall @ 7:30pm
St. Catharines, ON, Canada
APR 12 FRI
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ The State Theatre @ 8:00pm
State College, PA, United States
APR 13 SAT
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Goshen College @ 7:30pm
Goshen, IN, United States
APR 14 SUN
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn @ Lexington Opera House @ 8:00pm
Lexington, KY, United States
APR 25 THU
My Bluegrass Heart @ Kohler Memorial Theatre @ 7:00pm
Kohler, WI, United States
APR 26 FRI
My Bluegrass Heart @ Royal Oak Music Theatre @ 7:00pm
Royal Oak, MI, United States
APR 27 SAT
My Bluegrass Heart @ MerleFest @ 8:00pm
Wilkesboro, NC, United States
MAY 4 SAT
Béla Fleck: Rhythm, Raga & Rhapsody @ Carnegie Hall @ 8:00pm
New York, NY, United States
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