Pianist Aaron Diehl will appear in a free livestreamed recital co-presented by Chamber Music Society of Detroit, University of Chicago Presents, and Des Moines Civic Music Association on Friday, May 1 at 8:00pm. The performance is part of the new CameraMusic initiative established by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit to give artists the opportunity to perform live from wherever they are during the COVID-19 crisis. As musicians everywhere find themselves isolated and unable to perform for live audiences, “Musica da camera” (the Italian term for “chamber music”) takes on a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n
Equally at home with classical music and jazz, multi-faceted pianist Aaron Diehl will perform a program of rags by Scott Joplin and Eubie Blake, show tunes, light classics, and music of Harlem Stride masters James P. Johnson, Thomas \u201cFats\u201d Waller and Willie \u201cthe Lion\u201d Smith.<\/p>\n
With its \u201cstriding\u201d oom-pah left hand, Harlem Stride became the rage in 1920\u2019s New York as the ragtime of Scott Joplin and his contemporaries was transformed into jazz with a new improvisatory freedom, swinging, energized rhythms and virtuoso pianism.<\/p>\n
Aaron Diehl connects this history to the present day, giving listeners a taste of what audiences might have heard in clubs, concert halls, and at-home \u201crent parties\u201d in the 1920\u2019s and 1930\u2019s. Today\u2019s virtual performances offer unique ways for communities to support artists and stay connected through music.<\/p>\n
Program:<\/strong> Streaming details and more information are available at the websites of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit<\/a>, University of Chicago Presents<\/a>, and Des Moines Civic Music Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n Facebook Live<\/a> | YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pianist Aaron Diehl will appear in a free livestreamed recital co-presented by Chamber Music Society of Detroit, University of Chicago Presents, and Des Moines Civic Music Association on Friday, May 1 at 8:00pm. The performance is part of the new CameraMusic initiative established by the Chamber Music Society of Detroit to give artists the opportunity … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5070,5567,5355,5591,3610,3670],"class_list":["post-6606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aaron-diehl","tag-broadcast","tag-covid-19","tag-livestream","tag-piano","tag-recital"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6608,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6606\/revisions\/6608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/5094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opus3artists.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEubie Blake:<\/strong> Charleston Rag
\nThomas \u201cFats\u201d Waller:<\/strong> African Ripples
\nScott Joplin:<\/strong> Solace, A Mexican Serenade
\nEdvard Grieg:<\/strong> Anitra\u2019s Dance, from Peer Gynt
\nMassenet:<\/strong> \u00c9l\u00e9gie
\nWillie \u201cthe Lion\u201d Smith:<\/strong> Fading Star
\nGeorge Gershwin:<\/strong> \u2019S Wonderful
\nJames P. Johnson:<\/strong> Carolina Shout<\/p>\n