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MUSIC
Thursday, April 25
121梯鳥
Ann E Pitzer Center
Hutchison Drive & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
Mestre Cobra Mansa is a recognized Capoeira Angola master based in Bahia, Brazil, who has extensive experience teaching and performing capoeira around the world. He participated in the revival of Capoeira Angola during the 1980s90s in Bahia and now leads the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, one of the most influential capoeira groups in the world. Recently, he participated in the project Angolan Roots of Capoeira led by historian Matthias Rohrig Assuncao (University of Essex), which took them to Angola four times.
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)
Saturday, April 27
7:30pm
C.K. McClatchy High School
3066 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818
Gabriela Lena Frank, Eleg穩a Andina
Xavier Beteta, Piano Concerto (with Xavier Beteta, piano)
Mozart, Symphony No. 41 Jupiter
Sunday, April 28
3pm
Ann E. Pitzer Center
Hutchison Drive & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Baroque Ensemble:
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Faculty Affiliate Michael Sand and 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Lecturer Phebe Craig, directors
Davis High School Baroque Ensemble:
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Alumnus Angelo Moreno, director
Works by Corelli, Muffat, J.S. Bach and his cousin J.B. Bach.
Thursday, May 2
121梯鳥
Ann E. Pitzer Center
Hutchison Dr & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
This concert was originally listed as HRABBA ATLADOTTIR, VIOLIN.
Hrabba Atladottir, violin
Nina Flyer, cello Miles Graber, piano
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor Robert Greenberg: The Daughters of Atlas (piece written for Trio Foss) Piazzolla: Verano Porte簽o
Free (a Shinkoskey Noon Concert)
Friday, May 3
5pm
Ann E. Pitzer Center
Hutchison Drive & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
Chris Froh, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Lecturer in Music, percussion
with percussion students of 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis
First performances of works written by graduate students of 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis in music.
Sam Clark-McHale
Jonathan Favero
Joseph Vasinda
Adam Strawbridge
Free
Friday, May 3
8pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
As her name portends, Storm Large is every bit the natural phenomenon. After shooting to prominence on Rock Star: Supernova, Large has built a career that includes regular gigs with Pink Martini and the Oregon Symphony as well as her own one-woman shows Crazy Enough and Cabaret. With her longtime band, Le Bonheur, Large leads a bold show that includes the Great American Songbook, Broadway standards, rock anthems and some of her own original songsalongside some unfiltered stage banter that will entertain (and perhaps elicit) a few blushes along the way.
Parental Advisory: Storms show includes mature subject matter and profanity.
Saturday, May 4
7pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
Christian Baldini, music director and conductor
51勛圖窪蹋 Davis Department of Music
Ann Cleare: ph繫sphors (. . . of ether)
Brahms: Double Concerto with Tatjana Roos, violin, and Eunghee Cho, cello
Esteban Benzecry: Rituales Amerindios
Tuesday, May 7
7pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
Polymath. Genius. Vijay Iyer is no stranger to lofty names being thrown his way. From his first Trio albums, it was clear that his is a unique talent. What is more impressive is how he has grown as a composer and arranger over the past decade. With his sextet, Iyer makes a fascinating leap into ensemble writing that takes advantage of a powerful lineup (cornetist Graham Haynes, drummer Jeremy Dutton, saxophonists Steve Lehman and Mark Shim and bassist Stephan Crump) veering between tight horn lines, grooves and moments of atmospheric elegance.
Wednesday, May 8
7pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
Connections, Influences and Inspirations, Part II: Brahms and Schumann
Pianist and conductor Vladimir Feltsman is one of the most versatile and commanding musicians of our time. He returns to the Mondavi Center for the second concert in a three-year projectConnections, Influences and Inspirationsfeaturing a performance that explores the ways in which some of the greatest composers for the keyboard drew on the work of those who came before. Following his 2018 performance (focused on the work of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin), this second performance of the project will focus on the work of Schumann and Brahms.
Schumann: Arabeske in C Major, op. 18
Schumann: Kreisleriana, op. 16
Brahms: Six Pieces, op. 118
Brahms: Four Pieces, op. 119
MUSIC/DANCE
Friday, April 26
7pm
Ann E Pitzer Center
Hutchison Drive & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
Mestre Cobra Mansa is a recognized Capoeira Angola master based in Bahia, Brazil, who has extensive experience teaching and performing capoeira around the world. He participated in the revival of Capoeira Angola during the 1980s90s in Bahia and now leads the International Capoeira Angola Foundation, one of the most influential capoeira groups in the world. Recently, he participated in the project Angolan Roots of Capoeira led by historian Matthias Rohrig Assuncao (University of Essex), which took them to Angola four times.
FILM
Sunday, April 28
2pm
Mondavi Center
Old Davis Road & Mrak Hall Drive, Davis, CA 95616
Directed by Fatih Akin
After a terrorist attack, Katjas life falls apart. In the Fade follows her story through grief, the German legal system and the underground world of Neo-Nazis in Europe. Her friends and extended family try to give her the support she needs, and Katja somehow manages to make it through the funeral. But the mind-numbing search for the perpetrators and reasons behind the senseless killing complicate Katjas painful mourning, opening wounds and doubts. Katja struggles as she endures the trial against the two suspects: a young couple from the neo-Nazi scene. The trial pushes Katja to the edge and theres simply no alternative for her: she wants justice.
Post-film discussion lead by Jaimey Fisher, Professor, German and Cinema & Digital Media, Director, Davis Humanities Institute, 51勛圖窪蹋 Davis.
In the Fade is a tragedy in three acts, their varying tone and effectiveness held together, however tenuously, by a powerhouse performance. Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
It's a deeply unsettling film - delivering a message that can't be ignored. Vanessa H. Larson, Washington Post
NOTE: Rated R for some disturbing images, drug use, and language including sexual references.
Thursday, April 25
2pm
Ann E Pitzer Center
Hutchison Drive & Cushing Way, Davis, CA 95616
The film follows Capoeira master Mestre Cobra Mansa and his friends in the search for the African roots of the Brazilian martial art known as Capoeira. In it, a powerful myth links Capoeira to a legendary Angolan game called Engoloknown as the Zebra dance. The film documents, for the first time, Engolo as well as other combat games, dances, and music from the Nyaneka-Humbi people in Southern Angola. The exchange between Capoeira and Engolo in Angolan villages and the insights from the streets of Rio and Bahia illuminate the affinities and differences between combat games and musical bows played on both sides of the Atlantic.
Directed by Richard Pakleppa, Matthias R繹hrig Assun癟瓊o, and Anthropologist Christine Dettmann.
Immediately following the film, Mestre Cobra Mansa will host a Q & A.
Free
Saturday, April 27
2pm
Woodland Opera House
340 2nd St, Woodland, CA 95695
This documentary tells the story of Sacramentos beloved Alhambra Theatre, a million dollar temple, built in 1927 for moving pictures and the arts. The story is told with compelling interviews, pictures and newly-found archival footage. Co-producers Mat穩as Bombal and Chad E. Williams rendered the pieces of this historical puzzle into a compelling story arc of Sacramentos pride and later, shame.
12:30 pm: Guided tours of the historic Woodland Opera House
2:00 pm: Movie will start promptly
Bombal and Williams will address the audience and do a Q&A session following the screening
Reception (non-hosted) will resume in the Heritage Plaza
THEATER
Friday, May 3Sunday, May 12
Woodland Opera House
340 2nd St, Woodland, CA 95695
Theater for Families
Based on the classic fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, Rumpelstiltskin and the Game of the Name is a childrens musical making its debut at the Woodland Opera House. The poor Millers tall tales get him into hot water, as he brags about his shy, unassuming daughter, Janes, ability to spin straw into gold.
Music is composed by Vatrena King, and its book and lyrics written by Catherine Hurd, the team behind the award winning musical, Zuccotti Park.
Recommended for audiences ages 4 and up.
