Spivey Hall is hosting a world-class saxophonist and a renowned chamber trio this month.
“Chris Potter Underground,” which AllMusic.com’s Michael Nastos called “a very compelling electric-oriented funky jazz band with a big twist,” will appear Saturday, March 14, at 8:15 p.m.
The group features Potter on saxophone, Adam Rogers on guitar, Fima Ephron on bass, and Nate Smith on drums.
A world-class soloist, accomplished composer and formidable bandleader, saxophonist Potter has emerged as a leading light of his generation.” Down Beat” called him “one of the most studied (and copied) saxophonists on the planet” while Jazz Times identified him as “a figure of international renown.”
In its Spivey Hall debut, the group will perform selections from Potter’s 2015 release “Imaginary Cities.”
Tickets are priced at $40 (with discounts for subscribers, groups, students and Georgia educators), and are available for purchase now.
On Sunday, March 15, Spivey Hall welcomes the David Finckel / Wu Han / Philip Setzer Trio.
Violinist Setzer and cellist/pianist couple Finckel and Han, co-artistic directors of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, are firmly established as one of America’s most dynamic piano trios. Finckel and Han, Musical America’s 2012 Musicians of the Year, and Setzer rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Setzer is a current and founding member of the Emerson String Quartet and performed with Finckel for 34 years in that ensemble.
In a long-awaited return performance at Spivey Hall, the chamber trio will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s ebullient Trio in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1; Dmitri Shostakovich’s highly dramatic Trio No. 2, Op. 67; and Felix Mendelssohn’s brilliant Trio in C minor, Op. 66.
Program notes and Audio Web Notes providing detailed information about the music and the composers are available now at www.spiveyhall.org. Audio Web notes are online program notes enriched by short music samples that give patrons the chance to hear what the program notes are talking about.
Tickets are priced at $56 (with discounts for subscribers, groups, students and Georgia educators), and are available for purchase now.
