September 11, 2020
By: Elizabeth Thompson
Welcome to Best of Biddle, a virtual series of concerts, workshops, and lectures curated by Duke Music faculty. The Best of Biddle virtual series began in Fall 2020 as a way for Duke Music to highlight the creativity, resilience, and musicianship of...
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February 22, 2022
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/-8Efye9SSrQ[/embed] Video will premiere on Friday, February 25 at 7:30 pm EST. Pianist David Heid (Duke) and soprano LaToya Lain (UNC-Chapel Hill) present Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, followed by Student Chamber selections filmed in November, 2021. “Five Poems for Female Voice,”...
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January 25, 2022
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/Wpvo7ba1G4I[/embed] This video premiered on Friday, February 4 at 7:30 pm EST. View the complete program with bios and program notes. This video features performances by bassoonist Jessica Kunttu, who joined the Duke Music faculty in 2020, and violist Simon...
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January 18, 2022
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/AaBsFcDA3bc[/embed] This video premiered on Friday, January 21 at 7:30 pm EST. In this video, recorded in Duke University's Baldwin Auditorium, Music faculty Ieva Jokubaviciute and R. Larry Todd perform J.S.Bach's Goldberg Variations BWV 988 arranged for two pianos by...
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January 11, 2022
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/hmiGegrpiT8[/embed] This video premiered on Saturday, January 15 at 7:30 pm EST. On December 3, 2021 the Duke Jazz Ensemble welcomed guest artist Javon Jackson to the stage in Baldwin Auditorium. For its first release of 2022, the Best of...
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December 11, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/w9MIw0yR6Hc[/embed] This video premiered on Friday, December 17 at 7:30 pm EST. Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute performs Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K 488 with the Duke Symphony Orchestra, directed by Harry Davidson. This concert was performed on...
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December 7, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/DhP3ZGTUjJc[/embed] This video premiered on Friday, December 10 at 7:30 pm EST. On November 19, [dnme] presented a concert of experimental, avant-garde works. The program featured a wide-range of works for acoustic instruments, voices, electronics, and chocolate by composers Julius...
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November 30, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/WcnaNStdhSc[/embed] This video premiered on Saturday, December 4 at 7:30 pm EST. The Duke University Wind Symphony's Fall 2021 concert cycle concluded on November 18 with a program entitled "Points of Reflection." The music on this concert was inspired by...
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November 2, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/nSUPfGpxg_I[/embed] This video premiered on Saturday, November 13 at 7:30 pm EST. On October 22, Duke Music and the Humanities Unbounded Lab, "Black Music and the Soul of America" presented "On the Persistence of the Spiritual in Black Music" in...
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October 25, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/63h-tjjVwXI[/embed] This video premiered on Friday, October 29 at 7:30 pm EDT. On October 9, the acclaimed Horszowski Trio premiered two new works in Baldwin Auditorium: T120 by Duke faculty composer Scott Lindroth, and For Vera by graduate composer Ryan...
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October 18, 2021
By: Elizabeth Thompson
[embed]https://youtu.be/zKgnmQkDt0k[/embed] This video premiered on Saturday, October 23 at 7:30 pm EDT. On Friday, October 15, the Duke Jazz Ensemble performed a concert with special guest Jason Marsalis for Duke's Family Weekend 2021. The Best of Biddle virtual series is...
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