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“All Over The Map” With Blue Thread Concert
Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7 p.m.
Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center
240 Central St., Lowell, MA 01854
Parking at: Early Garage, 135 Middlesex Street
The Saab Center for Portuguese Studies and Middlesex Community College, in partnership with the UMass Lowell departments of Music and World Languages and Cultures and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, present a concert: “All over the Map” With Blue Thread.
“All over the Map” showcases global ballads migrating through centuries and cultures featuring medieval Galician-Portuguese Love Songs, Renaissance Villancicos, and Folk Ballads from Portugal, Greece, Scandinavia and the US.
Blue Thread is:
- Yaniv Yacoby, strings
- Cristi Catt, soprano
- Nikola Radan, flutes
- With special guests:
- Shira Kammen, vielle, and Hui Weng, guzheng
- With special guests:
“Blue Thread revealed a vibrant and playful music that transported us to the rich and varied musical experience of medieval times without abandoning the present.” (Évora News)
Watch videos of Blue Thread via YouTube:
- Blue Thread - Ondas do mar de Vigo (Waves of the Sea of Vigo)
- Blue Thread - Mandad’Ey Comigo
- Blue Thread - Mia Irmana Fremosa - My Lovely Sister
- Blue Thread - Lonely in Vigo - Ay Deus Se Sab’Ora Meu Amigo
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.