medici.tv Presents “Musical Gifts: Joshua Bell and Friends – Live From Joshua’s New York Home” Nov 26
For the first time, medici.tv will present a live concert webcast from a private residence, when the cameras roll on Tuesday, November 26 at the home of Joshua Bell. The concert begins at 7pm EST, but viewers can tune in at 6:45pm for some pre-concert interviews as the guests arrive. The evening will recreate the world-renowned violinist’s family tradition of having friends come to his home during the holidays to join in songs that celebrate the warmth, beauty, and magic of the season. Titled “Musical Gifts: Joshua Bell and Friends – Live from Joshua’s New York Home,” the program will feature Renée Fleming, Michael Feinstein, Frankie Moreno, Rob Moose, and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City.
Performances will include “An Old Fashioned Christmas” with Renée Fleming, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” with Frankie Moreno, “The Secret of Christmas” with Michael Feinstein, “Silent Night” with the Young People’s Chorus of New York City (Francisco Núñez, Director), “Let It Snow” with Rob Moose, and more. The webcast will be available for streaming on medici.tv until January 31.
The concert celebrates the release of Musical Gifts, Bell’s first holiday recording for Sony Masterworks. Released last month, the new album boasts collaborations with opera stars Plácido Domingo and Renée Fleming; cellist Steven Isserlis; singers Gloria Estefan, Alison Krauss, Kristin Chenoweth, Michael Feinstein, and Frankie Moreno; trumpeter Chris Botti; jazz greats Chick Corea and Branford Marsalis; a cappella group Straight No Chaser; and classical comedy duo Igudesman & Joo.
“I am thrilled to jump at the chance to support this fabulous program and give more people the opportunity to hear Joshua perform with friends,” explained Adrienne Arsht, Executive Producer of the event. “And if you miss the live performance, the holiday CD is available everywhere. This is Joshua as he is known to his friends,” continued Arsht.
“Joshua Bell is a musical legend,” adds Clayton Taylor, Vice President of Production at WFYI Public Media. “We are so pleased to be partnering with medici.tv to present this concert.”
The founder of medici.tv, Hervé Boissière, commented: “Joshua Bell is a longtime friend of medici.tv. We filmed him several times but for this very special event, it will be the first time in New York. And we are so excited to celebrate his new musical venture in the very particular context of his beautiful flat in Manhattan.”
This special musical evening is sponsored by medici.tv, WFYI Public Media, and Adrienne Arsht, who serves as Executive Producer. Robert Pullen is the Supervisory Producer and David Monn will provide the decor.
More information is available at the violinist’s web site, www.joshuabell.com, Facebook page, www.facebook.com/joshuabellviolinist, and twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaBellMusic
Tues, Nov 26, 7pm EST
Joshua Bell & Friends
Musical Gifts: Joshua Bell and Friends – Live from Joshua’s New York Home
Concert begins at 7pm, with special pre-concert interviews from 6:45pm
Available for streaming until Jan 31
About medici.tv
Critical praise grows for medici.tv with each passing month. The Toronto Star called the site “a seismic shift in the world of classical music,” and the Baltimore Sun said: “This is an amazing site for lovers of classical music.” According to Alex Ross’s blog, The Rest Is Noise, “The hits keep coming at medici.tv.” Offering “treasures aplenty” was how Gramophone editor-in-chief James Jolly put it, naming medici.tv as one of the web’s best classical experiences.
Since its official launch in May 2008, medici.tv has gained international recognition, bringing together a community of 150,000 music and arts lovers from 182 countries – who have watched over 20 million videos to date. In addition to offering live concert hall events that music lovers can experience on their computers and entertainment systems, medici.tv now offers a free application (available at the Apple App Store and for the Android) that makes it possible to experience world-class artistry on iPads, iPhones and the Android. Consumers of Samsung Smart TVs can now access the medici.tv application worldwide in 170 countries since March 1, 2013, on the 2011, 2012 and 2013 models, as well as all future ones. More than 60 client universities globally use medici.tv, including Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University, the Juilliard School and the Manhattan School of Music.
In addition to Webcasts of more than 100 live concerts each year, medici.tv has partnered with the world’s top artists and music institutions to offer subscriptions that give music lovers the opportunity to watch more than 1,200 video-on-demand programs. They include concerts, operas, recitals, documentaries, master classes, artist portraits and archival material by such legendary musicians as Maria Callas, Glenn Gould, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Arthur Rubinstein, Georg Solti and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
Reference opera productions are key to the medici.tv library, including Don Carlo at London’s Royal Opera House starring Rolando Villazón and The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne conducted by William Christie. Also new to the library is archival footage of Leonard Bernstein, Herbert von Karajan and Vladimir Horowitz, alongside master classes by Alfred Brendel and James Conlon.
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