Richard Goode, piano & Sarah Shafer, soprano
Date and Time
Sunday Nov 24, 2013
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST
Location
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA 01966
Travelling by Car:
Rockport is 45 miles from downtown Boston.
Drive north on Route 128 (through two rotaries) to the traffic light in Gloucester.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Route 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through “Five Corners” onto Route 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor. It’s a slight vere to the right. At the stop sign at Mt. Pleasant Street (lighthouse in median), turn left and then bear left onto Main Street. The Shalin Liu Performance Center is on the right at 37 Main Street.
Travelling by Train:
Rockport is accessible by commuter rail from Boston and other Northshore towns. The commuter rail originates from North Station on the Green line in Boston. The train station is ½ mile walk to the concert hall.
Walking Directions from Rockport Train Station:
Leave Rockport Commuter Rail Station and turn left onto Railroad Avenue. Turn right onto King Street for and then turn right onto Beach Street (Atlantic Ocean and Front Beach on other side of Beach Street). Follow Beach Street and the Shalin Liu Performance Center will be on your left after you’ve merged onto Main Street. The Congregational Church is across the street.
Contact Information
978.546.7391
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Description
Master pianist Richard Goode returns to Rockport Music with on-the-rise soprano Sarah Shafer to perform Schumann and Debussy, a repertoire the two have been perfecting for years. Sarah Shafer on performing with Richarde Goode: ''My musical senses all go into high gear when singing with him; he is such a sensitive listener as he plays, and I never want to miss anything he might toss over to me!'' Richard Goode, piano Hailed for music-making of tremendous emotional power, depth, and sensitivity, Richard Goode is known as one of today's master musicians and as a leading interpreter of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mozart, and Schubert. Goode probes the inner reaches of works by any composer, infusing every measure with the utmost expressivity, making his musicianship an exciting combination of grandness and humility, boldness and depth. ''Goode's playing is thrilling from first to last.'' Gramophone Sarah Shafer A rising operatic star, soprano Sarah Shafer is praised for her ''luminous voice'' and ''intensely expressive interpretations'' (The New York Times).A graduate of the Curtis Institute and two-time resident of Marlboro Music Festival, she recently made her professional opera debut at the Glynebourne Festival and the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall, and has performed as soloist with several notable symphonies like the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Quad City Symphony, and Richmond and Maryland Symphony Orchestras. She and Richard Goode have been collaborating and performing together since 2010. ''[She displayed] a light, lucid soprano and posed presence that easily projects both vulnerability and backbone…Hers is not a large or rich voice, but is a persuasive one. In Mahler's ''Himmlische Leben'' she landed on the peaceful end of each verse as if she were bringing the audience to a desert oasis.'' – The New York Times Program Works of Schumann, Debussy, and Hugo Wolf Tickets: $58, $48, $39
