{"id":71479,"date":"2014-01-31T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=71479"},"modified":"2017-01-26T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T19:16:55","slug":"three-days-three-big-bates-concerts-songs-of-hanns-eisler-glazers-99th-singer-mccalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2014\/01\/31\/three-days-three-big-bates-concerts-songs-of-hanns-eisler-glazers-99th-singer-mccalla\/","title":{"rendered":"Three days, three big Bates concerts: songs of Hanns Eisler, Glazer’s 99th, singer McCalla"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Leyla<\/a>

Leyla McCalla, singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.<\/p><\/div>\n

In three separate musical performances the weekend of Feb. 7-9, Bates presents Maine’s best-known pianist, an evening of music by Austrian composer Hanns Eisler and a concert by singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla, all in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.<\/p>\n

Soprano Karyn Levitt and pianist Eric Ostling perform Eisler songs<\/a>, including settings for lyrics by German poet Bertolt Brecht, in translations by renowned playwright Eric Bentley at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7. Admission is free, but tickets are required (see below).<\/p>\n

\"Happy<\/a>

Happy 99th! Pianist Frank Glazer. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

Pianist Frank Glazer<\/a>, artist in residence at Bates, gives a special 99th-birthday concert featuring music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8. Following the performance, a reception and toast will be held on the Olin stage in his honor.<\/p>\n

Admission to the show is $10 (see below) but 50 free tickets are available for students and seniors (65-plus) as of Feb. 3.<\/p>\n

Closing the weekend is McCalla, a singer-songwriter<\/a> touring in support of her debut album, Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes<\/em>, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9. Admission to the show is $15. Free tickets are available to a limited number of students and seniors (65-plus).<\/p>\n

\"Pianist<\/a>

Pianist Eric Ostling and soprano Karyn Levitt perform Eric Bentley’s translations of songs by Bertolt Brecht collaborator Hanns Eisler.<\/p><\/div>\n

Free tickets for all three performances are available through bit.ly\/oacbates<\/a>. Paid tickets are available through batestickets.com<\/a>. For more information, please contact 207-786-6135 or olinarts@bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about these concerts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n