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With Valentine’s Day on Sunday, here’s what we’ve got planned for the weekend.
Tonight: The Founders Lobby Lounge opens at 5:30. Enjoy a cocktail, and a wine tasting.
Mike McDonald surfs into the Music Hall
At 8pm Cuzin Richard Entertainment Presents: Mike McDonald’s 9th Annual Comedy Xxtravaganza Funnyman Mike McDonald offers the best in Stand-up Insanity with his 9th Annual Comedy Xxtravaganza. So join Mike and Kelly MacFarland, Robbie Printz, Frank Santorelli and surprise mystery guest–all heavyweight comedy ninjas–as they rip powerhouse punchlines into your funnybone. Music by the rockin’ Boston Naturals.
A Prairie Home Companion On Stage
Saturday 2pm. The first ever HD Broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion Each week, A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than 4 million listeners of every age, on more than 600 public radio stations across the country. The show is performed live on stage in front of an audience. The Music Hall will record the February 4 LIVE broadcast to be played on Saturday, February 13 at 2pm.
Emily Blunt and Rupert Friend in The Young Victoria
Saturday 7pm. The Young Victoria Golden Globe Nominee Emily Blunt stars, along with Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany and Miranda Richardson in this story of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria’s rule. Her uncle, King William (Jim Broadbent), is dying and Victoria is in line for the throne. Everyone is vying to win her favor. However she is kept from the court by her overbearing mother (Richardson) and her ambitious advisor (Mark Strong). Victoria hates them both. Her only friend is her doting governess.
Eliane Elias
Sunday 8pm. Eliane Elias: A Bossa Nova Valentine’s Day. Celebrate a Bossa Nova Valentine’s Day with the sensual Brazilian jazz pianist, singer-songwriter whose distinctive musical style blends her Brazilian roots, her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills – a triple Grammy nominee with 18 albums. Valet Service available for this event. Details
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Eliane Elias
From Brazil – Triple Grammy nominee
Jazz pianist/singer/songwriter with 21 albums
Sunday, February 14, 2010 8pm
“superb, sensitive, sexy walk through the Jobim songbook”
–Cadence
Celebrate a Bossa Nova Valentine’s Day with the sensual Brazilian jazz pianist, singer/songwriter Eliane Elias (Ell – ee – ahn’ Ell – ee – ahs’) whose distinctive musical style blends her Brazilian roots, her sensuous, alluring voice with her impressive instrumental jazz, classical and compositional skills. A triple Grammy nominee with 21 albums, Elias is touring behind her latest recording, Bossa Nova Stories, a sublime collection that pays tribute to, and captures the sprit of, the music of her homeland. The Valentine’s Day show, Sunday February 14, starts at 8pm to allow for those special pre-show dinner dates out on the town before heading to the theatre!
“anticipate rapture” – Rex Reed
According to Kathleen Soldati, Director of Marketing for The Music Hall, “I remember the first time I heard Bossa Nova in the mid-60s – The Girl from Ipanema. At the time I had not heard of Antonio Carlos Jobim but I recall those who recorded it – Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto. I was hooked! Eliane Elias will be a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day – it’s international date night at The Music Hall!
“The Music Hall – a great place for a date!” – David Hills
About Eliane Elias
Pianist / singer / songwriter Eliane Elias was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her musical talents began to show at an early age – she started studying piano at age seven and by age 12 was transcribing solos from the great jazz masters. By the time she was 15 she was teaching piano and improvisation at one of Brazil’ s most prestigious schools of music. Her performing career began in Brazil at age 17 working with Brazilian singer/songwriter Toquinho and the great poet Vinicius de Moraes who was also Antonio Carlos Jobim’s co-writer/lyricist. In 1981 she headed for New York and in 1982 landed a spot in the acclaimed group Steps Ahead. Her first of 21 albums came in the mid-80s, with several on Blue Note Records. For her duet with Herbie Hancock, she was nominated for her first of three Grammy nominations. Considered one of the great interpreters of Jobim’s music, Elias has been featured on many concert tributes to Jobim and recorded two albums solely dedicated to the works of the composer. Her latest release Bossa Nova Stories is a celebration to the 50th Anniversary of the Bossa Nova and features her vocals accompanied by a stellar rhythm section and strings recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. As a guest artist she has appeared on performances and recordings with James Taylor, Michael Franks, Mingus Dynasty and Andy Summers. While Something for You (Blue Note 2008) showcased Elias’ piano prowess—buoyed by lively swing, balladic romanticism, and studied virtuosity, Bossa Nova Stories trains the spotlight on her marvelous vocal talent while demonstrating her pianistic mastery of Brazilian and Latin rhythms. Elias’ vocal delivery is a marvel of rhythmic freedom, swinging with the syncopations of her piano, or in counterpoint to the guitar rhythms. Her voice, phrasing, feel and interpretation place her at the top of the genre.
About Bossa Nova
Bossa Nova is a samba-based style of Brazilian music that grew from the artistic beach-culture of late 1950s Rio de Janeiro. This fabulously soothing style of music was popularized by Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, among others. Portuguese for ‘new trend” – Bossa Nova contributed a number of songs to the standard jazz repertoire. The most famous Bossa Nova song is arguably The Girl from Ipanema, by Stan Getz/Astrud Gilberto, which won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. In 2008, Brazil celebrated the 50th anniversary of bossa nova when Rio de Janeiro organized a free concert on the beach at Ipanema starring pioneers of the style, mixing samba and jazz, that originated in 1958 and spread worldwide in 1963 with the release of “The Girl From Ipanema,”an ode to their neighborhood beach written by residents Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes.