Puddingstone Music will present a special off-island musical salon in collaboration with the Jamestown Arts Center on Saturday, March 14, at 4 p.m., featuring Grammy-winning Canadian cellist Arlen Hlusko in an afternoon of music and dance.
The program, titled “Common Threads: Folk, Bach, and Beyond,” explores how music can sustain connection, courage and hope through a curated blend of folk melodies, classical works and contemporary repertoire.
Hlusko, who sold out performances at Rough Point and the Newport Colony House last year, returns to Rhode Island with a solo recital that opens with an improvisation on “Little Birdie” before moving through the Prelude from J.S. Bach’s Suite No. 6, Leyla McCalla’s Meditation No. 1 and traditional favorites including “Shenandoah” and “Scarborough Fair.” The program also features George Crumb’s Sonata for Solo Cello and the first movement of Zoltán Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, a landmark work rooted in Hungarian folk traditions.
Hailed by Gramophone for her “absorbing originality,” Hlusko has performed from Carnegie Hall to the Guangzhou Opera House and serves as cellist of the Bang on a Can All-Stars sextet.
The concert takes place at the Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St. Small bites, a cash bar and parking will be available.
Advance tickets are available at puddingstonemusic.org.