Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor
- Date: July 13, 2017
- Time: 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
- Location: The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor, Boothbay Harbor
The concert begins at 7:30 PM. Doors for seating open at 7:00 PM. Advance tickets are $25, day of show tickets are $30.
An evening of cutting-edge fiddle and cello explorations of Scottish and global music returns to the Opera House this summer. "You would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly. Then [Haas] opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions. Their sound is as urbane as a Manhattan midnight, and as wild as a Clackmannan winter," says the Boston Globe.
"As many gigs as they must have played together over the past decade or so, there remains a striking spontaneity about Fraser and Haas's music-making. He has tonal variation and attack to spare, but what makes them so consistently absorbing is the responsiveness each shows to the other. Haas is more than a cellist: she's the rhythm section who uses the percussive chip'n'chop of her bowing and the double bass-like pulse of her pizzicato playing to great effect. The accompanist's role moves so fluently between them, building tension all the while, and then they'll slip into unison and it's like floodgates opening,” says The Herald review. This promises to be an extraordinary night of music for old fans and new alike.
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Venue
The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
86 Townsend AvenueBoothbay Harbor ME 04538
Box Office
207-633-5159
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www.boothbayoperahouse.com