GardenMusic Festival starts this week

Rehearsals by the lake

The GardenMusic Festival will be at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden from Jan. 9-18, 2015.

A musical mash up of classical, folk, Latin, jazz all under the stars and amongst the flowers, next to the water,  in the company of Chihuly under the January moonlight is all featured.

Aoife O'Donovan

Featured this weekend are:

Friday, Jan. 9, 7 pm: Opening Night Concert featuring Aoife O’Donovan and Jeremy Kittel: This concert will showcase the talent and versatility of the GardenMusic resident artists, and will feature rising stars of folk music: Aoife O’Donovan (vocalist on the Grammy-winning Goat Rodeo Sessions album with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, and Stuart Duncan) and violinist/fiddler Jeremy Kittel (long-time member of the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet). The evening will include a Dvořák Piano Quintet, Chick Corea’s “Spain”, classic rock arrangements, and a folk set curated by Jeremy Kittel.  Come join us – there will be something for everyone!

Saturday, Jan. 10, 10:30 am: Music Up Close: A Children’s Concert: An intimate, fun-filled hour of musical education, engagement and enjoyment for children of all ages!  This presentation is free for Fairchild members and is included with regular garden admission for non-members.

Sunday, Jan. 11, 7 pm: The Sacred, Profane, and Spiritual: Composers across the centuries have explored timeless themes of spirituality, piety, and irreverence.  Come be transported beyond the gardens to other realms; from Jewish mysticism in Osvaldo Golijov’s “The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind” and profound reverence in a Bach motet, to devils and witches in Liszt’s “Mephisto Waltz” and Berlioz’s “Symphony Fantastique."

Instrument petting zoo