Yo-Yo Ma | Stuart Duncan |Edgar Meyer | Chris Thile with guest Aoife O’Donovan
GREENSBORO, NC (March 12, 2020) – An astounding group of virtuosos – Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Edgar Meyer on bass, and Chris Thile on mandolin — reunite live for the first time in nearly a decade. Joined by featured vocalist Aoife O’Donovan, the lively talents of these exceptional artists come together on stage to create a singular sound that’s part composed, part improvised, and uniquely American — music so complex to pull off that the group likens it to a goat rodeo, airplane pilots’ nickname for a situation in which many different things need to go right to avoid disaster. In the words of the Los Angeles Times, this concert presents “unlikely musicians on unlikely instruments in concerts … that [are] part blues, part bluegrass and a smidgen of Bach.”
2011’s Grammy-winning Goat Rodeo Sessions was the first step in this pathbreaking collaboration, producing music that NPR’s World Cafe called “organic yet composed in a way that only four deeply talented, in-tune musicians could make it,” hinting “at Appalachia, Chinese, classical, Celtic, and jazz influences.” Now, the group reunites to perform a collection of all-new music, accompanied by a new album on Sony Masterworks. These five musicians’ diverse traditions and experiences intersect to create a compelling sound that is at once global and American, a shared voice that speaks powerfully to the American experience.
Who: Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Stuart Duncan, fiddle | Edgar Meyer, bass | Chris Thile, mandolin | Aoife O’Donovan, vocals
What: Not Our First Goat Rodeo
When: Sunday, October 18, 2020, at 7:00 PM
Where: Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts | 300 N. Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401
Tix: This concert is currently available only to subscribers of the 2020.21 Masterworks, Chamber and POPS Series. Tickets go on sale to the general public on August 1, 2020 greensborosymphony.org / ticketmaster.com / GSO Box Office: 336-335-5456 x224
Price: $195, $125, $99, $58 (Special premium seats available to donors which will include a pre-concert reception and VIP Parking)