Concert halls and theaters are gradually starting to re-open amid the coronavirus pandemic, but most musicians continue to host performances online. This week, that list of celebrities includes Mat and Savanna Shaw, as well as Joshua Bell.
Here are six shows to watch from the comfort of your home this weekend.
FRIDAY
- What: The five Tabernacle and Temple Square organists — Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Brian Mathias, Linda Margetts and Joseph Peeples — have virtually resumed their weekly recitals in a new online concert series called “Piping Up: Organ Concerts at Temple Square.”
- When: Weekly concerts stream Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at noon.
- Where: Concerts stream on the Tabernacle Choir’s YouTube channel and Facebook page, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints live watch page (broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org), and the choir’s website (thetabernaclechoir.org).
- What: Utah’s daddy-daughter duo is joining the U.S. Army Field Band concert series on Friday. Mat Shaw — who served in the Army National Guard for eight years — and his daughter, Savanna, will make an appearance during the night of show tunes. Also appearing during the concert is “Hamilton” cast member Tamar Greene, who was playing George Washington in the Broadway production until it closed amid the COVID-19 shutdown.
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The Shaws will also be releasing their cover of “You Raise Me Up” on Saturday.
- What: Jon Bon Jovi and his son, Jesse Bongiovi, are putting on a one-hour rock show for COVID-19 relief. The show will include an acoustic performance from Jon Bon Jovi and the Kings of Suburbia.
- When: Aug. 14 at 5 p.m. MT
- Where: Hampton Water Facebook page
- What: Violinist extraordinaire Joshua Bell, his wife, Larisa Martinez — a soprano who frequently performs with Andrea Bocelli — and pianist Peter Dugan are doing their first in-person concert since the COVID-19 shutdown. Performed for an audience in Vail, Colorado, the concert will also be livestreamed. The program includes the premiere of Bell and Martinez’s new work, “Voice and the Violin,” as well as works from Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin and Leonard Bernstein.
- When: Aug. 14, 6 p.m. MT (Bell and Martinez will also appear in a PBS special on Sunday)
- Where: The concert will stream on veeps.com. Tickets are $20, and the stream will be available for rewatch until Aug. 28. Half of the proceeds from the livestream will go toward nonprofits supporting mental and behavioral health.
SATURDAY
Metropolitan Opera
- What: The Met Opera is airing a different recording of a past production each night while it remains closed to the public. A 2014 production of Puccini’s “La Boheme” will air on Saturday; and Verdi’s “Luisa Miller” – a 1979 production featuring Placido Domingo — will air on Sunday.
- When: Each stream becomes available at 5:30 p.m. MT until the following day at 4:30 p.m. MT.
- Where: metopera.org
SUNDAY
- What: Violinist Joshua Bell will perform a recital from his home in upstate New York. The PBS special will also feature his wife — singer Larisa Martínez — Jeremy Denk, Peter Dugan and Kamal Khan.
- When: Aug. 16 at 6 p.m. MT
- Where: PBS/KUED