Austin Chamber Music Center in partnership with Austin Classical Guitar presents Boyd Meets Girl, pairing Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd with American cellist Laura Metcalf. The duo performs an eclectic and engaging range of repertoire, including works by Debussy, Beyoncé, Florence Price, Caroline Shaw, and The Beatles. Both acclaimed soloists in their own right, Boyd has been described as “truly evocative” by The Washington Post, and as “a player who deserves to be heard” by Classical Guitar Magazine, while Metcalf, also a member of the ensembles Sybarite5 and Break of Reality, has been called “brilliant” by Gramophone.
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Program
Reflexões No. 6 | Jaime Zenamon (b. 1953)
- Vivissimo
Gretchen am Spinnrade | Franz Schubert (1828–1979)
The Deserted Garden | Florence Price (1887–1953)*
Pray You Catch Me | Beyoncé (b. 1981)*
Allegretto comodo | Radamés Gnattali (1906–1988)
Arabesque No. 1 | Claude Debussy (1862–1918)*
Blackbird | Lennon/McCartney*
Eleanor Rigby | Lennon/McCartney (arr. S. Metcalf)
INTERMISSION
Shenandoah | Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)*
Filles de l’Élysée | Paul Brantley (b. 1961)
From Mountain Songs | Robert Beaser (b. 1954)
- Barbara Allen
- The House Carpenter
- He’s Gone Away
A New York Minute | Marián Budos (b. 1968)
*Arr. Boyd Meets Girl
BOYD MEETS GIRL
Rupert Boyd, guitar | Laura Metcalf, cello
Boyd Meets Girl
Boyd Meets Girl pairs Australian classical guitarist Rupert Boyd with American cellist Laura Metcalf. The duo performs an eclectic and engaging range of repertoire, from Bach to Beyoncé. Both acclaimed soloists in their own right, Boyd has been described as “truly evocative” by The Washington Post, and as “a player who deserves to be heard” by Classical Guitar Magazine, while Metcalf, also a member of the ensembles Sybarite5 and Break of Reality, has been called “brilliant” by Gramophone. Boyd Meets Girl has toured throughout the USA, India, Nepal, New Zealand, and every state and territory in Australia.