Expand<\/a><\/p>\nAppropriately, the farewell concert will return Haselb\u00f6ck to his own musical roots, not only as a conductor but as a virtuoso keyboardist. He will step away from the podium to perform on the sanctuary\u2019s \u201cMighty M\u00f6ller\u201d pipe organ, a seven-rank instrument whose 427 pipes fill the church with the kind of resonant brilliance that defined the Baroque.<\/p>\n
The evening will also feature soprano Nola Richardson performing a featured aria, along with a chamber collaboration between Haselb\u00f6ck and four of Musica Angelica\u2019s principal and founding musicians \u2014 violinists Ilia Korol and Alexa Haynes Pilon, oboist Gonzalo Ruiz, and flutist Stephen Schultz \u2014 in a work by Georg Philipp Telemann.<\/p>\n
Haselb\u00f6ck will accompany the ensemble at the harpsichord, offering audiences a glimpse of the collaborative artistry and spirit at the heart of Baroque performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis evening is both a celebration and a heartfelt farewell,\u201d Musica Angelica\u2019s executive director Matthew Faulkner said in a news release. \u201cMartin Haselb\u00f6ck\u2019s 20 seasons with Musica Angelica have elevated the ensemble to extraordinary artistic heights. His musical excellence, artistic leadership, and vision have left an indelible mark on our organization and our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Before the concert, classical radio host Alan Chapman will lead an onstage conversation with Haselb\u00f6ck reflecting on highlights from his international career and two decades guiding Musica Angelica\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n
The event also serves as a benefit supporting the ensemble\u2019s ongoing artistic and educational programs. Following the 6 p.m. performance, guests can attend a reception and dinner at La Traviata, with proceeds supporting Musica Angelica\u2019s concerts and outreach initiatives throughout Southern California.<\/p>\n
While this concert marks the end of Haselb\u00f6ck\u2019s tenure, it also underscores why historically informed performance continues to resonate in 2026 and beyond. By revisiting the instruments, sounds, and interpretive traditions of the past, ensembles like Musica Angelica remind audiences that great music is not a museum artifact, but a conversation across centuries.<\/p>\n
Carpenter Center<\/p>\n
Two very different musical traditions, street dance and classic jazz, will take the stage this month at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center, each honoring the innovators who shaped their art forms while breathing new life into their legacies.<\/p>\n
On March 13, Versa-Style Street Dance Company will offer its high-energy production \u201cTribute: Guardians of Street Dance\u201d to Long Beach, marking the company\u2019s 20th anniversary and its debut on the Carpenter Center stage.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2005 by Los Angeles natives and co\u2013artistic directors Jackie Lopez and Leigh Foaad, Versa-Style has spent two decades elevating hip hop and street dance from the sidewalk and club floor to the concert stage.<\/p>\n
The evening pays homage to pioneers and innovators who shaped the evolution of street dance, including Rennie Harris, Damita Jo Freeman, and Toni Basil, as well as late legends such as Stephen Boss and Marjory Smarth.<\/p>\n
Through a mix of photo and video projections alongside explosive choreography, the performance traces the roots and ongoing evolution of styles including hip hop, house, popping, and locking.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s dancers bring these styles to life with the kind of precision, musicality, and raw energy that make street dance one of the most dynamic movement languages of the 21st century.<\/p>\n
More than a retrospective, the program is also a reminder that these dance forms continue to evolve.<\/p>\n
A few days later, the Carpenter Center will turn from movement to music with jazz vocalist Kandace Springs, performing \u201cLady in Satin\u201d on March 18 and March 19.<\/p>\n
Springs offers a deeply personal project: a full reimagining of the legendary 1958 album \u201cLady in Satin\u201d by Billie Holiday.<\/p>\n
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Kandace Springs will perform at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center this month. (Photo by Mathieu Bitton)\n<\/p>\n
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Kandace Springs will perform at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center this month. (Photo by Mathieu Bitton)\n<\/p>\n
Expand<\/a><\/p>\nWidely regarded as Holiday\u2019s final great recording, the album captured the singer late in life, her voice weathered, burnished, and fragile after years of struggle with addiction and illness.<\/p>\n
Yet that vulnerability is precisely what made the recording so haunting.<\/p>\n
Backed by a sweeping orchestral arrangement, Holiday delivered aching interpretations of songs like \u201cYou\u2019ve Changed,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m a Fool to Want You,\u201d and \u201cFor All We Know.\u201d The contrast between the lush symphonic setting and the emotional rawness of her voice created one of the most intimate recordings in jazz history.<\/p>\n
Springs \u2014 praised by her late mentor Prince as having \u201ca voice that could melt snow\u201d \u2014 approaches the album with reverence but also fresh perspective.<\/p>\n
Since releasing her Blue Note Records debut album \u201cSoul Eyes\u201d in 2016, she has become one of the most compelling voices in contemporary jazz and soul, performing alongside artists such as Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, David Sanborn, and Norah Jones.<\/p>\n
Her new recording and accompanying tour revisit \u201cLady in Satin\u201d in its entirety, lovingly reimagining the album\u2019s sweeping orchestral sound while preserving its emotional honesty.<\/p>\n
Together, these two upcoming performances at Carpenter Center showcase how contemporary artists continue to reinterpret the giants who came before them \u2014 through the explosive movement of street dance and the intimate storytelling of jazz vocals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After two decades shaping the sound of Baroque music in Southern California, Martin Haselb\u00f6ck will take his final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,3737,3739,131,133,132,137,3738],"class_list":["post-216594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-grunion-arts","tag-grunion-news","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-the-grunion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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