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CAFE 1930s: JAZZ, TANGO, AND CABARET Photo

CAFE 1930s: JAZZ, TANGO, AND CABARET

Jul 25, 2026, 7pm - 10pm
Strings Music Festival
950 Strings Road
steamboat Springs, CO 80487

Café 1930s: Jazz, Tango, and Cabaret
Featuring Chee-Yun, Brian McWhorter, and Mark Gould
A Strings Music Festival ensemble traces the vibrant, jazz-infused soundscape of interwar cafés and cabarets around the world. From American jazz clubs and vaudeville stages to the cabarets of Berlin, the tango cafés of Buenos Aires, and London's avant-garde salons, the program captures a moment when classical, popular, and theatrical traditions collided.
Works by Paul Schoenfield and Zez Confrey evoke the wit and sparkle of American café culture, while Kurt Weill's iconic “Mack the Knife” and Astor Piazzolla's sultry Café 1930 reflect the era's international spirit and artistic daring. The evening culminates in William Walton's theatrical Façade, conducted by Mark Gould and featuring narration by Brian McWhorter, bringing to life the humor, edge, and cosmopolitan flair of a world in motion.
Program Preview
Astor Piazzolla Café 1930 from Histoire du tango
(1921–1992)
Zez Confrey Kitten on the Keys
(1895–1971)
Kurt Weill “Mack the Knife” from The Threepenny Opera
(1900–1950)

Paul Schoenfield Café Music
(1947–2024)
INTERMISSION
William Walton Façade
(1902–1983)
Mark Gould, Conductor (Façade)
Brian McWhorter, Narration (Façade)
Enhance your Café 1930s evening with exclusive access to the Strings patio tent before the performance. This limited-capacity experience includes savory hors d'oeuvres, a private cash bar, and a relaxed, intimate lounge-style setting. During an extended intermission, return to the tent for dessert before heading back into the Pavilion.
The menu features grilled peach flatbread with goat cheese and fig compote, a Mediterranean cheese board, smoked salmon blinis, watermelon skewers with feta and fresh mint, and a dessert buffet.

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