| Date and venue | Title |
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| 21-Apr-2013 The Royal Conservatory of Music, TELUS Centre, Koerner Hall | Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan rule the realm of sonatas for cello and piano |
Beethoven started it, the piano’s duologue with the cello, in 1801, with his Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. Beethoven himself, and many composers from Brahms (1862) through Lera Auerbach (2002) continued to ornament this form. In 1968, Jacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim, with their recording of Brahms’ Cello Sonata no. 1, reigned as the power-couple of the genre.Read full review... | |
| 15-Mar-2012 Hall for Cornwall | Julian Lloyd Webber Pays Tribute to Cello Greats in Cornwall |
It is inevitable that one of the most beloved of orchestral instruments, the cello, will entice a diverse crowd of enthusiastic concertgoers – and that even in the midst of a recession, there prevails an inherent desire to depart from the self now and then for a ritualistic celebration of great music. It is no surprise, then, that Truro's Hall for Cornwall warmly welcomed an evening with cellist Julian Lloyd Webber and pianist Pam Chowhan, performing works by Bach, Bridge, Britten, Fauré, Delius, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saëns, Piazzolla, and William Lloyd Webber.
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| 5-Mar-2012 Wigmore Hall | Passionate Intensity: Khatia Buniatishvili and Truls Mørk at Wigmore Hall |
There can be few more civilized ways to spend a Monday lunchtime than at a concert at the delightful Wigmore Hall, where one can escape the bustle of Oxford Street for an hour of quality chamber music. Today’s performers, the Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili and Norwegian cellist Truls Mørk, did not disappoint, in a programme featuring music from the core of the piano and cello repertoire: sonatas by Beethoven and Rachmaninov.
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| 29-Aug-2011 Cadogan Hall | Proms Chamber Music 7: Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott at Cadogan Hall |
There is no better way to pass the lazy summer hours of a bank holiday Monday than to listen to Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott perform live classical music at the BBC Proms.
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