PRE-CONCERT TALK AT 2:15PM
Sheku returns to the VRS for the fourth time, but on this occasion he’s performing solo. Hear him in a varied and exhilarating program of music written for solo cello in the fine acoustic setting of the Chan Shun Concert Hall at the Chan Centre. He will be joined by a group of young local cellists in a performance of Pablo Casals’ ‘Song of the Birds’ as a grand finale to the concert.
J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
GWILYM SIMCOCK: Prayer for the Senses
BRITTEN: Suite No. 1 for solo cello, Op. 72
LEO BROUWER: Sonata No. 2 for solo cello
EDMUND FINNIS: Five Preludes for solo cello
CASSADÓ: Suite for solo cello
CASALS: Song of the Birds (Arr. Posner)
“Technically superb and eloquent in his expressivity, he held the capacity audience spellbound with an interpretation of exceptional authority.” — The Guardian
Ticket prices: A: $88 B: $74 C: $63 D: $45 E: $28
BUY 3 concerts or more and receive a 15% discount
BUY 5 concerts or more and receive a 20% discount
BUY 8 concerts or more and receive a 25% discount
READ THE PROGRAM NOTES FOR THIS PERFORMANCE
Season sponsor:
Concert sponsor:
Additional Support:
