Tag: BBC Musician of the year

  • PROGRAM NOTES: SHEKU KANNEH-MASON & ISATA KANNEH-MASON

    PROGRAM NOTES: SHEKU KANNEH-MASON & ISATA KANNEH-MASON

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    Gaspar Cassadó Suite for Solo Cello Gaspar Cassadó is hardly a household name, but he was one of the great cellists of the twentieth century, active as a performer, composer and transcriber for his instrument. Born in Barcelona in 1897, he was discovered at the age of nine by a young Catalan cellist just starting…