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Beethoven Cycles: Cello Sonatas
January 31, 2010 5:00 PM
Alice Tully Hall
This performance is sold out. Please call 212-875-5788 for more information.
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in F major for Cello and Piano, Op. 5, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 5, No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major for Cello and Piano, Op. 69
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in C major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in D major for Cello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2
Meet the Artists
David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano
About This Performance
Listen to the AudioNotes for the Beethoven cycles now.
Artistic Directors David Finckel, cello, and Wu Han, piano, take the stage at Alice Tully Hall for their first solo turn since their riveting debut for CMS in 2006. Here, they perform repertoire that is exceedingly close to their hearts -- the complete sonatas for cello and piano of Beethoven.
These pieces are milestones of the cello literature. Although the cello had gradually come to be regarded as a solo as well as an accompanying instrument during the eighteenth century, neither Mozart nor Haydn had composed a cello sonata. Beethoven was the first major composer to write works with equally important roles for the cello and piano.
The duo has recorded the five sonatas for their ArtistLed label, to rave reviews:
"These are performances that catch the excitement of Beethoven without eschewing tenderness; virtuosic but unfailingly musical in their conception and execution. Both musicians play flawlessly but these are not mechanical performances: they pulse with the variety of emotion that makes Beethoven one of the greatest and most popular of composers." Audiophile
SPECIAL EVENTS RELATED TO THIS CONCERT
* David Finckel and Wu Han give a free Master Class, focusing on the Beethoven Cello Sonatas, on Saturday, January 30.
Tonight's concert is just one segment of CMS' annual Winter Festival, Beethoven Cycles. Additional events include:
