Details

Two anniversaries are marked in this concert. American composer George Crumb celebrates his 80th birthday on 24 October; his short solo cello sonata explores a range of emotions from contemplative musings to dramatic gestures. 2009 is the 50th anniversary of Bohuslav Martinu’s death. His Variations on a theme of Rossini was written in 1942 for the Russian-born cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. Alongside these less well-known works, Richard May and Olena Shvetsova will perform one of Beethoven’s late cello sonatas and Brahms’s E minor Sonata of 1865.

Cast/Performers

Richard May (cello), Olena Shvetsova (piano)