Jessica Zhu piano; Cellophony cellos

Performers

Jessica Zhu

piano

Cellophony (8-cello ensemble)

cellos

• Richard Birchall
• Matthijs Broersma
• Pau Codina
• Reinoud Ford
• Ashok Klouda
• Bart LaFollette
• John Myerscough
• Ella Rundle

Programme

Schubert

3 Songs from Schwanengesang (arr. for 8 cellos)

Berio

Korot

Haydn

Piano Sonata in Eb HXVI:49

Liszt

Vallée d’Obermann from Années de pèlerinage, première année, Suisse S160

Rachmaninov

Variations on a theme of Corelli Op. 42

Falla

Fantasia Baetica

Wagner

Prelude from Tristan und Isolde (arr. for 8 cellos)

Bach

2 Preludes from The Well-tempered Clavier Book I (arr. for 8 cellos)

Berlin

I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas (arr. for 8 cellos)

Wieniawski

Scherzo Tarantella Op. 16 (arr. for 8 cellos)

About this concert

Brilliant PLG Young Artists from last January’s breathtaking New Year Series. Cellophony: ‘a bold and brilliant bunch … they even made Boulez sound like fun … sensuously and scintillatingly delivered … the pulsating momentum of Berio’s Korot … thrilling moment’ The Times. Jessica Zhu. is a Chinese-American from Houston, Texas, who, aged 20, had already won a host of important prizes in America before coming to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Earlier this year, she won first prize at the Hastings International Piano Competition and appeared with outstanding success in the PLY New Year Series.

Park Lane Group Young Artists Concerts. Park Lane Group (Reg. Charity No. 252205)