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Jean-Guihen Queyras
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Felix Mendelssohn
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello; Kristian Bezuidenhout piano
Programme & Song Text
Date
Fri 02 Feb 2024, 7.30pm
Tickets
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Duration

This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval

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Artists

  • Jean-Guihen Queyrascello
  • Kristian Bezuidenhoutpiano

Programme

  • Felix Mendelssohn
    1809-1847
      • Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat Op. 45
      • Variations concertantes in D Op. 17

Interval

  • Felix Mendelssohn
    1809-1847
      • Song without Words in A Op. 19b No. 4
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Song without Words in A minor Op. 19b No. 2
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Assai tranquillo in B minor
      • Song without Words in E Op. 19b No. 1
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Song without Words in B minor Op. 67 No. 5
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Song without Words in B flat Op. 67 No. 3
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Song without Words in A flat 'Duetto' Op. 38 No. 6
        (transcribed by Friedrich Grützmacher)
      • Cello Sonata No. 2 in D Op. 58

Overview

Two exceptional artists come together to celebrate the genius of one of the outstanding figures of the early Romantic movement. The duo variations date from 1829 and the first sonata from 1838, while the second sonata (1842-3) includes Mendelssohn’s own homage to JS Bach.

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