Masters of the Cello
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Luigi Boccherini was heralded as the greatest cellist of the 18th Century — not to mention a fine composer as well. We'll hear his Trio for Strings No. 4 in C, featuring La Real Cámara. Also, one of Beethoven's spritely (and masterful) cello sonatas with Dutch virtuoso Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Paul Komen.
In almost the same way that Beethoven straddled the musical divide between the Classical and the Romantic, Guillaume Dufay led the way into the Renaissance from the Medieval some 300 years before. David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London bring us Dufay's "Se la face ay pale" Mass — so named for the popular medieval song its melodies were derived from ("If my face looks pale, it is because of love").
In almost the same way that Beethoven straddled the musical divide between the Classical and the Romantic, Guillaume Dufay led the way into the Renaissance from the Medieval some 300 years before. David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London bring us Dufay's "Se la face ay pale" Mass — so named for the popular medieval song its melodies were derived from ("If my face looks pale, it is because of love").
