Oh, That Cello!
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
It's a wonderful evening for cellos, starting with music written by none other than the great Charlie Chaplin. Then, we'll take a Brazilian turn with the Cello Fantasia by Heitor Villa-Lobos, and hear the legendary cellist Jacqueline Du Pre in Frederick Delius's picturesque Cello Concerto.
Two vocal works that forgo words are heard in the first hour, however: Reinhold Gliere's Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff's famous Vocalise (in an arrangement for chorus). The Violin takes over in our third hour with a Sonata by Georges Enescu featuring Yehudi Menuhin (who made his professional debut at age 11 on this day in 1927). Our fourth hour concentrates on the Piano with music by Schubert and Liszt; then it's a return to vocalism (this time with words) from sopranos Jane Eaglen and Angela Gheorghiu, with works by Berg and Poulenc.
Two vocal works that forgo words are heard in the first hour, however: Reinhold Gliere's Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff's famous Vocalise (in an arrangement for chorus). The Violin takes over in our third hour with a Sonata by Georges Enescu featuring Yehudi Menuhin (who made his professional debut at age 11 on this day in 1927). Our fourth hour concentrates on the Piano with music by Schubert and Liszt; then it's a return to vocalism (this time with words) from sopranos Jane Eaglen and Angela Gheorghiu, with works by Berg and Poulenc.
