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A Recital for Cello and Piano

Add to my Calendar 27-10-2024 15:00 27-10-2024 17:00 36 A Recital for Cello and Piano A programme which includes three significant works from the early part of the twentieth century, two of them written during the First World War. Born in Brighton, Frank Bridge would later settle in Friston, overlooking the South Downs. His two-movement wartime cello sonata has proved one of his best-loved chamber works. Debussy’s cello sonata was the first of six planned sonatas for various instruments, of which the composer was only to finish three before his death in 1918. Janacek’s Pohádka – which translates as ‘A Tale’ – was written just before the First World War at a time of great personal sadness for the composer after the death of his daughter. It is based on a Russian epic poem, The Tale of Tsar Berendyev. St Margaret the Queen Church, Buxted DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Margaret the Queen Church
Buxted Park
Buxted
East Sussex
TN22 4AY
England

Programme

Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata in D minor, L.135
Frank Bridge – Cello Sonata, H.125
Leoš Janáček – Pohádka

Performers

Sebastian Comberti – cello
Nancy Cooley – piano

Programme Note

A programme which includes three significant works from the early part of the twentieth century, two of them written during the First World War.

Born in Brighton, Frank Bridge would later settle in Friston, overlooking the South Downs. His two-movement wartime cello sonata has proved one of his best-loved chamber works.

Debussy’s cello sonata was the first of six planned sonatas for various instruments, of which the composer was only to finish three before his death in 1918.

Janacek’s Pohádka – which translates as ‘A Tale’ – was written just before the First World War at a time of great personal sadness for the composer after the death of his daughter. It is based on a Russian epic poem, The Tale of Tsar Berendyev.

Cello and Piano recital

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