Sat 28 Feb 20:15
A Family Affair
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sheku & Isata Kanneh Mason

A Family Affair

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Isata Kanneh-Mason
Great Cellists
Sat 28 Feb 20:15
Main Hall
Sat 28 Feb
20:15
Tickets by Muziekgebouw

Two talented family members play romantic music

Program

Felix Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.1 in B-flat
Nadia Boulanger Trois pièces pour violoncelle et piano
Robert Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston
Rebecca Clarke Cello Sonata  

 

Musicians

Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano

2018 was the year of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason. Two billion people watched him perform at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle; it was his breakthrough. That year he also made his debut at the Cello Biennale Amsterdam, together with his sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. They have played together since childhood and give recitals worldwide. ‘Immensely engaging players: a star duo is born’, wrote The Independent. 

Felix Mendelssohn also had a brother who played the cello. He dedicated the many works he composed for cello and piano to him, including his first sonata. As a woman composing in the early 20th century, Rebecca Clarke faced considerable prejudice. While her cello sonata is the composer’s own arrangement, it is best known as a sonata for viola. Nadia Boulanger was long recognized mainly as the music teacher of Bernstein, Milhaud, Piazzolla and Glass, but her own compositions are now gaining increasing recognition. 

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