PROGRAM
Pieter Wispelwey, cello; Dejan Lazić, piano
Kaleidoscope: A human voice, a beam of light, a fiery village dance? Whatever impressions the cello stirs in you, cellist Pieter Wispelwey and pianist Dejan Lazic add their own brilliant luster. This week on Saint Paul Sunday, the acclaimed duo brings to life three distinct faces of the instrument: music from the late eighteenth, middle nineteenth, and early twentieth centuries. Along with sonatas of Beethoven and Zoltán Kodály, we’ll hear Chopin’s little known Grande Polonaise Brillante for Cello and Piano in C Major. The mix is irresistable.
MUSIC PLAYED IN THE PROGRAM
- Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for Cello, Op. 8 (1915)
—I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionata - Frédéric Chopin: Introduction and Grande Polonaise Brilliante for Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 3
- Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor, Op. 5, No. 2
—I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo
—II. Allegro molto piu tosto presto
—III. Rondo (Allegro)
MIXED COMPANY
Mixed Company is written by Saint Paul Sunday staff, giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the show and the classical music they love.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
Artist profile: Pieter Wispelwey and Dejan Lazić
