Cello student Andrés Celis is joined by pianist Haram Kim in a recital featuring a variety of works by Latin American composers, including Ricardo Castro and Marlos Nobre, as well as works by Bach and Shostakovich.
Program Information
Repertoire
J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
I. Prelude
II. Courante
III. Sarabande
IV. Gigue
Andrés Celis (B.M. '25), cello
MARLOS NOBRE: Poema III
Andrés Celis (B.M. '25), cello
Haram Kim, piano
RICARDO CASTRO: Cello Concerto in C Minor
III. Vivo
Andrés Celis (B.M. '25), cello
Haram Kim, piano
—INTERMISSION—
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D Minor, op. 40
I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro
III. Largo
IV. Allegro
Andrés Celis (B.M. '25), cello
Haram Kim, piano
Program Notes
J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008
Out of the six suites J.S. Bach wrote during his lifetime, this one is very contrasting, not only because it is in a minor key, but also because it depicts a certain character and emotion we feel in a young stage of life: the deep sadness and nostalgia. It also depicts this harsh journey which begins with three lonely notes.
MARLOS NOBRE: Poema III
Marlos Nobre is a Brazilian composer, conductor, and pianist. He has received commissions from numerous institutions and performed around the globe. Nobre studied composition with prominent composers such as Koellreutter, Garnieri, Ginastera, Messiaen, Dellapiccola, and Bernstein. Poema III is part of a collection of music poems. The third being written for cello and piano. It has a very lyrical and nostalgic feel inside of the motif, which is played throughout the entire piece.
RICARDO CASTRO: Cello Concerto in C Minor
Ricardo Castro was a Mexican composer and pianist and considered to be the last romantic composer of Porfirio Diaz's dictatorship in Mexico. At 13, Castro began his studies at the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Mexico City. After five years of study, Castro began his career as a concert pianist. During his lifetime, Castro founded many institutions that promoted performing arts in Mexico. The Mexican government granted him a scholarship to travel and perform around Europe. He also studied with Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño. Cello Concerto in C minor was written somewhere between the last two decades of the 19th century. It was premiered in April 1903 (three years before his death). This piece remained unpublished for a long time due to the difficulty of music publishing in Latin America. The third movement of this work features a very light and dance-like feeling with a mix of virtuosic passages, as well as beautiful lyrical melodies.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for Cello and Piano, op. 40
Dimitri Shostakovich’s cello sonata opus 40 was written during a time of emotional upheaval for the composer because he had fallen in love with a young student while performing his play, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District at a Leningrad festival. He briefly split from his wife Nina as a result of this affair. Shostakovich finished the cello sonata a few weeks later on December 25, and dedicated it to good friend and cellist Viktor Kubatsky. The piece was premiered in Moscow by Viktor Kubatsky and Shostakovich himself. The first movement contains a broad melody accompanied by flowing arpeggios from the piano, as well as a playful yet strange mood in the development. The second movement is a conversation (or more like an intense discussion) between the piano and cello. Both instruments play around with the melody throughout this stormy movement. After the storm, there is a cold and dead air which the third movement evokes as the cello starts the movement and develops a sense of nostalgia and hopelessness. In the last movement, Shostakovich ends with a sarcastic march-like movement and a peculiar melody.
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