Artists
- Jean-Guihen Queyrascello
- Alexander Melnikovpiano
- Date
- Sun 30 Nov 2014, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- Cello Sonata in F Op. 5 No. 1
- Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5 No. 2
Interval
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770-1827
- 7 Variations on 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen' from Mozart's Die Zauberflöte WoO. 46
- Cello Sonata in A Op. 69
Encore
- Fryderyk Chopin1810-1849
- Piano Sonata No. 1 in C minor Op. 4:
- II. Menuetto
Overview
Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov launch their two-concert survey of Beethoven’s complete sonatas and variations for cello and piano.
The composer made a strikingly assured venture into a genre that was still in its infancy when he penned his two cello sonatas Op. 5 during a triumphant visit to Berlin in 1796, one of the happiest periods in a life all too often marked by suffering and setbacks.