Archived Event

Britten and Bach
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello
Date
Mon 06 Jul 2015, 1.00pm
Duration
This concert will be approximately 1 hour in duration, without an interval
Availability

Artists

  • Jean-Guihen Queyrascello

Programme

Overview

First performed fifty years ago by Mstislav Rostropovich at the Aldeburgh Festival, the nine continuous sections of Britten’s First Cello Suite make massive technical and emotional demands on the soloist.

Jean-Guihen Queyras journeys through the work before turning to the last of Bach’s Cello Suites, which Rostropovich aptly described as ‘a symphony for cello’.

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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