Artists
- Steven Isserliscello
- Date
- Wed 17 Feb 2016, 7.30pm
- Duration
- This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval
- Availability
Programme
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Cello Suite No. 1 in G BWV1007
- György Kurtágb. 1926
- Signs, Games and Messages:
- Hommage à John Cage
- Pilinszky János: Gérard de Nerval
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor BWV1011
Interval
- György Kurtágb. 1926
- Signs, Games and Messages:
- Jelek No. 1
- Jelek No. 2
- Az hit...
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Cello Suite No. 4 in E flat BWV1010
Encore
- Johann Sebastian Bach1685-1750
- Cello Suite No. 3 in C BWV1009:
- I. Prélude
Overview
Sound and silence are never segregated inthe works of JS Bach and György Kurtág,whose ninetieth birthday falls on 19 February.
Signs, Games and Messages, a sequenceof fragmentary pieces, drills down deep intomusic’s nature in search of essential truths,while Bach’s Cello Suites transcend theconventional boundaries of early eighteenthcenturydance music.
Steven Isserlis bringstogether their two soundworlds in a pair ofcompelling concerts, the second of whichtakes place on Wednesday 24 February.