Here are a few pictures that were taken from the recital on Monday:
Taking a bow. We spent a few weeks choreographing this.
Starting things off; Mendelssohn, I think.
The rest of these are from the Grieg. Note that there is no page turner, even though my score runs for forty-five pages; by the end of the night my page-turning muscles would be bathed in lactic acid.
I know what you're thinking: What was the greater risk in your life; Playing without a page-turner, or taking a leak in the locker room shower your senior year? Difficult to say, my friends. Difficult to say.
For any of those reading this who live in the Bloomington area, tomorrow I will be accompanying for a cello recital which includes, among other pieces, the Grieg cello sonata in A Minor, Op. 36. This one is a beast, and by far the largest and most demanding cello piece I have yet accompanied (although the Strauss and Mendelssohn cello sonatas are close contenders); but it's also epic in scope, features both displays of dazzling virtuosity and moments of heartstopping intimacy, and has a finale guaranteed to bring down the house. In short, it has all of the qualities I idolize about classical music; which, I hope, will awaken some powerful longing for the beautiful and the sublime within even the most naive listener.
Time: 7:00pm, Monday, February 25th
Location: Ford Hall (2nd Floor of the Simon Music Center, near the corner of 3rd & Jordan)
====Program====
Mendelssohn: Lied Ohne Worte, Op. 109
Bach: Cello Suite #4 in E-Flat Major, BMV 1010
Grieg: Cello Sonata in A Minor, Op. 36
I. Allegro Agitato - Presto - Prestissimo
II. Andante Molto Tranquilo
III. Allegro Molto e Marcato
