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Pablo Casals 100

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Famed cellist Pablo Casals performed on the Middlebury Performing Arts Series on January 11, 1922. This season, we celebrate the centennial of that performance and the last 100 years of the cello.

Archival Information

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Casals’ Middlebury program

(as can be best ascertained from the concert review):

BERTEAU Cello Sonata in G Major (org. attributed to Sammartini)
LALO Cello Concerto in D Minor (with piano reduction)
BEETHOVEN Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Wo046
BACH Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
GODOWSKY Larghetto Lamentoso in B minor, from 12 Impressions for Violin and Piano
DEBUSSY Menuet, from Petite Suite for Cello and Piano
GRANADOS Andaluza from Danses Espagnoles, Op. 37, No. 5
SCHUBERT L’Abielle from Bagatelles, Op. 13, No. 9

Celebration Plans

SOPHIE SHAO: 14 Jan 2022 CONFIRMED
ARCHIVAL PERFORMANCE LINK

  • OUR EVENT LINK
  • Performs on the Honore Derazey cello from 1855 once owned by Pablo Casals
  • To perform Friday 14 January 2022—week of 100th anniversary (11 January 1922)
  • Potential commission canceled due to COVID funding cuts
  • Will perform many works from Casals’ Midd concert*—with pianist Anna Polonsky—plus other Casals-relevant works:

Berteau *Cello Sonata in G Major (org. attributed to Sammartini)
Beethoven *Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Wo046
Bach *Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
Casals Song of the Birds
Lera Auerbach La Suite dels Ocells: Hommage à Pablo Casals (2015)
Granados *Andaluza from Danses Espagnoles, Op. 37, No. 5
Godowsky *Larghetto Lamentoso in B minor, from 12 Impressions for Vln and Pno
Debussy *Menuet, from Petite Suite for Cello and Piano
Chopin Nocturne in E-flat Major, op. 9 no. 2 (arr. Casals)
Schubert *L’Abielle from Bagatelles, Op. 13, No. 9

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MUSICAL HERITAGE “CASALS” VIDEO from CMS 21 Jan 2022 CONFIRMED

CMS’ new “Musical Heritage” series explores the musical legacies of towering figures in classical music through conversations with students and colleagues along with film clips and historical photos.
(No longer available)

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ZOË KEATING: 28 Jan 2022 CONFIRMED

  • OUR EVENT LINK
  • Vermont-based cellist Zoë’s special brand of contemporary/compositional cello work which often incorporates inter-dsciplinary collaboration and technology to offer “future” view of the cello
  • Zoë can meet with our Winter Term electronic music (now called Coding) class
  • Agent: Mark Lourie, Skyline Music mark@skylineonline.com

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VIDEO: DAVID FINCKEL, CELLO & WU HAN, PIANO 01 Apr 2022 CONFIRMED

French-inspired program of cello sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Franck, recorded in the duo’s Westchester home. (No longer available)

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JUPITER STRING QUARTET & JASPER STRING QUARTET 02 Dec 2022 CONFIRMED

  • Possible pre-concert content by Dan McDonough
  • Friday 02 December 2022 for performance; Sat 03 December to read through student compositions
  • Program:

Schubert: Cello Quintet in C Major (Jupiters with Rachel Henderson from Jasper)
Reena Esmail: Ragamala (Jaspers)
Mendelssohn: Octet (Jaspers, Jupiters)

MARTA CASALS ISTOMIN

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