For #cello music fans this is the week to be in Greensboro, NC. We are celebrating the life and music of #cellist, Lev Aronson (http://bit.ly/1RHIPx1), with two concerts featuring his student, one of the great masters of the instrument alive today, Lynn Harrell.
Lynn Harrell, Cello with UNCG Symphony Orchestra
When: Fri, December 2, 7:30pm – 9:30pm Where: UNCG Auditorium, Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8319485
World-renowned cellist Lynn Harrell will join the #UNCG Symphony for a performance of Ernest Bloch's Hebraic Rhapsody, "Schelomo." The overture to Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" and Mussorgsky's magnificent "Pictures at an Exhibition" round out the program.
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72 BLOCH: Schelomo, Rhapsodie Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition
Lynn Harrell in Recital
When: Sat, December 3, 8:00pm – 9:30pm Where: UNCG Music Building Recital Hall, Greensboro, NC, United States Tickets: $30 adult; $25 senior; $5 student http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=8300999
Internationally-renowned cellist, Lynn Harrell, will complete his UNCG residency with this recital of virtuosic works including those of Lev Aronson, Mr. Harrell's cello teacher. Lev Aronson, himself a cellist and composer, was interned in both a Nazi Concentration Camp and a Russian Labor Camp. He eventually made it to the United States where he became Principal Cellist of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and a beloved teacher. https://www.facebook.com/events/256623531385426/
Program: Sonata in G major (edited by Lev Aronson), Henry Eccles Cello Sonata in C major, op. 119, Sergei Prokofiev Cello Sonata, Claude Debussy Introduction, Theme and Variations, op. 82, no. 2 (arr. Gregor Piatigorsky), Franz Schubert Cello Suite no. 3 in C major, BWV 1009, J.S. Bach
