Autumn Concert
Cellotonica Autumn Concert Trier, 27.10.2018 Programme Sonata in G minor for two Cellos Op. 2 No. 8, George Friderich Händel Adagio in G minor, Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni Serenata for two Cellos and orchestra, Alfredo Carlo Piatti cello: Chenni Chen, Nao Sasaki piano: Pauline Michaux Chu Intermission Pizzicato Polka, Johann Strauss II Palladio, Karl Jenkins Symphony No. 7, II Movement Allegretto, Ludwig van Beethoven Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin cello: Chenni Chen, Nao Sasaki, Sabrina Kratzer, Ruth Kremser, Lilia Held, Jessica Gnas, Charlotte Heinz Cellists and their cellos Chenni Chen Peter Staszel, Chicago USA 2001 Nao Sasaki Yu Iida,Yamanashi Japan 2008 Lillia Held Gärtner, Germany, 19th century Sabrina Kratzer Kreuzinger, Bavaria Germany Jessica Gnas Clement Weise, Bubenreuth.Germany 2005 Ruth Kremser Carlo Anstadt, Herne Germany 1991 Charlotte Heinz Mittenwald Adorf, Germany 2004 George Frideric Handel (23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German, later British, Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos. Handel received im- portant training in Halle-upon-Saale and worked as a compos- er in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712; he became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the great composers of the Italian Baroque and by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition. Within fifteen years, Handel had started three commercial opera companies to supply the English nobility with Italian opera. Musicologist Winton Dean writes that his operas show that “Handel was not only a great composer; he was a dramatic genius of the first order.” As Alexander’s Feast(1736) was well received, Handel made a transition to English choral works.
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