Overview
Ralph Kirshbaum & Shai Wosner
March 9-10, 2017
RALPH KIRSHBAUM & SHAI WOSNER: BEETHOVEN
Famed cellist Ralph Kirshbaum, whose live recording in London's Wigmore Hall of the all-Beethoven Sonatas and Variations will be released this fall on Onyx Classics, will be joined by pianist Shai Wosner, who returns to The Wallis after his acclaimed Bridge to Beethoven concert with Jennifer Koh in March 2016. Over two nights in the Bram Goldsmith Theater, Kirshbaum and Wosner will tackle the complete works of Beethoven for cello and piano. Join us at The Wallis for this unique Beethoven immersion.
These concerts are made possible at The Wallis by generous support from Susan and Peter Strauss.
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN 7 Variations in E-flat Major on Mozart's "Bei Männern" from The Magic Flute, WoO 46
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5, No. 2
Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo
Allegro molto più tosto presto
Rondo. Allegro
BEETHOVEN 12 Variations in F Major on Mozart’s “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Allegro, ma non tanto
Scherzo
Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
"Ralph Kirshbaum has wonderful tone, utter technical reliability and the imagination to make the music feel both spontaneous and well planned." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Famed cellist Ralph Kirshbaum, whose live recording in London's Wigmore Hall of the all-Beethoven Sonatas and Variations will be released this fall on Onyx Classics, will be joined by pianist Shai Wosner, who returns to The Wallis after his acclaimed Bridge to Beethoven concert with Jennifer Koh in March 2016. Over two nights in the Bram Goldsmith Theater, Kirshbaum and Wosner will tackle the complete works of Beethoven for cello and piano. Join us at The Wallis for this unique Beethoven immersion.
These concerts are made possible at The Wallis by generous support from Susan and Peter Strauss.
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN 7 Variations in E-flat Major on Mozart's "Bei Männern" from The Magic Flute, WoO 46
BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata in G minor Op. 5, No. 2
Adagio sostenuto ed espressivo
Allegro molto più tosto presto
Rondo. Allegro
BEETHOVEN 12 Variations in F Major on Mozart’s “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Die Zauberflöte, Op. 66
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69
Allegro, ma non tanto
Scherzo
Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace
"Ralph Kirshbaum has wonderful tone, utter technical reliability and the imagination to make the music feel both spontaneous and well planned." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review