Steven Isserlis, cello & Kirill Gerstein, piano

Cellist Stephen Isserlis performs in recital with pianist Kirill Gerstein in a program that includes Isserlis's own transcription of Schumann's Violin Sonata No. 3.

• Jan 6, 2010 at 7:30 PM
• Terrace Theater
• $45.00

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About the Program

Artists:

• Steven Isserlis , cello
• Kirill Gerstein , piano

Returning to the Kennedy Center in his Fortas debut after an appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra last season, Steven Isserlis performs cello sonatas by Britten and Rachmaninoff. Kirill Gerstein, winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, joins "the cello's best ambassador," (The Times, London) in celebrating Schumann's 200th birthday. Together they perform Isserlis's own transcription of the master composer's Violin Sonata No. 3, here interpreted by cello and piano. This fascinating and addictive music gives listeners a look into Schumann's final lucid period before the encroaching insanity that marked his last years of life. Part of the Kennedy Center's Focus on Russia.

Running Time:  90 Minutes
Act I:  40 minutes
 Intermission:  15 minutes
Act II:  40 minutes
  Program:

BRITTEN - Cello Sonata
SCHUMANN - Violin Sonata No. 3
	arr. Isserlis
RACHMANINOFF - Cello Sonata

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Focus on Russia is supported through the generosity of the HRH Foundation.

The Fortas Chamber Music Concerts are supported by generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial Fund, and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.

International Programming at the Kennedy Center is supported by the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts.



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