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POSTPONED

This Concert will be Rescheduled

Cello trio VC3  (which played Arion’s very first concert in late 2015) returns for its third performance on our series.  Elizabeth Anderson, Kathe Järka, and Robert La Rue will present a program featuring the New York premiere of Olli Mustonen's Triptykki for three cellos (2014), J.S. Bach's Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 (originally for viola da gamba and harpsichord ) and works by PerotinBartok, Rossini, and more.  Here's the complete program:

  • Ave maris stella -- Perotin (fl. ca. 1200 CE)
  • Ave verum corpus -- Léo Delibes (1836--1891)
  • Ave verum corpus -- Josquin dez Prez (c. 1450--1521)
  • Piéces en concert -- Francois Couperin (1668--1733)
  • Selections from Mikrokosmos-- Béla Bartók (1881--1945)
  • Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029 -- J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
  • Triptykki for Three Cellos -- Olli Mustonen (b. 1967) [New York premiere]
  • Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia -- Gioachino Rossini (1792--1868)

Artists

VC3

  • Elizabeth Anderson, cellist of the Cassatt Quartet, was also the cellist of the Naumburg Award winning Meliora Quartet. She is a member of the New York City Opera Orchestra.
     
  • Käthe Jarka was formerly a member of the Shanghai Quartet, and is a longtime member of the Garden City Chamber Music Society. She has performed at the Tanglewood, Ravinia, Spoleto and Marlboro Music Festivals, and is a frequent presence on National Public Radio.
     
  • Robert La Rue was First Prize winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters Cello Competition, whose jury chairman was Mstislav Rostropovitch. A former member of the New England String Quartet and a current member of the New York CIty Opera Orchestra, he is the Music Director of the Arion Chamber Music series.

Notes on the Program

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