
Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festival Part I
Festival Finale Part I: Bach Cello Suites
Culver Center of the Arts
Free Admission
Performance | Thursday, January 29, 2015, 8pm |
UCR Department of Music in collaboration with the UC Riverside Culver Center of the Arts and the São Paulo State University Campinas Villa-Lobos International Chamber Music Festival Festival Finale Part I: Bach Cello Suites As a child Villa-Lobos fell in love with the music of Bach, sitting under the piano as his Aunt Zizinha played the Preludes and Fugues of The Well-Tempered Klavier. Villa-Lobos learned to play the cello at the age of 6, with a spike added to a viola by his father. As preparation for his Bachianas, tonight we return to Bach and listen to themaster’s Suites for solo cello. PROGRAM J.S. Bach: Suites for solo cello Toke Moldrup, cello and 5-string cello Toke Moldrup, (Denmark), is principal cello of the Copenhagen Philharmonic |
This event is made possible by the Marylu Clayton Rosenthal Endowment.