Duo Recital with cellist Matt Haimovitz
Venue
3801 West Temple Ave., Bldg. 24
Pomona, CA
91768
About
This chamber music recital with renown cellist Matt Haimovitz will include a World Premiere and two Los Angeles Premieres and will feature mostly works by American and Ukrainian composers. Matt Haimovitz will perform solo pieces by J. S. Bach, Layale Chakerᐩ (LA Premiere), Aaron Jay Kernisᐩ (LA premiere), Atar Aradᐩ (World Premiere), and Thomas de Hartmann in the first half. In the second half Nadia Shpachenko will join Matt Haimovitz in performances of Ukrainian composer Thomas de Hartmann's powerful Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 63 and Ukrainian composer Valentyn Silvestrov's Postludium for Cello and Piano.
ᐩcommissioned by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for Matt Haimovitz
Full Program
J. S. BACH Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
I. Prelude
LAYALE CHAKER Before Bloom (2021)*ᐩ
AARON JAY KERNIS Grace (2022)*ᐩ
ATAR ARAD Aviv (2022)**ᐩ
THOMAS DE HARTMANN La Kobsa (1950)
Matt Haimovitz, cello
INTERMISSION
VALENTYN SILVESTROV Postludium for Cello and Piano (1982)
THOMAS DE HARTMANN Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 63 (1942)
Matt Haimovitz, cello
Nadia Shpachenko, piano
*denotes LA premiere
**denotes world premiere performance
ᐩcommissioned by THE PRIMAVERA PROJECT for Matt Haimovitz