David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano

Name: David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano
Start: 2024-11-17T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Baldwin Auditorium

Schedule

Sun Nov 17 2024 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Baldwin Auditorium | Durham, NC

The cello-piano duo of David Finckel and Wu Han (recipients of Musical America’s Musicians of the Year Award and Artistic Directors of the Chamber Music Society at Lincoln Center) return to Duke Arts with a journey through the great chamber works of Beethoven. They begin with the great composer’s pioneering first two cello sonatas, both of which present an elegantly expressive partnership between cello and piano. This is one of the first examples of the two instruments being placed on equal footing in chamber music, rather than the cello being limited to a continuo part. A few years after the success of these sonatas, Beethoven then wrote three sets of variations, all based on operatic tunes. We are treated to the first of those here in this recital: 12 Variations on ‘See, the conqu’ring hero comes,’ probably the best-known chorus from Handel’s Judas Maccabeus. Beethoven’s Op. 69 Sonata is considered by many to be the greatest cello sonata ever written, composed at the height of his ‘heroic period’ about a decade later in 1807.
Estimated Run Time: 100 minutes including intermission
This concert is a part of our Chamber Series
All classical series concerts will be available for Pick-4 subscriptions beginning on Thursday, June 6 and single tickets will go on sale on Thursday, June 20.
Tier 1: $47
Tier 2: $35
Student: $10
Book all 8 Chamber Arts Series concerts for $300, 7 for $262.50 or 6 for $225. Save 20% off single ticket prices and get access to the best seat locations every year!
#classicalmusic #chamberconcert #dukearts