From Baroque to Pampas

Pianist Marina Radiushina and cellist Gabriel Martins in recital

The program opens with one of the most iconic works in the cello repertoire: Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, whose flowing preludes and stylized dances have become a touchstone for performers and audiences alike. Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E Minor, K.304 (heard here in a cello transcription) follows with rare poignancy and dramatic tension, written during a time of personal loss. Ginastera’s Pampeana No. 2 then transports us to the wide horizons of Argentina’s pampas, where rustic dances and gaucho rhythms ignite a vivid musical landscape. Fauré’s charming miniature Papillon offers a moment of French lyricism before the program concludes with Brahms’s Cello Sonata No. 1, a stormy and deeply expressive masterpiece that crowns the journey with grandeur and intensity.

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