Archive 2009

FRI 25. SEP 2009, 8 p.m.

The Cello is very grown up!

Collegium Leoninum

• Johannes Moser (Cello)
• Paul Rivinius (Piano)

• Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for cello and piano No. 5 in D major op. 102/2
• Alexander von Zemlinsky: Sonata for cello and piano in A minor
• Johannes Brahms: Sonata for cello and piano no. 1 in E minor op. 38

The Cello is very grown up!

Cellos are “grown-up violins that have learned to stand up on their own”. The cello became a grown-up in its final form in around 1700 in Stradivari’s workshop. Since then its gentle, dark sound has been touching people’s emotions. Particularly during the 19th and 20th centuries composers wrote virtuoso literature for the “singing instrument”. The two musicians are presenting an excellent mix that combines festive melody with the highest degree of musical skill. Johannes Moser, who thinks the cello belonged to him since childhood “like my own arm”, has been awarded the ECHO Klassik twice; this is the first time he is performing at the Beethovenfest Bonn.