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Elinor Frey, 5-string cello
Today the five-string cello is treated as an exotic and rarely-played cousin of the standard cello. However, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was simply one of the many instruments used in the family of bass violins and was particularly important for virtuosic sonatas and solos. The program centres around the five-string cello’s most enduring work, Bach’s Sixth Solo Suite (BWV 1012). Each movement reveals the instrument’s incredible versatility and remarkable colors. Elinor Frey explores these qualities further through two newer works, “Guided By Voices” by Scott Godin (based on Hildegard von Bingen’s “O Vis Aeternitatis”) and “With concord of sweet sounds” by Isaiah Ceccarelli.
Music At Christ Church Cathedral
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