Join us for our 2023-2024 Faculty Concert Series with Sarah Freiberg performing “Solo Cello Through the Ages—A Journey through Five Centuries of Great Music” followed by a reception for the community!
The concert will be in the Concert Hall, up the stairs under the large purple awning, at 160 Lexington Street, Belmont, MA 02478 at 3:00. Parking is available in front of the building or in the lot on the corner of Lexington and Beech Street.
These concerts are open to anyone who would like to come, there is a suggested donation to attend that can be made online or at the door.
SOLO CELLO THROUGH THE AGES:
A JOURNEY THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES OF GREAT MUSIC
A LECTURE-RECITAL BY SARAH FREIBERG
17 th Century
Giovanni Batista Vitali— Tocatta (composed c. 1685)
Dominico Gabrielli—Ricercar Primo (c. 1680s)
Giuseppe Colombi—Chiacona (c. 1685)
Early 18 th Century
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite 1 in G Major, Prelude (c. 1720)
Later 18 th Century (studies)
Joseph-Marie-Clement Dall’Abaco—Capriccio Primo in C Minor (Before 1760)
Michel Corrette—Prelude (1738)
Robert Crome—Promenade (1765)
19th Century (more etudes/studies)
J.J.F. Dotzauer—Allegro, No. 5 from Opus 120 (1830)
August Tolbecque, Allegretto, No. 1 from “10 Special Etudes” (c. 1870?)
20th and 21st Centuries
(With a bit of Bach first: Suite 3 in C Major—Prelude)
Max Reger—Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo, 1. Prelude (1915)
Hans Werner Henze—Serenade (1949)
Thomas Allen Levines—Nocturnes; 2. Reflections by a Mossy Pond (1981)
John Harbison: Suite for Solo Cello; 1. Preludio (1994)
Szymon Kotynia—Capriccio (2009)