Please note: Unfortunately, the organiser has had to cancel the concert at short notice. For further information or refunds, please contact the organiser using the details below.

Antonia Straka cello
Baiba Osina piano

The concert programme spans the period from the Baroque to the 20th century and showcases the tonal and stylistic diversity of the cello. The programme opens with Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suite in C major, featuring the freely interpreted Prélude and the heartfelt Sarabande. Alfredo Piatti’s Caprice No. 7 for solo cello represents the virtuoso cello tradition. Francis Poulenc’s bravura Sonata and Dmitri Shostakovich’s cantabile masterpiece form the richly contrasting main section of this demanding chamber music programme for cello and piano. The concert concludes with Mstislav Rostropovich’s Humoresque, Op. 5 – a brilliant, humorous concert piece.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach

Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009

Prelude
Sarabande

Alfredo Piatti

Caprice No. 7 for solo cello, Op. 25

Francis Poulenc

Sonata for Cello and Piano, FP 143

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40

Mstislav Rostropovich

Humoresque, Op. 5

Organised by Antonia Straka. Tickets costing €25 are available in advance from office@antoniastraka.com (Link) and available at the box office (cash only).