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VISUAL PROGRAM NOTES

Delco Arts Week Chamber Concert, September 22, 2024

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Johann Sebastian Bach- Suite No. 2 in D minor, Prelude

Bach composed six suites for solo cello, most likely during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello.

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1748 portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach
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Domenico Gabrielli- Canon for Two Cellos

Domenico Gabrielli was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello music writing.

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Georg Sothilander- Kanon in G major for Two Cellos

Georg Sothilander is a modern composer, and the Kanon in G major was composed in 2004.                

Cello- Front and Side by Georg Feitscher
(File: Cello front side.jpg, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9457808)

Star of the County Down and After the Battle of Aughrim -

arr. Irene Sazer 

 

Irene Sazer is a soloist, recording artist, respected educator, and is in-demand as a genre-hopping violinist/fiddler of many styles. These traditional Celtic Ballads were arranged for string quartet in 2009.

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The Star of the County Down is a charming lady, Rose McCann, whom the singer hopes to marry. The story of this ballad takes place in Banbridge, Northern Ireland.

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Photograph of Banbridge, Northern Ireland circa 1900, about when the ballad was composed.

After the Battle of Aughrim describes the last great defeat of the native Gaelic army in Ireland on July 12, 1691.

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1691 sketch of the Battle of Aughrim by Jan Wyk

Felix Mendelssohn- Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor

Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer, pianist, organist, and conductor of the early Romantic period. The Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, was completed on 23 September 1839 and published the following year. It is one of Mendelssohn's most popular chamber works.

Portrait of Mendelssohn by Wilhelm Hensel, 1847
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