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Tuesday 16 April 1:10pm
Icelandic-American cellist has been praised for her “agile and passionate” playing, “remarkable maturity” and “unbridled and honest” interpretation.
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Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir, cello
with…
Nicky Swett, cello
Simon Parkin, piano
Praised for her “agile and passionate” playing, “remarkable maturity” and “unbridled and honest” interpretation, Icelandic-American cellist Geirþrúður Anna Guðmundsdóttir has performed internationally at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall and at the Southbank Centre in London and appeared as soloist with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra, among others. Her performance in Reykjavík’s Harpa Concert Hall of the six Bach Cello Suites, was hailed as “an awe-inspiring experience” (Fréttablaðið, Iceland).
Programme
Luigi Boccherini: Sonata for cello and continuo in G Major, G. 15
Allegro Larghetto Allegro
J.S. Bach: Suite No. 2 in D Minor
Allemande Courante
Witold Lutoslawski: Grave (Metamorphoses) for cello and piano
Witold Lutoslawski: Sacher Variation for solo cello
Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70
Claude Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano in D Minor
Prologue Sérénade
Final
