Carte Blanche Concert V: Cello Evolutions II: Laurence Lesser, cello

Distinguished cellist Laurence Lesser, renowned for his probing explorations of the Bach Suites in concert and on recordings, completes this summer’s cycle of Bach’s Cello Suites in a provocative program. The concert pairs the iconic First Suite with German composer Paul Hindemith’s Sonata for Solo Cello, an essay in bold modernism and instrumental fluency. Bach’s glorious Fourth Suite serves as the program’s centerpiece. The final set bookends Italian master Luigi Dallapiccola’s Ciaccona, Intermezzo, and Adagio with the severe Second Suite and the thrilling Sixth Suite.

Carte Blanche Concert V features a lunch-break intermission. A gourmet boxed lunch may be reserved for $18.

PROGRAM
Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750): Suite no. 1 in G Major for Solo Cello, BWV 1007 (ca. 1720)
Paul HINDEMITH (1895–1963): Sonata for Solo Cello (1923)
George CRUMB (b. 1929): Sonata for Solo Cello (1955)
Johann Sebastian BACH: Suite no. 4 in E-flat Major for Solo Cello, BWV 1010 (ca. 1720);
Suite no. 2 in d minor for Solo Cello, BWV 1008 (ca. 1720)
Luigi DALLAPICCOLA (1904–1975): Ciaccona, Intermezzo, and Adagio (1945)
Johann Sebastian BACH: Suite no. 6 in D Major for
Solo Cello, BWV 1012 (ca. 1720)

ARTIST
Laurence Lesser, cello