TEDx Speaker and Conservatory trained cellist Matthew Linaman, and pianist Robert Mollicone, of the SF Opera, present two cornerstones sonatas from the romantic and contemporary periods.
Cesar Franck's explosive Sonata in A Major exemplifies both the tender and soaring melodies that characterize the romantic period.
Dmitry Shostakovich's dramatic Sonata in D minor, written shortly before his censure by Stalin, is perhaps one of the greatest cello sonatas of the contemporary period, haunting us with chilling melodies punctuated with oftentimes relentless rhythmic drive.
TEDx Speaker and Conservatory trained cellist Matthew Linaman, and pianist Robert Mollicone, of the SF Opera, present two cornerstones sonatas from the romantic and contemporary periods.
Cesar Franck's explosive Sonata in A Major exemplifies both the tender and soaring melodies that characterize the romantic period.
Dmitry Shostakovich's dramatic Sonata in D minor, written shortly before his censure by Stalin, is perhaps one of the greatest cello sonatas of the contemporary period, haunting us with chilling melodies punctuated with oftentimes relentless rhythmic drive.
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