Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) and Kathryn Stott (piano) perform music by Stravinsky, Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Guarnieri, Falla, Messiaen and Brahms at the Wigmore Hall in London.
Live from Wigmore Hall
Presented by Martin Handley
The cellist Yo-Yo Ma is joined by pianist Kathryn Stott in a typically wide-ranging programme which stretches from Piazzolla via Messiaen to Brahms.
Stravinsky
Suite Italienne from Pulcinella
Villa-Lobos arr. Jorge Calandrelli
Alma Brasilieira
Piazzolla arr. Kyoko Yamamoto
Oblivion
Guarnieri arr. Kyoko Yamamoto
Dansa Negra
Falla
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8.25: INTERVAL music including a classic recording of Mady Mesple singing Bachianas Brasilieras no 5 by Villa-Lobos.
8.45
Messiaen
Louange a l'eternite de Jesus, from Quartet for the End of Time
Brahms: Cello Sonata no. 3 in D minor, Op.108
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Kathryn Stott, piano
The American cellist returns to Wigmore Hall for the first time in over twenty years. The recital's first half comprises works influenced by the past, exploring how composers as diverse as Villa-Lobos and Guarnieri, Stravinsky and Piazzolla carried traditional forms into the modern world. And, in the second half, Messiaen's sublime Louange a l'eternite de Jesus from his Quartet for the End of Time serves as a bridge into Brahms's songful last Sonata Op. 108.