Classical Concerts from Manchester Camerata
PORTRAIT OF AN ITALIAN
Date: Friday 18 November 2011
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: RNCM Concert Hall
Location: Manchester
Programme:
| Respighi | Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no.3 |
| Boccherini | Cello Concerto no.7 in G major |
| Sollima | Violoncelles, Vibrez! |
| Boccherini | La Musica Notturna Delle Strade di Madrid |
| Sollima | LB Files |
Giovanni Sollima cello/director
Giovanni Guzzo director
Hannah Roberts cello
Our guest director and soloist for this programme, the internationally-renowned Italian cellist and composer Giovanni Sollima, is a performer quite unlike any other, with a rock musician's energy and directness of communication, and a musicality that sits happily across many genres. Put together around his personality, this programme, blending the traditional and the more modern, features two of his own works, the lyrical Violoncelles Vibrez! for two cello soloists and strings, and LB Files, a mini dramatisation of the life of Luigi Boccherini, a work that embraces jazz, world, contemporary and rock all in one.
Talking Point, 6.30pm
An introduction to the captivating Giovanni Sollima.
Encore, 9.30pm
Presented in association with Manchester Jazz Festival
Semay Wu – cello
and friends
Complementing Sollima’s distinctive approach to the cello, Manchester’s very own Semay leads a specially-assembled small group of music-makers to perform some quirky and surprising sounds, incorporating the many reference points in her musical career – electronica, jazz, improvisation and rock – uncategorisable yet compelling!
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