Tag Archives: cello

The award-winning cellist performs music by Nordic composers, including his longtime mentor and collaborator Per Nørgård, at National Sawdust Feb. 2.

New York-based cellist Inbal Segev continues to expand her range. The quality of the music in her latest program ranged from exhilarating to predictable. But her technique and sensitivity revealed all the works in advantageous light.

The Tesla Quartet makes a strong debut with Ravel and more, while Amit Peled plays Bach's Cello Suites 1-3 on Pablo Casals' instrument.

We're fortunate these neglected composers of the New Jewish National School have found worthy champions.

"With the rise of worldwide anti-Semitism, it has been difficult for me to program Jewish works. I remember a certain recital when I was asked to remove a suite of pieces by Ernest Bloch for fear of audience distaste."

The musicians make technique seem invisible on this wonderful new recording, with Amit Peled playing Pablo Casals's cello in two of the greatest works of the Romantic era.

'In a game, the focus is of course on game play, but the music seeps into the unconscious also – and is instantly recognizable if later heard.'

It was nice to see a warmer side to the cellist's chill, hyper-modern aesthetic as she introduced songs and asked the audience for vocal and smartphone participation. At the end she sent us out to wander the crowded desert of Greenwich Village, inspired by her musicianship but even more so by her distinctive dark aesthetic.

The three musicians did right by Brahms as they played some of the composer's most beautiful and dynamic music for violin, cello, and piano in Brooklyn's floating waterfront concert hall.

An intriguing plunge into the many sharp and woolly possibilities of the cello in the age of electronics and genre-blending.