Program Books/Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello/Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Program

PROGRAM

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685–1750) Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV1008 (c. 1720)

Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Minuet I and II
Gigue

Gwilym SIMCOCK (b. 1981) Prayer for the Senses (2022)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 (1964)

Canto primo: Sostenuto e largamente
Fuga: Andante moderato
Lamento: Lento rubato
Canto secondo: Sostenuto
Serenata: Allegretto pizzicato
Marcia: Alla marcia moderato
Canto terzo: Sostenuto
Bordone: Moderato quasi recitativo
Moto perpetuo e Canto quarto: Presto

INTERMISSION

Leo BROUWER (b. 1939) Sonata No. 2 for solo cello (2020) I. – II. – III.

This work is dedicated to Sheku Kanneh-Mason and was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society through the generous support of an anonymous donor.

Edmund FINNIS (b. 1984) Preludes (2021)

Prelude I
Prelude II
Prelude III
Prelude IV
Prelude V

Gaspar CASSADÓ (1897–1966) Suite for solo cello (pub. 1926)

Preludio—Fantasia
Sardana
Intermezzo e danza finale