Sheku Kanneh-Mason Cello Concert

“Technically superb and eloquent in his expressivity, he held the capacity audience spellbound with an interpretation of exceptional authority.”

The Guardian

Sheku returns to the VRS for the fourth time, but on this occasion he’s performing solo. Hear him in a varied and exhilarating program of music written for solo cello in the fine acoustic setting of the Chan Shun Concert Hall at the Chan Centre. He will be joined by a group of young local cellists in a performance of Pablo Casals’ ‘Song of the Birds’ as a grand finale to the concert. 

PROGRAM:

J.S. BACH: Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008 
GWILYM SIMCOCK: Prayer for the Senses
BRITTEN: Suite No. 1 for solo cello, Op. 72
LEO BROUWER: Sonata No. 2 for solo cello
EDMUND FINNIS: Five Preludes for solo cello
CASSADÓ: Suite for solo cello
CASALS: Song of the Birds (Arr. Posner)