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Artists’ Concert Series
VIRTUOSO LONELY ROMANCE
Cello Solo Recital
by
Francesco Mastromatteo
WHEN: Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 4pm
WHERE: Oak Hill United Methodist Church, 7815 Highway 290 West , Austin, Texas 78736
COST: Free (donations gratefully accepted)
Program
Capricci op.25 n.12, 3, 7 – Piatti (1822-1901)
Sonata for collo solo op.28 – Ysaÿe (1858-1931)
Lento e sempre sostenuto
Poco allegretto e grazioso
Adagio
Allegro Tempo Fermo
Sonata op. 25 n.3 – Hindemith (1895-1963)
Lebhaft, sehr markiert
Maβig schnell, Gemächlich
Langsam
Lebhafte Viertel
Mäβig schnell
Ligeti (1923- 2006): Sonata for cello solo
Dialogo
Capriccio
Capriccio su tema dalla “Niobe” op.22 – Piatti (1822-1901)
A Word from the performer
The cello is an instrument of “romance”, its sound is narrative in nature, and this narration is always connecting to the most intimate and powerful energy in human life: Love. Therefore this program for unaccompanied cello is an exploration of relationships, from a point of view that is continually shifting and invites us to look into ourselves. This journey of romance happen in the solitude of each human being as well as in the solitude of a single cello on stage. The sonatas by Hindemith, Ligeti, Ysaÿe, or the Capricci by Piatti are actually invitations to look into our loneliness in order to define who we are and therefore moving toward the others ready to accept them completely after we have accepted who we are. It is also a journey of “virtuoso” romance, where virtuosity is the ability to express our nature in the truest way, without formality or any burden, with sincerity of our feelings. Virtuosity in these works and in the cello voice is truly the ability to discover and express Virtue, and ultimately, to discover and live… Love.