Beethoven: Sonata in A Op. 69

1) Allegro ma non tanto

2) Scherzo: Allegro molto

3) Adagio cantabile

4) Allegro vivace

Glazunov: Chant du Ménestrel Op. 71

5) Lento

Rubinstein: Melodie in F (arr David Popper)

6) Moderato

Offenbach (arr W. Thomas-Mifune): Les Larmes de Jacqueline

7) Elégie

Popper: Elfentanz Op. 39

8) Presto

Chopin: Sonata Op. 65

9) Allegro moderato

10) Scherzo

11) Largo

12) Finale: Allegro

 

Richard Harwood - Cello, Christoph Berner - piano

 

"An exceptionally lyrical player…formidable technique”

The Strad

 

British cellist Richard Harwood has a passion for duo and chamber music and has worked with the pianists Christoph Berner, Julius Drake and Connie Shih and as a chamber musician with Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, the Endellion Quartet, and Alexander Sitkovetsky among others.

 

He made his BBC Radio 3 debut precociously early, at the age of thirteen, with a live recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto. He has also given performances for Radio France and MDR in Germany.

 

Richard’s many awards include the Audi Junior Musician, the first British cellist ever to be awarded the title "Bachpreisträger" at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig also Richard is the 2004 winner of the Pierre Fournier Award.

 

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