La Belle Saison, the producer of this program, brings together the captivating cellist Stéphanie Huang (winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and principal cellist of the Orchestre de Paris) and the rising star of the piano, Arthur Hinnewinkel, in an exploration of a repertoire that reflects their personalities, their playing, and their stage presence: the powerful American and Anglo-Saxon sonatas of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Stéphanie Huang and Arthur Hinnewinkel delve together for the first time into the intricacies of a repertoire with infinite possibilities, convinced that these works embody the questions of our time. Through the voices of composers who dared to redraw its contours, they explore the multifaceted soul of the American continent.
Florence Price, the first recognized African American female composer, engages in a dialogue with George Crumb, a visionary of extended sounds; Samuel Barber, a master of lyricism, meets the gaze of Gershwin; and James MacMillan, heir to a reinvented Scottish tradition.
Straddling memory and the avant-garde, intimacy and explosiveness, this concert is an invitation to listen to America in all its diversity and openness to the world.
Stéphanie Huang, cello
Arthur Hinnewinkel, piano
AMERICAN EPIC
Samuel Barber | Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6
Amy Beach | 4 Sketches, Op. 15 No. 3 – Dreaming
George Crumb | Sonata for Solo Cello
George Gershwin | Three Preludes for Cello and Piano
Lukas Foss | Capriccio for Cello and Piano
Aaron Copland | Lament & Poem for Cello and Piano
James MacMillan | Cello Sonata No. 2
Doors open at 10 a.m. Breakfast provided by the association
