Ruslan Biryukov & Friends February 6, 2010

POSITIVE MOTIONS CONCERT SERIES

Program "Ruslan Biryukov & Friends" will feature cellists Maksim Velichkin, August Lee, Patricia Ryan, Hope Easton, Garik Terzian and pianist Mary Au.

For nearly 400 hundred years people worldwide were fascinated by the sound of a cello, the closest musical instrument to the human voice... The greatest cellists were welcomed guests at the palaces of monarchs, dictators and presidents... Rostropovich, Casals, Yo-Yo Ma... What is in the sound of a cello that attracts so many people for such a long time?...

"Ruslan Biryukov & Friends" present pieces written by some of the greatest
composers/cellists for cello ensembles. Just imagine two cellos singing together...

Pieces by Boccherini, Piatti, Lee, Popper, Mozart, Bach, World PREMIERES by Carol Worthey and Deon Nielson Price.

The February 6th Program will include the following repertoire:
- "Trio Sonata in G Minor" for Cello Duo and Continuo by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
- "Doppelfugue" for Four Cellos by Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
- "Ave Verum Corpus" for Four Cellos by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
- "Sonata for Cello Duo in C Major" by Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
- "Ave Maria" For Five Cellos and Piano by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)/Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893)
- "Serenade in D Major" for Two Cellos and Piano (1890) by Alfredo Piatti (1822 - 1901)

"Ruslan Biryukov & Friends - Cello Ensembles" Press Release - Page 3 of 8

The February 6th Program will include the following repertoire (continued):
- "Suite for Two Cellos, Op. 16" and "Requiem for Three Cellos and Piano, Op. 66" by David Popper (1843 - 1913)
- World Premiere of "Russian Scenes" for Cello Duo (2009) by Carol Worthey (1943 - )

The concert will be performed in the First Baptist Church of Glendale, a recently restored architectural and acoustic jewel of Los Angeles, which is 104-years-old.

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