WFMT presents The Three Celli April 3, 2011

Stephen Balderston, Linc Smelser and Brant Taylor, cellos

The Three Celli, perform a mix of music for one, two or three cellos. Stephen Balderston, former Assistant Principal Cello of the Chicago Symphony, is Professor of Cello at DePaul University. Prior to joining the CSO in 1993, he performed for ten years with the Saint Louis Symphony. Linc Smelser, a member of the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, is on the faculty of Northern Illinois University as well as the Music Director of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Brant Taylor, a former member of the Saint Louis Symphony, has been a member of the Chicago Symphony since the 1997-1998 season. He also teaches at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Performing Arts and performs with the band Pink Martini.

Program

B. Joyce: Five Renaissance Dances

Mozart: Notturno

Bach: Three Dances from the “French Suites”

Schubert: Allegro Moderato

Handel: Sonata in G Minor for Two Cellos and Piano

Handel: Grave and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 3, No. 5

Dotzauer: Pastorale for 3 Celli

Wilson: Suite for 3 Celli
Kessler: Bachanal for 3 Celli

Woods: The Slippery Elm Rag

Official Website: http://www.maynestage.com/the-three-celli.aspx