“Elsewhere” - Chamber Music Series

Leland Ko (cello) & Adria Ye (piano)

The British composer Thomas Adés once wrote, “I don’t know why it is that the cello of all instruments makes one dream of ‘Elsewhere’ when one hears it… Perhaps because the colors are so rich and wide-ranging, one can dream and find oneself in a different place.” The collection of works on this program capitalizes on this idea: from the dreaminess of Nadia Boulanger, the restlessness of Robert Schumann, and the exuberance of Felix Mendelssohn to the private world of Gabriel Fauré and the downright mythology of Olivier Messiaen, these pieces (and the sounds they demand of the cello and piano) are an invitation to be transported or to engage in escapism. But then, of course, perhaps all music is…

- Leland Ko

Three pieces for cello and piano: NADIA BOULANGER
FAE Intermezzo: ROBERT SCHUMANN
Cello Sonata No.1: FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Cello Sonata No.1: GABRIEL FAURÉ
Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus, from Quartet for the End of Time: OLIVIER MESSIAEN

Entrance: $25

Children 18 and under free with an adult. College/University Students with ID: $10. Program is subject to change without notice. Taxes are included in the prices listed.