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The Soloist and the Art of the Cello
Sep 28, 2009 9:00am to Oct 2, 2009 4:00pm
LEGACY: Music & Media
Supporting CSUN’s Common Reading Program, this exhibit illustrates passages from Steve Lopez’s account of passion and courage in The Soloist, plus highlights contemporary master cellists and explores the anatomy of the cello.
In addition, the Oviatt Library hosted a series of solo concerts in Music & Media:
Inspired by Steve Lopez's account of passion and courage in The Soloist, invited guest artists and talented CSUN cellists will perform daily at Music & Media (Oviatt Library, 2nd Floor, East Wing). Accompanying the concerts is an exhibit featuring renowned cellists and highlights from The Soloist. In addition, video screening of musical performances from The Soloist's playlist by various artists will also be presented throughout the week.
Performance Schedule
| September 28 | September 29 | September 30 | October 1 | October 2 | |
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| 9:00 AM | Jacqueline du Pré In Portrait | Pablo Casals: A Cry for Peace | Rostropovich: Life and Art | Zara Nelsova: Grand Dame of the Cello | Eleonore Schoenfeld: A Life of Elegance Vanishing Point: A Road Journal (Erik Friedlander) |
| NOON CONCERT LIVE Performance | Kris Khang
| Ian Rawson Shostakovich: Cello Sonata, 1st movement Hannah Roh Haydn: Cello Concerto, C major | Dr. Joyce Geeting
| Max Mueller
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| 3:00 PM | Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor (Lynn Harrell) Schubert: Arpeggione (Anne Gastinel) | Inspired By Bach (The Music Garden) (Yo-Yo Ma) | Shostakovich, Cello Concerto and Prokofiev, Sinfonia Concertante (Mstislav Rostropovich) | Cello Recital (Janos Starker) | Musical Minds with Dr. Oliver Sack |
| 5:00 PM | Beethoven: The Sound and the Fury | Beethoven: Symphonies 1 and 3 (Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic) | Beethoven: Symphonies 4-6 ( Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic) | Beethoven: Symphonies 7-9 ( Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic) | |
| 7:00 PM | Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (Christoph von Dohnányi, Vienna Philharmonic) | Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev, Australian Ballet) | Saint-Saëns and Dvorák: Cello Concertos ( Mstislav Rostropovich) | Brahms: Double Concerto (Leonard Bernstein, Vienna Philharmonic) |
Download full-size poster of the "Soloists in Concert" event