Sentimental Cello

NEPACMS ends their 2022-2023 concert season with a spectacular lineup of artists and lush music. Tchaikovsky’s admiration and reverence of Beethoven can be seen in his letters, articles, and diary entries, but he would himself leave an indelible influence and legacy as seen in the music of Glière and Arensky. Arensky’s most popular work, and rightfully so, Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, was an arrangement of the beautiful second movement of his own second string quartet dedicated “To the memory of Tchaikovsky” and written for violin, viola, and two cellos.

PROGRAM

Reinhold Glière Ten Duets for Two Cellos, Op. 53

I. Comodo
VI. Energico
VII. Animato
VIII. Giocoso
IV. Vivace

Ludwig van Beethoven String Trio in C Minor, Op. 9 No. 3

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Allegro moderato for string trio, TH 152

Anton Arensky String Quartet No. 2, Op. 35

ARTISTS

John Vaida, violin

Amy Iwazumi, viola

Emilio Colón, cello

Cara Elise Colón, cello