InterHarmony Concert Series: Cello-Brazione: Passages of Passion

The program will commence with young artist Shu-Han Shen performing Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit, III.Scarbo, setting the energy level that will be persistent and even intensified as the concert progresses. Ravel was inspired by the poetic story describing the duplicitous nature of art by Bertrand entitled Fantasies in the manner of Rembrandt and Callot. The movement Scarbo portrays a goblin flitting about a darkened room, casting shadows in the moonlight.

One cannot ponder about passion without Ginastera's Pampeana No.2 to be performed by virtuosic cellist Chungsun Kim and pianist Zeru Wang. In Pampanea, the cello will sing, scream, and crash. Pampeana quotes folk songs from Ginastera’s native Argentina with hints of the malambo dance, evoking images of the pampa flatlands.

Pianist Robert Palmer whose illustrious solo career conquered the hearts of global audiences will perform Chopin's virtuosic Fantasie in f minor with its cascading harmonies intertwined into chords and limitless passages that could finish any concert, yet will only mark the end of the first half of the passionate passages prepared for the evening.

Soprano Hein Jung, acclaimed by the Boston Globe for her “superior vocal value”, together with pianist Zeru Wang will present not only the beauty of the most famous arias, such as Puccini's Quando m'en vo from La Boheme, and Rachmaninoff's Dream, but also contribute to the unraveling theme of passion as cellist Misha Quint joins for Rachmaninoff's Do not sing for me, my love, a Russian aria with cello obbligato.

A choir of 8 violoncellos led by Misha Quint will mark the grand finale of the evening, finishing this journey of passion with a Gershwin Cello Quartet, Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No.1, and a Mambo. Soprano Hein Jung will join the cellos for Villa-Lobos Bachianas No.5, a fiery aria in the Bachianas Brasileiras series, combining Brazilian folk and pop music and influences of J.S. Bach. The InterHarmony Cello Ensemble features InterHarmony artists Ruth Boden, Chungsun Kim, Misha Quint and young artists Genevieve Batman, Brianna Cantrall, Francis Fay, Caitlin McConnell, and Gordon Shaw. More information can be found at www.interharmony.com.