SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2025 AT 4 PM
THE VIRTUOSO CELLIST
STEVEN ISSERLIS, CELLO
CONNIE SHIH, PIANO
“Steven Isserlis can have the listener in perpetual wonder at the ingredients of his art…” — The Australian
“Isserlis's incomparable technique, phrasing, expression and sensitivity across all the tempi and dynamics, quite simply, were incredible. There can be no doubt that Isserlis is an inspired and inspiring - musician” — Limelight Magazine
“Connie Shih proved a terrific, imaginative partner, with enough lightness, speed and power” — Washington Post
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a unique and distinguished career. A sovereign artist and a commanding virtuoso, Isserlis radiates the transcendent joy of music in every phrase he plays.
2024-2025
SEASON
September 29, 2024
Cellobration!
October 20, 2024
Modigliani Quartet
November 17, 2024
Paul Lewis Plays Schubert
December 15, 2024
The Virtuoso Flutist
Denis Bouriakov
January 19, 2025
The Virtuoso Organist
Paul Jacobs
February 9, 2025
The Virtuoso Cellist
Steven Isserlis
March 9, 2025
Ravel’s 150th Birthday Concert
April 13, 2025
Quartetto Di Cremona
May 18, 2025
Late Night With Leonard Bernstein
LOCATION
At West Side Presbyterian Church
6 South Monroe Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
For map and directions, click here.
CONCERT AMENITIES
Wheelchair Accessible
Free Parking for all concerts
FEATURING
His internationally diverse program will feature works of Beethoven, Bohuslav Martinu, and Nadia Boulanger. This afternoon will culminate in Edvard Grieg’s folk-tinged cello sonata, which Isserlis poetically describes as “combining warm-hearted charm with joyous excitement and imbued with Grieg’s soaring ecstasy of yearning wistfulness.”
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Program Notes
Bohuslav Martinu
Program Notes
Cello Sonata No. 2
Nadia Boulanger
3 Pieces for cello and piano
Program Notes
Edvard Grieg
Cello Sonata, Op. 36
Program Notes