About the Artists

Winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, Sheku Kanneh- Mason became a household name worldwide after performing at the May 2018 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle. Noted for his “astonishingly refreshing lyricism” (EarRelevant), he “is a player who makes you tune in to every nuance of articulation, every subtle shading, every eloquent turn of phrase” (The Times).

Isata Kanneh-Mason’s 2019 debut Decca Classics album, Romance, entered the UK classical charts at No. 1 At London’s Kings Place, “brother and sister played symbiotically” for his solo recital debut and were praised as “immensely engaging” (The Independent).

Vancouver Classical Music proclaimed their 2017 duo recital a “feast,” adding: “It would be difficult to think of a young cellist in recent times that has brought such strength and splendour to the instrument. And to witness the creative force within the Kanneh-Mason family is something one can only marvel at.”

Concert Program

Frank Bridge: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, H. 125
I. Allegro ben moderato
II. Adagio ma non troppo – Molto allegro agitato

Sergei Rachmaninov/arr. S. & I Kanneh-Mason: From Fourteen Romances, Op. 34
No. 1, “Muza” (The Muse)
No. 7 “Ne mozhet byt′!” (It cannot be!)

Bridge: Spring Song, H. 104, No. 2 

Bridge: Mélodie for Cello and Piano in C-sharp minor, H. 99 

Bridge: Scherzo, H. 19a

Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata, Op. 65 
I. Dialogo. Allegro
II. Scherzo-Pizzicato. Allegretto
III. Elegia. Lento
IV. Marcia. Energico
V. Moto perpetuo. Presto

Sponsors

Spivey Hall Friends Virtual Concert Sponsors:

Tom & Janice Munsterman

Spivey Hall gratefully acknowledges the generosity of our 2021-2022 Season Sponsors:

Audience Building Roundtable,
through The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Barney M. Franklin & Hugh W. Burke Charitable Fund,
through The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

Richard C. Owens Charitable Foundation