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Listen: Young classic stars perform at the Beethovenfest

September 30, 2015

Join us at the Schumann House in Bonn for the sounds of cello and piano. On the playbill: Beethoven's last cello sonata and works by four composers from the 20th century.

Frankreich Aurélien Pascal
Aurélien PascalImage: Shumpei Ohsugi

Titled "Con brio, con sentimento - The Next Generation," this concert features 21-year-old French cellist Aurélien Pascal, who swept up three awards at last year's Emanuel Feuerbach Competition in Berlin. He's joined by French pianist Pierre-Yves Hodique, a prize winner at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.

Claude Debussy:

Sonata in D Minor for cello and piano

Krzysztof Penderecki:

Prelude from the Suite for Cello (1994)

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Sonata No. 5 in D Major for cello and piano, op. 102, No. 2

Francis Poulenc:

Sonata for cello and piano, FP 143

David Popper:

Fantasy on Little Russian Songs, op. 43

Manuel Pons:

Estellita (encore)

with Aurélien Pascal, cello

Pierre-Yves Hodique, piano

Recorded by Deutsche Welle in the Schumann House, Bonn, on September 6, 2015.