Event listing: Xavier Phillips & François-Frédéric Guy – Beethoven: Sonatas for cello and piano | Kings Place: Hall One | Sat 18 Feb 2017 at 19:30

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Kings Place: Hall One90 York Way, London, Greater London, N1 9AG, United Kingdom

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Programme

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Cello Sonata no. 4 in C major, Op.102 no.1
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Cello Sonata no. 5 in D major, Op.102 no.2
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	Cello Sonata no. 3 in A major, Op.69
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)	7 Variations for cello and piano on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", WoO 46

Performers

Xavier Phillips	Cello
François-Frédéric Guy	Piano

Fresh from their recent, acclaimed recordings of the complete sonatas, French duo Xavier Phillips and François-Frédéric Guy take us through the three revolutionary mature works, from the sublime, symphonic-scaled A major sonata to the radical dramas of the Op. 102 pair. Beethoven threw out the rule book in his extraordinarily condensed ‘free sonata’ No. 4 in C major which moves swiftly from tender simplicity to bellicose argument, while the dynamic final sonata is the only one in which Beethoven allowed the cello an ardent full-length slow movement.

‘Guy and Phillips are unassailable… wonderful elasticity, combining mischievousness with ardent tenderness, as Beethoven demands.’ Gramophone

Part of Cello Unwrapped 2017 at Kings Place

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Beethoven cello sonatas à la française

David Karlin, 18th February

Phillips and Guy produce a French-accented rendering of three cello sonatas, favouring elegance and crystal clarity over overt romantics.

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