Listen: Young classic stars perform at the Beethovenfest
September 30, 2015Titled "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.