{"id":14175,"date":"2013-03-03T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=14175"},"modified":"2013-03-03T06:06:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T12:06:59","slug":"apsu-concert-to-showcase-beauty-and-versatility-of-the-cello-in-britten-suites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/03\/03\/apsu-concert-to-showcase-beauty-and-versatility-of-the-cello-in-britten-suites\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU concert to showcase beauty and versatility of the cello in Britten Suites"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In the early 1960s, the famed English composer Benjamin Britten attended a London concert featuring a young Russian cellist named Mstislav Rostropovich. According to the Colorado Britten Society, the English composer bobbed \u201cup and down like a school boy\u201d as he listened to Rostropovich.<\/p>\n

That concert was a fortuitous event in the development of modern classical music. The two men became friends, and Britten went on to write three stunningly beautiful cello suites for Rostropovich.<\/p>\n

\"Eli<\/a>

Eli Lara, APSU cello professor.<\/p><\/div>\n

At 7:30pm on March 20th, three of Middle Tennessee\u2019s pre-eminent cellists will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Britten\u2019s birth by performing the solo suites during a special concert at the Austin Peay State University Mabry Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

The concert will feature Eli Lara, cello professor at APSU; Christine Kim, cello professor at Middle Tennessee State University; and Felix Wang, cello professor at The Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, each performing one of the suites. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who loves the cello should definitely check it out,\u201d Lara said. \u201cThere are a lot of times when Britten uses double stops or chords, multiple notes played simultaneously, which are technically demanding and require a great deal of skill. At the same time, as solo works, the suites are intensely personal and require a lot of reflection and thoughtfulness. It\u2019s a lot of really beautiful music.\u201d<\/p>\n

The three cellists will host a second concert of the Britten suites at 8:00pm on March 22nd in Hinton Music Hall at MTSU. The trio will then present a final concert at 3:00pm on March 24th in Turner Recital Hall at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

For more information on the APSU concert, please contact the APSU Department of Music at 931.221.7818.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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