Cal Performances presents David Finckel & Wu Han
Hertz Hall
U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
3:00 PM, Sunday, March 18, 2018

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[3:05 PM Matías Tarnopolsky out for the March fundraising pitch]

[3:08 PM performers out]

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Twelve Variations in G Major on “See the conqu’ring hero comes” from Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus, WoO 45 (1796)

1. [3:08 PM] Theme. Allegretto
2. [3:m PM] Variation #1
3. [3:m PM] Variation #2
4. [3:m PM] Variation #3
5. [3:m PM] Variation #4
6. [3:m PM] Variation #5
7. [3:m PM] Variation #6
8. [4:m PM] Variation #7
9. [4:m PM] Variation #8
10. [4:m PM] Variation #9
11. [3:m PM] Variation #10
12. [3:m PM] Variation #11
13. [3:m PM] Variation #12
    [work ends 3:21 PM]

[3:21 PM long talk from Wu Han about today's program]

Bruce Adolphe (b. 1955): Couple (1998)

1. [3:37 PM] Dreamily, expansively – Quicker, flowing
2. [3:42 PM] Gently flowing, warmly
3. [3:46 PM] Slowly, mysteriously
4. [3:50 PM] Bouncily, playfully
   [work ends 3:53 PM]

Lera Auerbach (b. 1973): Sonata No. 1 for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 69 (2002)

1. [3:53 PM] Allegro moderato
2. [4:00 PM] Lament (Andante)
3. [4:05 PM] Allegro assai
4. [4:08 PM] With extreme intensity
   [set ends 4:12 PM; all off after a minute or two for set break]

[4:31 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847): Lied ohne Worte (Song Without Words) in D Major for Cello and Piano, Op. 109 (1845)

1. [4:32 PM] opus
   [work ends 4:36 PM]

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907): Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36 (1882–83)

1. [4:36 PM] Allegro agitato
2. [4:46 PM] Andante molto tranquillo
3. [4:52 PM] Allegro molto e marcato
   [set ends 5:04 PM]

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): slow movement from the Cello Sonata, Op. 65 (1847)

1. [5:05 PM] III: Largo
   [show ends 5:09 PM; all off after a long ovation]

• David Finckel: cello;
• Wu Han: piano.

I don't recall Wu Han being nearly so talkative on her prior visits, but tonight she really bent our ears: nearly fifteen minutes for her program summary following the Beethoven opener. It was interesting to listen to, but yikes! Might have been better to try several short speeches instead!

Bruce Adolphe wrote Couple for David Finkel & Wu Han, and you can watch him discuss the piece with them in these Vimeo shorts

And as Wu Han related during her talk, Lera Auerbach's Sonata was also written particularly for these performers.

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