About Seth Parker Woods, Cello
A recipient of the 2022 Chamber Music America’s Michael Jaffee Visionary Award and hailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace” who possesses “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” cellist Seth Parker Woods, making his Wallis debut, has established a reputation as a versatile artist straddling several genres. In addition to solo performances, he has appeared with ensembles and symphonies around the globe. A fierce advocate for contemporary arts, Woods has collaborated and worked with a wide array of artists ranging from the genres of classical, rock, and visual arts. Woods has also recently joined the faculty at the Thornton School of Music at USC.
ANDREW ROSENBLUM, a Chicago-based pianist and harpsichordist, is passionate about exploring great pieces of music from across every period of composition. As a harpsichordist, he won second prize in both the 2018 Leipzig International Bach Competition and the 2017 Prague Spring International Music Competition. An experienced collaborator, Rosenblum has been on the staff of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Northwestern University, and has performed with the Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, Collegium 1704, Music of the Baroque Orchestra, Haymarket Opera, Third Coast Baroque, and Three Notch’d Road. He is a member of the Harpsichord and Piano Faculty of the Heifetz International Music Institute.
ANDREW ROSENBLUM, a Chicago-based pianist and harpsichordist, is passionate about exploring great pieces of music from across every period of composition. As a harpsichordist, he won second prize in both the 2018 Leipzig International Bach Competition and the 2017 Prague Spring International Music Competition. An experienced collaborator, Rosenblum has been on the staff of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Northwestern University, and has performed with the Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, Collegium 1704, Music of the Baroque Orchestra, Haymarket Opera, Third Coast Baroque, and Three Notch’d Road. He is a member of the Harpsichord and Piano Faculty of the Heifetz International Music Institute.PROGRAM
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson: “Calvary Ostinato” from Lamentations: Black Folk Song Suite (1973)
Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 (1901)
Intermission
Jeffrey Mumford: four dances for Boris (2004)
Robert Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (1849)
George Walker: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1957)
RUNNING TIME: One hour and 40 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.
RUNNING TIME: One hour and 40 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.
PRELUDES @ THE WALLIS
Join us at 6:30 PM for a pre-concert conversation with the artists moderated by Classical California KUSC's Brian Lauritzen.
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