Asheville Chamber Music Series: Canellakis-Brown Duo
$45 ($25 ages 24 & under)
- Nicholas Canellakis, cello
- Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Claude Debussy — Beau Soir, L. 84
Sergei Rachmaninoff — Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19
Lukas Foss — Capriccio for Cello and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns — Romance, Op. 36
Michael Stephen Brown — Prelude and Dance
Nicholas Canellakis — Romance à GF
Niccolò Paganini / Gioachino Rossini — Mosè-fantasia, MS 23 (Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto')
Don Ellis — Bulgarian Bulge (arr. Nicholas Canellakis)
The internationally lauded Canellakis-Brown Duo – pianist Michael Stephen Brownand cellist Nicholas Canellakis – will be presented by the Asheville Chamber Music Series in recital on Friday evening, May 10, 2024 at 7:30pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville. This concert will feature an eclectic program of familiar and rarely heard chamber music repertoire as well as the performers' own compositions and arrangements.
About Canellakis-Brown Duo
The Washington Post has called the Canellakis-Brown Duo "a pair of adventurous young talents who play with their antennae tuned to each other." For up to fifteen years, the Duo has been honing its unique musical voice and presenting programs celebrating the standard literature, little-known gems, and original works and arrangements.
https://www.michaelbrownmusic.com/duo.htmlAbout Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a "superb young soloist" (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger.
https://www.nicholascanellakis.com/About Michael Stephen Brown, piano
Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and "exceptionally beautiful" compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series. Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.
https://www.samnyc.us/artist.php?id=michaelstephenbrown&aview=dpk