Chamber Music Society of Detroit Presents Cellist Steven Isserlis with Pianist Dénes Várjon

Feb. 17, 2010 - PRLog -- ARTISTS/DATE/CONCERT LOCATION
Steven Isserlis, Cello
Dénes Várjon, Piano
Saturday, March 27 2010, 8:00 PM

Seligman Performing Arts Center
Located on the campus of Detroit Country Day School
22305 West 13 Mile Road, Beverly Hills

ARTIST BIOS
Steven Isserlis
Please see:  www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=896 or http://stevenisserlis.com/

Dénes Várjon
Please see: http://www.cadenza-concert.at/de/artistlist/detail.php?id=13

REPERTOIRE:
Barber:  Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 6
Schumann:  Sonata for Cello and Piano
(Arranged from the Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in A minor by Steven Isserlis)
Dohnanyi:  Sonata for Cello and Piano in B-flat major, Op. 8
Chopin:  Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65

UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS CONCERT:
•  Rare opportunity to hear two European-based artists in recital in the Detroit area; this performances marks the debut of both artists on the Chamber Music Society of Detroit series
•  Program consists of sonatas by four composers whose important anniversaries fall in 2010: Samuel Barber (100th birth anniversary), Dohnanyi (50th anniversary death anniversary), Schumann and Chopin (200th birth anniversaries of both composers)
•  Steven Isserlis arranged Schumann’s Sonata for Cello and Piano; it was originally written for Violin and Piano.
•  Pre-Concert Dinner: Bacco Ristorante, with special reduced dinner price for CMSD ticket-holders, 5:00 – 6:15 PM
•  Pre-Concert Talk: Steven Rings, Associate Professor of Music, University of Chicago, 6:45 – 7:30 PM

CONCERT SUPPORTERS
•  Steven Isserlis occupies the Cindy and Harold Daitch Chair in Cello Performance.
•  The Pre-Concert Talk is sponsored by Fidelity Investments.

SPECIAL FEATURES OF SELIGMAN PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
•  Free Parking
•  Easy Accessibility
•  Intimate Chamber Music Venue (seats 724)
•  Excellent acoustics, Kirkegaard Associates acoustician
•  Society Café open before the concerts and during intermission with support from Sweet Lorraine’s and Cadillac Coffee

UPCOMING CONCERTS: CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT 2009-2010 SEASON

OPUS 9 SERIES
Richard Goode
April 10, 2010
Pre-Concert Talk by Richard Goode, 6:45 – 7:30 PM, sponsored by Fidelity Investments

Parker Quartet
May 22, 2010
Cleveland Quartet Award Concert
Sponsored by Effi P. Weinberg and David R. Weinberg

OPUS 3 PIANO SERIES
Yuja Wang, Piano
May 15, 2010
Pre-Concert Talk by Steven Rings, 6:45 – 7:30 PM, sponsored by Fidelity Investments

TICKET PRICES
•  Subscriptions to the Opus 3 Piano Series are still available.  
•  Single tickets to all concerts: $43 - $75; students $25.  

TICKET PURCHASE INFORMATION
•  By phone: Chamber Music Society of Detroit Ticket Service: 248-855-6070
•  Online: www.ComeHearCMSD.org

2010-2011 SEASON
Subscriptions are now available for the Chamber Music Society of Detroit’s 2010-2011 season.  For more information, please call 248-855-6070 or visit www.ComeHearCMSD.org.

HOUR Detroit, dbusiness and WRCJ are the media sponsors for the 2009-2010 season.

For further information about the 2009-2010 season and about the 2010-2011 concert season, please visit the Chamber Music Society of Detroit web site at www.ComeHearCMSD.org.

The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is a non-profit organization committed to presenting the highest quality chamber music performed by musicians of international stature in acoustically outstanding venues.  The Chamber Music Society of Detroit is recognized locally, nationally and internationally for the high caliber of its presentations.