Sunday, March 9, 3PM - 913 Main St. Antioch, IL - Open Mic Coffee and Tea House

Suggested $15 cover. Christopher Ferrer and Cacie Miller present music written for cello & piano at Antioch’s very own Open Mic Coffee and Tea House Sunday, March 9th at 3pm.

Hear Chris and Cacie perform these two trailblazing 20th-century sonatas by Claude Debussy and Dmitri Shostakovich.

But what is a Sonata?
A sonata is a musical composition typically written for a solo instrument or small ensemble, usually a piano or stringed instrument. The term comes from the Italian word sonare, meaning "to sound.”
Sonatas for Cello & Piano by Debussy and Shostakovich
Open Mic Coffee and Tea House,
913 Main St Antioch, IL 60002
Sunday March 9th, 3pm
Christopher Ferrer, cello
Cacie Miller, piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Claude Debussy
Lensky’s Aria from Eugene Onegin, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cello Sonata in D minor, Dmitri Shostakovich
Pièce en forme de Habanera, Maurice Ravel

The Music:
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Claude Debussy (1915).
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) wrote his cello sonata as part of a set of six pieces dedicated to his wife. He offers melodic lines to both instruments, with tremendous interplay of textures and techniques set within, in Debussy’s own words to his publisher, "almost classical form in the best sense of the word.” Although there are three parts to this piece, the final movement “Finale” is performed attaca - attached, or without pause.
Lensky’s Aria from the opera “Eugene Onegin” Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1879).
Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) is a master of storytelling. This particular setting of Lensky’s song from his opera Eugene Onegin has been arranged for cello & piano by Ukrainian cellist Mikhail Bukinik.
Cello Sonata in D minor, Dmitri Shostakovich (1934).
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer who achieved international fame and notoriety in his lifetime, while also enduring draconian Soviet policies, censure, and harsh war-time conditions. Although sometimes strident and cynical as a composer, this pre war sonata for cello and piano weaves a dream-like tale, peppered with some introspection and even genuine humor.
Piece in form of a Habanera, Maurice Ravel (1907).
Originally written for voice and piano, Ravel (1875-1934) later released this ‘vocalise-etude’ for cello. Slow, dancing rhythms in the piano introduce a soulful protagonist.