Isata & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Isata & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Programme:

Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No.1 in B-flat major, Op. 45

Beethoven: Cello Sonata No.5 in D major, Op. 102 No. 2 Interval 

Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 109 

Chopin: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s career and performances span the globe. Whether performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club or in the world’s leading concert venues, Sheku’s mission is to make music accessible to all. After winning the BBC Young Musician competition in 2016, Sheku’s performance at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle in 2018 was watched by two billion people worldwide.

A Decca Classics recording artist, his 2022 album, Song, showcases his innately lyrical playing in a wide and varied range of arrangements and collaborations.

Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason is in great demand internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. She offers eclectic and interesting repertoire with recital programs encompassing music from Haydn and Mozart via Fanny Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann, Chopin and Brahms to Gershwin and beyond.

In concerto, she is equally at home in Felix Mendelssohn and Clara Schumann (whose piano concerto featured on Isata’s chart-topping debut recording) as in Prokofiev and Dohnányi.

Trifolion: Atrium