Beethoven 4 & Piazzolla

Beethoven’s 4th Sonata for Cello & Piano, Piazzolla’s Le Grand Tango
“sing and dance round Reason’s fine-wrought throne”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

Beeethoven 3 & Copland

Beethoven’s 3rd Sonata for Cello & Piano, songs arranged by Copland, & more
“runs its course with joy”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

Beethoven 2 & Rachmaninoff

Beethoven’s 2nd Sonata for Cello & Piano, Rachmaninoff selections
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

Beethoven 1, Williams & Dahl

Beethoven’s 1st Sonata for Cello & Piano, music of John Williams, and inspired by Roald Dahl
“faraway music coming from the stars in the sky”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

A Poet in Sound

Elgar’s Cello Concerto
“renew the world as of yore”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

Dvorak, Donne & Dickinson

The KING of concertos, Dvorak’s cello concerto has all the grandeur of the greatest symphonies, and a special significance to be revealed. Paired with poems of John Donne and Emily Dickinson to further illuminate the music.
“I will bring you back to this land.”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano.

La Belle Époque

Sonata in A major by César Franck
“If ye turn again, and rest, ye shall be safe; in stillness and in hope shall be your strength”
Mike Messer, Piano, Jake Muzzy, Cello

The Divine Dance

Baroque Dance, Viennese Waltz, and Tango!
“He does great things beyond searching out, and wonders without number.”
Jake Muzzy, Cello, Mike Messer, Piano

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Piano Trios:

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1

Schubert’s first piano trio, in B♭ major
“I treat myself to a Schubertiade now and again.”
Mike Messer, Piano, Caroline Jones, Violin, Jake Muzzy, Cello

Piano Trios – Ghost & Mendelssohn No. 2

Beethoven’s “Ghost” and Mendelssohn’s 2nd piano trios
“Had I three ears, I’d hear thee”
Mike Messer, Piano, Danny Seidenberg, Violin, Jake Muzzy, Cello