Andrei Ionita

with Luka Okros (Piano)
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Saturday
22 February
18:00—20:00

Gold Medal at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition. Ioniță has been hailed by The Times of London as “one of the most exciting cellists in a decade,”.

I heard Ionita and Luka at the BBC’s St Luke’s series and instantly booked them for Bechstein Hall.
Terence Lewis – Director

 

Ioniță plays a violoncello built in Brescia, Italy, by Giovanni Battista Rogeri in 1671.

Programme

BACH: Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major
Prelude - (Cello Solo)
DALL'ABACO: Capricio
in G Major - (Cello Solo)
SVANTE HENRYSON: „Black Run“
- (Cello Solo)
BEETHOVEN: Sonata for Cello & Piano no.3 op.69
I. Allegro, ma non tanto
II. Scherzo. Allegro molto
III. Adagio cantabile - Allegro vivace
Intermission
RACHMANINOV: Sonata for Cello & Piano op.19
I. Lento. Allegro moderato
II. Allegro scherzando
III. Andante
IV. Allegro mosso

 

 

 

20:00 – 22:00

 

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