SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 AT 4 PM
CARTER BREY, RAFAEL FIGUEROA,
EDWARD ARRON, & ZVI PLESSER, CELLOS
WITH JEEWON PARK, PIANO
“Carter Brey opened the Beethoven Sonata with a jaw-droppingly resonant account of the rich low ascending notes…Brey’s natural eloquence was spotlighted time and again…ocher-toned mastery.” — The Washington Post
“Edward Arron displayed a satiny tone and a light, elegant touch…He sang out beautifully.” — The Cincinnati Post
“The solo part showcased the polished and confident playing of Israeli cellist, Zvi Plesser… The most difficult passages were enjoyable both for the ears and the eyes.” — Zoltán Szabó, Bachtrack
ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE
2024-2025
SEASON
September 29, 2024
Cellobration!
October 20, 2024
Modigliani Quartet
November 17, 2024
Paul Lewis Plays Schubert
December 15, 2024
The Virtuoso Flutist
Denis Bouriakov
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January 19, 2025
The Virtuoso Organist
Paul Jacobs
February 9, 2025
The Virtuoso Cellist
​Steven Isserlis
March 9, 2025
Ravel’s 150th Birthday Concert
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April 13, 2025
Quartetto Di Cremona
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May 18, 2025
Late Night With Leonard Bernstein
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LOCATION
At West Side Presbyterian Church
6 South Monroe Street
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
For map and directions, click here.
CONCERT AMENITIES
Wheelchair Accessible
Free Parking for all concerts
FEATURING
Parlance Chamber Concerts’s 17th season will begin with a joyful “Cellobration” featuring four of the leading cellists of our time. Carter Brey, principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic; Rafael Figueroa, principal cellist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Zvi Plesser, cello professor at The Juilliard School of Music; and renowned solo cellist and chamber musician Edward Arron will be joined by the elegant pianist Jeewon Park.
Their program will highlight the cello’s uniquely rich and flexible musical voice in an afternoon of solos, duos, trios, and quartets by Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Rachmaninoff and others.
PROGRAM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, arr. for four cellos by Douglas Moore
Program Notes
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Andante from Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 for cello and piano
Zvi Plesser, cello and Jeewon Park, piano
Program Notes
Jean Barrière
Allegro prestissimo from Sonata in G for two cellos
​Carter Brey and Edward Arron, cellos
Program Notes
Johann Sebastian Bach
Air from Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D arr. for four cellos
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Felix Mendelssohn
Song Without Words in D
for cello and piano
​Rafael Figueroa, cello and Jeewon Park, piano
Program Notes
David Popper
Requiem for three cellos and piano
​Rafael Figueroa, Zvi Plesser and Carter Brey, cellos; Jeewon Park, piano
Program Notes
Frederic Chopin
Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3
for cello and piano
​Carter Brey, cello and Jeewon Park, piano
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Intermission
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Seven Variations on Bei Männern from Mozart's Magic Flute for cello and piano
Edward Arron, cello, and Jeewon Park, piano
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Georg Friedrich Händel
Sonata in G minor, Op. 2, No. 8
for two cellos and piano
Zvi Plesser and Rafael Figueroa, cellos; Jeewon Park, piano
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Georg Goltermann
Serenade Op. 119, No. 2
for four cellos
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Joseph Haydn
Concerto in C, Hob. VIIIb/1
arr. for four cellos by Douglas Moore
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