Pablo Casals’ Cello – June 16, Pollack Hall LiveEvents June 9, 2016 2502 The the Montreal Chamber Music Festival presents Pablo Casals’ Cello A unique opportunity to hear the cello played by the legendary Pablo Casals! Israeli cellist Amit Peled is the privileged artist who plays on this great instrument. The repertoire explores the soulful tone and colours of the cello and presents some of the greatest chamber music ever written including Mendelssohn’s String Quintet Op. 87 with the famous French violist of the Ysaye Quartet Miguel da Silva and Brahms’ melodic String Sextet Op. 18. Artists Amit Peled, cello Miguel Da Silva, viola Alon Goldstein, piano Fine Arts Quartet: Ralph Evans, Efim Boico, violins Juan-Miguel Hernandez, viola Robert Cohen, cello Programme: Sulkhan Fyodorovich Tsintsadze (1925-1991) Five Pieces on Folk Themes (1950) I. Arobnaya II. Chonguri III. Sachidao IV. Nana V. Plyasovaya Pablo Casals (1876-1973) El cant dels ocells, Song of the Birds (1939) Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) String Quartet No. 2, op. 87 (1845) Allegro vivace Andante scherzando Adagio e lento Allegro molto vivace ENTRACTE Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) String Sextet in B flat major No. 1, op. 18 (1859-60) Allegro ma non troppo Andante, ma moderato Scherzo; Allegro molto Rondo; Poco Allegretto e grazioso For more information and tickets: www.placedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112 For more news about the festival, please visit: www.festivalmontreal.org Sponsored by the Sir Jack Lyons Charitable Trust and the Consulate General of Israel in Montreal