Nicolas Altstaedt

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Henri Dutilleux created the first part of Trois Strophes sur le Nom de Sacher ("Three Stanzas on the Name Sacher") after Rostropovich offered him the chance to contribute to a creative, collective birthday present for director Paul Sacher. (Dutilleux later added two more parts to the piece.) The gift consisted of a set of variations based on Sacher's name, translated musically from Germanic notation, as Bach had once done with his name in works such as the Cello Suite in C minor.

The program also includes Zoltán Kodály’s Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8, another key work in the cello repertoire, which is infused with elements of Hungarian musical folklore. Melodie by Jörg Widmann, a work by one of the most versatile contemporary classical artists and composers, will also be performed.

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