Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello
Faculty Artist Series
Collaborators
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Starla Breshears, Matthew Linaman, and Elmer Carter III, cello
Program
Claude Debussy: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano, L. 135 (1915)
I. Prologue: Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
II. Sérénade: Modérément animé - Fantasque et léger
III. Finale: Animé, léger et nerveux
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
Frank LaRocca: Secret Thoughts for solo cello (1986)
Gérard Condé: Il était une fois pour violoncelliste raconteur (1977)
Oliver Messiaen: Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus
from Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941)
Jeffrey Sykes, piano
- Intermission -
Stephen Coxe: Slow Wind (for Roger), version for solo cello (2022) [World Premiere]
written for Jean-Michel Fonteneau
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chaconne from Violin Partita in D Minor, BWV 1004 (1717)
arranged for four cellos by Laszlo Varga
Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello 1
Starla Breshears, cello 2
Matthew Linaman, cello 3
Elmer Carter III, cello 4
Cello
Jean-Michel Fonteneau
About SFCM’s Cello Department
Opportunity awaits you as a cellist at SFCM. Part of SFCM’s comprehensive strings program, the cello department has a studio of about 29 students, all honing their craft with the guidance of four dedicated faculty members. Students can perform with resident ensembles such as the Conservatory Orchestra and chamber groups from the baroque to the contemporary, as well as enter the annual String Concerto Competition.
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