[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Connie, for spinning tunes for the troops. ((HUGS))

[Publius]

SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

MONDAY, JULY 7, 8 PM PDT

Rachmaninov: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19, third movement

The slow movement is in E-flat, 4/4, and is marked “andante”. What is spooky is that parts of it sound like Gershwin and even feel like Gershwin on the fingers if you’re a pianist. But George was only toddler in 1901, so it has to be a coincidence.

This is one of Sergei’s great melodies; it’s only four pages, but it’s four pages of beauty. At 4:40, Sergei sums up in a short coda that never fails to turn my screen blurry. It’s sheer bliss.

This is Lynn Harrell at Santa Fe in 2008 when he was still sporting the goatee.

Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19, third movement