FORBIDDEN FRUIT: Cello and Piano Concert from Faneuil Hall

42 Beach Street, Boston MA

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BRAI and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company present a virtual concert by BSO cellist Mickey Katz and pianist Jane Hua. Register to watch here: https://forbiddenconcert.eventbrite.com Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest is an adage that refers in part to love and in part to the attractions of things that are proscribed. This program explores both aspects. It features one composition inspired by a vibrant and doomed love affair, and another that was a wedding present, while also including numerous works explicitly banned or more subtly buried by Soviet authorities for many decades. BSO cellist Mickey Katz and pianist Jane Hua perform music by FRANCK, RACHMANINOFF, LIGETI, WEINBERG and SHOSTAKOVICH. Their performance, recorded live earlier this month, will have its streaming premiere February 28 at 6pm, followed at 7 by a virtual Q&A with the musicians on Zoom, where you can ask questions and converse with them as well as other listeners. Recorded in the fourth floor Armory of Faneuil Hall, FORBIDDEN FRUIT is part of the In Honorable Company series of virtual concerts presented by Ballets Russes Arts Initiative in collaboration with the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (established in 1638). Your ticket purchases and donations are shared by BRAI and the artists. Free registrations are available until 6 hours before the streaming premiere, but a donation of any amount can allow you to watch the concert after that. César FRANCK (1822 - 1890) 1st movement of Sonata for Violin and Piano (1886) György Sándor LIGETI (1923-2006) Sonata for Solo Cello (1948-1953) Mieczyslaw WEINBERG (1919-1996) Selections from 24 Preludes for Solo Cello, op. 100 (1968) Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 (1934) Sergey RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943) Vocalise (1915), from 14 Romances, op. 34 no.14, Transcribed for cello and piano