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Sheku Kanneh-Mason & the Kanneh-Mason Family

August 20, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

$59 – $119

Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to global fame after his mesmerising performance at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018. The winner of the BBC Young Musician award in 2016, and the first cellist in history to reach the top 10 of the UK album charts, Sheku is also one of seven siblings, all extraordinary instrumentalists, who have been described by Simon Cowell as the world’s most talented family.

On this, the first Australian tour by Sheku and the Kanneh-Masons, he will be joined by his sister Isata, now one of Britain’s leading young pianists, in a performance of greatly loved sonatas for cello and piano, and, in the second half of the program, by the entire family. The program will feature works by Schubert, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Gershwin and other popular composers.

The Kanneh-Masons are Isata, 25 (piano), Braimah, 23 (violin), Sheku, 22 (cello), Konya, 21 (piano and violin), Jeneba, 19 (piano and cello), Aminita, 16 (violin and piano), and Mariatu, 12 (cello and piano).

This will be the Kanneh-Masons’ first tour as a family outside of Britain.

Sheku plays a 1700 Matteo Gofriller cello, kindly on loan from an anonymous syndicate of private investors.

Program and Performers
First Half
Frank Bridge – Sonata for Cello and Piano – Sheku, cello & Isata, piano
Prelude N.1 (from The Three Préludes) -Isata, piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Song without words for cello and piano d major opus 109 – Sheku, cello & Isata, piano
Maria Theresia von Paradis – ‘Sicilienne’ – Sheku, cello & Isata, piano
Shostakovich – Sonata for Cello and Piano – Sheku, cello & Isata, piano
Second Half
Eric Whitacre (arr. Parkin) – ‘Seal Lullaby’ – Whole family
Franz Schubert – Impromptu op 90 no 2 – Konya, piano
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Violin Sonata in D Minor – Braimah, violin & Jeneba, piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio n.1 in D Minor op. 49 – Andante con moto tranquillo – Jeneba, piano, Aminata, violin & Mariatu, cello
Franz Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 – Jeneba, piano
Jerry Bock (arr. Kanneh-Masons) – ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ – Whole family
Bob Marley (arr. Kanneh-Masons) – ‘Redemption Song’ – Whole family
*Program subject to change
Price range: Standard $79.00 – $119.00; Child* $59.00 – $79.00

Details

Date:
August 20, 2022
Time:
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Cost:
$59 – $119
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Organiser

Andrew McKinnon

Venue

Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
100 St Kilda Rd
Southbank, VIC 3004 Australia + Google Map
Phone
1300 182 183