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Lester, Beethoven et Boccherini
Les Violons du Roy
January 30, 2014
Thursday • 2 p.m.
8 p.m.
Admission: $23 to 65$
British cellist Richard Lester is in high demand, with a flourishing career as a chamber player, soloist, and conductor. He will wear all three hats when he teams up with Les Violons du Roy for a magnificent Boccherini concerto and superb works by Mozart and Beethoven.
Richard Lester, conductor and cellist
W.A. MOZART Adagio and fugue in C Minor, K.546
L. van BEETHOVEN Quintet, op.17 (after the Sonata for Horn)
L. BOCCHERINI Concerto for Cello No.7 in G Major, G.480
L. van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C sharp Minor, op.131 (arr. for strings) Learn more
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