BBC Proms 2020

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BBC Proms: Proms 2020: Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Proms 2020

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Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs Beethoven, Barber, Bridge and Rachmaninov.

Another chance to hear star British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, perform a specially recorded recital at the Royal Albert Hall.

Another chance to hear star British cellist of the moment Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, perform sonatas by Beethoven, Barber and Rachmaninov.

Specially recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in August and presented by Martin Handley. 

Beethoven: Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1
Barber: Cello Sonata
Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata in G minor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello)
Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)

At only 21, Sheku Kanneh-Mason is already one of the most sought-after cellists, having won BBC Young Musician in 2016 and performed two years later to a worldwide audience of over 35 million at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. 

For this specially recorded Proms recital he is joined by 24-year-old Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the family’s seven musical siblings, who released her first solo CD last year to great acclaim.

Continuing our 250th-anniversary celebrations of Beethoven’s birth, his C major Cello Sonata reflects the concentration of expression and form typical of his late period. By contrast, Barber’s Sonata, though written in 1932, looks backwards, its drama and lyricism rooted in the Romantic era. 

Rachmaninov’s post-Romantic Sonata is a full-blooded cornerstone of the cello/piano repertoire whose macabre scherzo movement and joyously ebullient finale contrast with a slow movement of melting bittersweet indulgence.

BBC Proms: Proms 2020

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Another chance to hear broadcasts of selected concerts from the 2020 BBC Proms season.

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