Program

Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
J.S. Bach

Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 58
Mendelssohn

Elliot Wuu, piano
Sterling Elliott, cello

J.S. Bach’s Suite No. 6 for unaccompanied cello opens the program with jubilant glee and brilliant optimism. Listen for long and embellished melodies, leaping dances, and the lilting drone of a French bagpipe. Then, Felix Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata No. 2 takes inspiration from Bach, mingling romantic colors and melodies with Baroque elegance.