An Evening of Bach & Chopin
Saturday, December 6th at 7pm • The Red Door, Emeryville
Join us at Musaic’s new salon space in Emeryville as cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Audrey Vardanega present an intimate recital of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin. The artists will perform Bach's Third Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord (arr. for cello and piano), along with select movements from Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor and solo works by both composers.
*drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be served
The Program
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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - CELLO SUITE NO. 1 IN G MAJOR, BWV 1007
I. Prelude
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN - CELLO SONATA IN G MINOR, OP. 65
I. Allegro moderato
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - WORKS FOR SOLO KEYBOARD
(tbd)
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - SONATA FOR GAMBA AND HARPSICHORD NO. 3, BWV 1029
I. Vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN - NOCTURNES
(tbd)
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN - CELLO SONATA IN G MINOR, OP. 65
III. Largo
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Tanya Tomkins
Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the Valley of the Moon Music Festival, cellist Tanya Tomkins is equally at home on Baroque and modern instruments. She has performed on many chamber music series to critical acclaim, including the Frick Collection, “Great Performances” at Lincoln Center, the 92nd Street Y, San Francisco Performances, and the Concertgebouw Kleine Zaal.
She is renowned in particular for her interpretation of the Bach Cello Suites, having recorded them for the Avie label and performed them many times at venues such as New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, Seattle Early Music Guild, Vancouver Early Music Society, and The Library of Congress.
Audrey vardanega
Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence” (The Piedmont Post), American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega (b.1995) has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States. In response to her passion for bringing artists together for opportunities for performance, the creation of new work, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Audrey founded Musaics of the Bay in 2019.