Poulenc, Franck Cello Sonatas - Dutilleux Trois Strophes Michael Petrov & Erdem Misirlioglu

• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Cello Sonata, Op. 143:
• 1 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143: I. Allegro tempo di Marcia 06:04
• 2 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143: II. Cavatina 07:03
• 3 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143: III. Ballabile 03:44
• 4 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143: IV. Finale 06:56
• Henri Dutilleux (1916 - 2013): Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher:
• 5 Dutilleux: Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: I. Un poco indeciso 04:31
• 6 Dutilleux: Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: II. Andante sostenuto 03:24
• 7 Dutilleux: Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher: III. Vivace 03:10
• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Cello Sonata in A Major, M. 8:
• 8 Franck: Cello Sonata in A Major, M. 8: I. Allegro ben moderato 06:02
• 9 Franck: Cello Sonata in A Major, M. 8: II. Allegro molto 08:37
• 10 Franck: Cello Sonata in A Major, M. 8: III. Recitativo. Fantasia - Ben moderato 08:48
• 11 Franck: Cello Sonata in A Major, M. 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso 06:29
• Total Runtime 01:04:48

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The three works that make up this highly attractive programme span a century: Franck’s sonata in its officially sanctioned transcription for cello was taken from his popular violin sonata of 1886. It was composed as a wedding present for the violinist Ysaÿe.

Dutilleux’s Trois Strophes Sur Le Nom De Sacher was composed for Paul Sacher’s birthday and given its premier by Rostropovich with the composer at the piano. Composition was spread over a decade, having started in 1976.

Poulenc’s Cello Sonata was dedicated to Pierre Fournier and completed in 1948.

Michael Petrov and Erden Misirlioglu are members of the acclaimed Trio Isimsiz.

Erdem Misirlioglu, piano
Michael Petrov, cello

Michael Petrov
The award-winning cellist Michael Petrov has impressed audiences and critics with his “captivating musical temperament and a direct eloquence, as if speaking through his instrument” (Die Welt).

An ECHO Rising Star in the 2015/16 season, Michael has performed at major concert halls including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Cité de la Musique Paris, Musikverein Vienna, Budapest Palace of Arts, Kölner Philharmonie and the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. Further afield he has given recitals at Carnegie’s Weill Hall and Los Angeles Cello Festival, and toured throughout China and Argentina.

As a soloist Michael has appeared with the Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony and CBSO Youth Orchestras, as well as the Munich Chamber and English Chamber Orchestras, and has worked with conductor such as Edward Gardner and Rory MacDonald. In 2013 he performed Prokofiev's Sinfonia Concertante at the Barbican conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.

Most recent orchestral highlights have included Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Barber Concerto with the New Symphony Orchestra in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Haydn's Concerto in D with Sinfonia Cymru.

This season, he returns to the Leicester International Music Festival for performances of chamber works with other world renowned musicians. He also gives the first performance of JR Heath's Cello Concerto since 1962 at St. John's Smith Square for a centenary celebration of the cellist Kenneth Heath.

Michael will begin the New Year by performing alonside Liya Petrova at the New Year's Day concert in Sofia which will be broadcast live on TV. Spring 2020 will see the release of his debut CD on the Rubicon label which will feature works by Poulenc, Dutilleux and Franck with the pianist Erdem Misirlioglu.

A passionate chamber musician, Michael is a member of the critically acclaimed Trio Isimsiz. The trio’s first CD was released in 2017 and in 2018 they won a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship Award. In the UK, Trio Isimsiz regularly appears at venues such as Wigmore Hall and Snape Maltings. Recent dates have included the Trondheim Chamber Music Festival, the Kölner Philharmonie, and the Théâtre des Abbesses in Paris.

Born in Bulgaria, Michael studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Louise Hopkins, winning the Gold Medal in 2014 and the Wigmore Hall Prize in 2017. He was selected by the Young Classical Artists Trust in 2013 and won 2nd Prize in the 2012 International Brahms Competition in Austria and 1st Prize in the 2011 International Suggia Competition in Porto.

He took several masterclasses at the Kronberg Academy in Germany, including with Bernard Greenhouse, David Geringas, Frans Helmerson and was selected for a public lesson with the late Mstislav Rostropovich.

Michael holds a Karl Motesiczky Scholarship funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust. He plays on a David Tecchler cello (1694) on generous loan from a private individual.

Erdem Misirlioglu
was born in Ipswich in 1989 to a Turkish father and British mother. Neither of his parents are musicians, but he started his own musical training at the age of six, having piano lessons from the age of nine. At the age of thirteen he was recommended to attend a conservatoire on Saturdays and studied for five years under Mark Fielding at Junior Guildhall. He is now in the third year of his undergraduate course at GSMD, where he has won a full scholarship to study with concert pianist, Martin Roscoe.

In 2006, Erdem was a prizewinner in the International Rachmaninov Competition for Young Pianists, held in the composer’s birth place, and was also awarded the Keyboard Instrument Prize at GSMD. In 2008 he won the Principal’s prize at GSMD and was the piano winner of BBC Young Musician of the Year. Subsequently, he performed Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

He has enjoyed receiving masterclasses from top pianists including Ronan O’Hora, Bernard Roberts, Peter Donohoe and Lang Lang, who said about Erdem’s playing: “Such a special sound...I really enjoyed everything he does, it’s quite stunning playing”.

He is an active performer, regularly appearing as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. Next season’s concerto performances are to include Liszt’s 1st Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov’s 3rd Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s 1st Piano concerto. His past performances have taken him to France, Poland and Russia and he has played in venues such as St Martin in the Fields, Snape Maltings, Cardiff Millennium Centre and the Wigmore Hall. A recital of Beethoven’s op 109 Sonata and Chopin’s 4 Ballades at the Wigmore Hall was broadcast on Radio 3.

A keen chamber musician, Erdem is part of a piano trio formed with friends at GSMD as well as the Arnold Camerata, a larger ensemble of string and wind players from GSMD and RAM, with whom he recently performed Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Poulenc’s Wind Sextet among other works. He enjoys working with other musicians and always wants chamber music to be a part of his musical life.

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