Friday, May 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm CDT
Part concert, part film, part comedy—Humor & Harmony reinvents the traditional recital, colliding brilliant music, original shorts, and sharp humor. Cellist-filmmaker Nicholas Canellakis and composer-pianist Michael Stephen Brown move seamlessly from gorgeous classics to their own virtuosic arrangements and originals to their wildly popular comedy films, creating one unforgettable concert experience.
Program
The program will include works by Chopin, Gershwin, Don Ellis and more, to be announced from stage:
Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Romance no. 1 for Cello and Piano, Op. 36
Lukas Foss (1922-2009): Capriccio
Michael Stephen Brown (b. 1987): Spinning Song
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): Le cygne (from Le carnaval des animaux)
Michael Stephen Brown (b. 1987): Blue Whale
George Gershwin (1898–1937) / arr. Nicholas Canellakis: Three Preludes
Don Ellis (1934–1978) / arr. Nicholas Canellakis: Bulgarian Bulge
Artists: Canellakis–Brown Duo (Nicholas Canellakis, cello and Michael Stephen Brown, piano)
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