Concerts @ First and The Emory Chamber Music Society
present:
Bach’s Lunch
Bach‘s Lunch February 18th, 12:00 p.m.
Zuill Bailey, cello
Suite No. 3 in C Major Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrees 1& 2 Gigue
Suite No. 6 in D Major Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Allemande Courante Sarabande Bourrees 1& 2 Gigue
Suite for Solo Cello Preludio– Fantasia
Sardana (Danza) Intermesso e Danza Finale
Gaspar Cassado (1897-1966)
About the Artist Zuill Bailey, widely considered one of the premiere cellists in the world, is a GRAMMY award winning soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, Artistic Director and teacher. His rare combination of celebrated artistry, technical wizardry and engaging personality has secured his place as one of the most sought after and active cellists today. Recent highlights include appearances with orchestras such as Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Minnesota, Israel, San Francisco, Toronto, Nashville, North Carolina, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and the Philharmonia (UK) with conductors Itzhak Perlman, Carlos Kalmar, Neemi Jarvi, Jun Markl, Stanislav Skrowaczewski, Alan Gilbert, Andrey Borekyo, Krzysztof Urbanski, Giancarlo Guerrero, Andrew Litton, Grant Llewellyn and James DePriest. Johns Hopkins University honored Zuill Bailey as their distinguished Alumni for 2014. An internationally renowned recording artist with over thirty titles, Mr. Bailey's extensive discography includes the “Bach Cello Suites” and recently released Britten Cello Symphony/Sonata with pianist Natasha Paremski. Both of which immediately soared to the Number One spot on the Classical Billboard Charts. Other celebrated releases include the complete works for cello and piano of Brahms, Beethoven and Barber in addition to concertos of Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Dvorak, Elgar, Haydn, Schumann, Korngold, Saint Saens, Walton, Strauss, Bloch, Brahms, Beethoven and the world premiere recordings of the Muhly and Daugherty Works for Cello and Orchestra. Kalmus "Ludwig Masters" has released his musical editions of the core repertoire in celebration of his appearances and recordings. Mr. Bailey performs on the "rosette" 1693 Matteo Gofriller Cello, formerly owned by Mischa Schneider of the Budapest String Quartet. He is the Artistic Director of El Paso Pro-Musica (Texas), the Sitka Summer Music Festival/Series and Cello Seminar, (Alaska), the Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival, (Alaska), the Northwest Bach Festival (Washington), guest Artistic Director of the Mesa Arts Center (Arizona), Professor of Cello and Director of Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Pianist, Artistic Director, master teacher, editor, and judge for international competitions, William Ransom appears around the world as soloist with orchestras, recitalist, and chamber musician. His performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio and Television in the US, Argentina, Poland and Japan. He regularly collaborates with musicians including Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, William Preucil, Stephen Isserlis, Robert McDuffie, and members of the Emerson, Tokyo, Cleveland, Juilliard, American, St. Petersburg, Borromeo, Parker, Ariel and Lark String Quartets; the Empire Brass Quintet, Eroica Trio, and the percussion group Nexus among others. As a master teacher, he also performs and gives master classes at numerous schools of music and universities around the world. He has recorded for ACA Digital and Rising Star Records. Ransom is the Mary Emerson Professor of Piano at Emory University in Atlanta where he is founder and Artistic Director of the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta. A graduate of The Juilliard School and the University of Michigan, in the summers, Ransom is Artistic Director of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival in North Carolina and for a decade was an artist-faculty member at the Kamisaibara Pianists Camp in Japan. In 2016 he was named Artistic Director of the Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival and also one of Musical America Worldwide’s “30 Musical Innovators”.
The Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta is supported by the Cherry L. Emerson Endowment, the Rebecca Katz-Doft Chamber Music Endowment, the Ethel Orentlicher Gershon Fund, a generous gift from Dr. John and Linda Cooke, the Friends of Music at Emory, and by music lovers like you.
Music and Arts Staff Dr. Jens Korndörfer—Director of Worship and the Arts, Organist Ms. Katie Patterson— Director of the School of Fine Arts, Assistant Director of the Arts Dr. Daniel Bara, Dr. Deanna Joseph—Co-Directors of the Choir and Orchestra Ms. Maya Negishi Mikimoto— Program Coordinator for Music Mr. Brendan Callahan-Fitzgerald— Director of the Children’s choirs
Dr. Ana Baida—Director of the Carillon choir
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