Amsterdam Sinfonietta & Abel Selaocoe
Franse klassiekers en Afrikaanse traditionals
Cellist Abel Selaocoe and Amsterdam Sinfonietta are both known for their versatility. For the first time, they now join forces on stage for a program featuring both 20th-century French classical music and African musical traditions.
Programma
Debussy
Cello sonate (arr. J. Bosso)
Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte (arr. W. van Klaveren)
Ravel
La valse (arr. H. Bouma)
Selaocoe
Lerato
Selaocoe
Qhawe
Vivaldi
Allegro & Adagio; from Cello Concerto RV 405
Sollima
The Family Tree; from When We Were Trees
Selaocoe
Ka Bohaleng
Selaocoe
Ibuyile l'Africa
Performers
Amsterdam Sinfonietta
Hans Christian Aavik | conductor & violin
Abel Selaocoe | cello
Tim Posner | cello
Sidiki Dembélé | percussion
With boundless energy and creativity, international cello sensation Abel Selaocoe virtuously combines cello playing, (vocal) singing and improvisation. He effortlessly navigates between different genres and styles, exploring the furthest reaches of the cello's sonic spectrum. Selaocoe makes his debut with Amsterdam Sinfonietta in a program that highlights both early 20th-century French classical music and African musical traditions.
Debussy's melancholic and mystical Cello Sonata, in an arrangement for cello and string orchestra, showcases the cello in all its facets. The orchestra shines in Ravel's masterful, swirling ode to the Viennese waltz, in a new arrangement for string orchestra. In his own compositions, which breathe the stories of South African life, Selaocoe is accompanied by his regular musical partner, master percussionist Sidiki Dembélé.
Website: Abel Selaocoe | Amsterdam Sinfonietta
