Sunday, August 20 | 1PM | Tent at Camden Public Library Amphitheatre

Age 35 +: $38 | Age 22-34: $20 | Age 21 & Under: Pay What You Wish

TOMMY MESA, cello

HENRY KRAMER, piano

Praised by The Cleveland Classical Review for his “astonishingly confident technique” and The New York Times for “thrilling [and] triumphant” performances, pianist Henry Kramer is developing a reputation as a musician of rare sensitivity. In 2016, he garnered international recognition with a Second Prize win in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Most recently, he was awarded a 2019 Avery Fisher Career Grant by Lincoln Center – one of the most coveted honors bestowed on young American soloists.

Cuban-American cellist Dr. Tommy Mesa has established himself as one of the most charismatic, innovative, and engaging performers of his generation. He is the recipient of the 2023 Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award, First Prize in the 2016 Sphinx Competition, and Winner of the Astral Artists 2017 National Auditions. He has appeared as soloist at the Supreme Court of the United States on three occasions and with major orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The Cleveland Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the symphony orchestras of Indianapolis, Madison, New Jersey, Santa Barbara, and Southwest Florida, among others.

Join two exceptional artists for a vivid program of cello and piano works anchored by Samuel Barber’s lyrical and virtuosic Cello Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6, written in the summer of 1932.

PROGRAM

BEETHOVEN Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin 

DEBUSSY Cello Sonata

LYDIA JANE PUGH Carolina’s Jig for solo cello

BARBER Cello Sonata in C Minor, Op. 6