Carnegie Hall Presents Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello

• Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach — Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Gwilym Simrock — Prayer for the Senses (NY premiere)
Benjamin Britten — Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72
Leo Brouwer — Cello Sonata No. 2 (NY premiere)
Edmund Finnis — Five Preludes (NY premiere)
Gaspar Cassadó — Suite for Solo Cello

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is one of classical music's biggest rising stars. He has sold out multiple Carnegie Hall performances alongside his sister, Isata, and he now returns with essentials of the cello repertoire and several recent additions to it. Experience one of the legendary J.S. Bach cello suites and a 20th-century piece it inspired. Enjoy Britten's Cello Suite No. 1 and a sonata by the endlessly resourceful guitarist Leo Brouwer. Be one of the first to hear exciting new works by two next-generation composers from the United Kingdom, each of which received its world premiere by Kanneh-Mason at the Royal Academy of Music. 

About Carnegie Hall

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About Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason's mission is to make music accessible to all, whether performing for children in a school hall, at an underground club, or in the world's leading concert venues. After winning the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, his 2018 performance at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was watched by two billion people.

https://shekukannehmason.com/