Mobile Chamber Music: Canellakis-Brown Duo

• Michael Stephen Brown, piano
• Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Lukas Foss — Capriccio for Cello and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns — Romance, Op. 36
Edvard Grieg — Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 36
Clara Schumann — "II. Romanze" from Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
Claude Debussy — Beau Soir, L. 84
Michael Stephen Brown — Prelude and Dance
Nicholas Canellakis — Romance à GF
Niccolò Paganini / Gioachino Rossini — Mosè-fantasia, MS 23 (Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato soglio" from Rossini's 'Mosè in Egitto')
Don Ellis — Bulgarian Bulge (arr. Nicholas Canellakis)

The internationally lauded American Canellakis-Brown Duo will be presented by the Mobile Chamber Music in a piano-cello duo recital on Sunday afternoon, January 14, 2024 at 4pm at the USA Laidlaw Performing Arts Center at the University of Alabama.

About Canellakis-Brown Duo

The Washington Post has called the Canellakis-Brown Duo "a pair of adventurous young talents who play with their antennae tuned to each other." For up to fifteen years, the Duo has been honing its unique musical voice and presenting programs celebrating the standard literature, little-known gems, and original works and arrangements.

https://www.michaelbrownmusic.com/duo.html

About Mobile Chamber Music

https://www.mobilechambermusic.org/

About Michael Stephen Brown, piano

Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and "exceptionally beautiful" compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series. Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.

https://www.samnyc.us/artist.php?id=michaelstephenbrown&aview=dpk

About Nicholas Canellakis, cello

Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a "superb young soloist" (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger.

https://www.nicholascanellakis.com/