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Loretta O'Sullivan, cello

Loretta O’Sullivan exudes poetry and poise from an Italian treasury that expresses melancholy and mirth; from Caldara’s lamentation for cello and voice to Boccherini’s commedia dell’arte acrobatics.

The William and Susan Ginsberg Endowment supports Ms. O’Sullivan’s concert and underwrites one recital each year.


Ricercare for solo cello

Sonata for cello in G major
Grave - [Allegro] - Largo - Presto

Domenico Gabrieli
(1651-1690)
Two arias from Agrippina -
Orrida, oscura l’etra si renda
Renda cenere il tiranno
G. F. Handel
(1685-1759)
Sonata for violin, cello and continuo
Cantabile - Allegro - Vivace
Pietro Locatelli
(1695-1764)

INTERMISSION

Sonata VI for cello and continuo in a minor, Opus V
Adagio - Allegro assai - Allegro
Francesco Geminiani
(1687-1762)

Two arias for soprano and cello -
Pompe inutili from Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Antonio

Antonio Caldara
(1670-1736)

Beatus Vir

Antonio Vivaldi
(1678-1741
)
Sonata in G for cello and continuo
Largo--Allegro alla Militaire--Tempo di minuetto
Luigi Boccherini
(1743-1805)

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