Sophie Webber Cello Recital
Dr. Sophie Webber, cellist, will perform Traditional & Cutting Edge Cello: From Bach to Cohen to Electronics. Dr. Webber recently relocated to San Diego, where she teaches privately and is recording the complete Bach Suites for solo cello as well as an album of her own compositions for voice, cello, and electronics.
“My intention for this program," she says, "is to bring together two benchmark works of the solo cello repertoire -- Bach’s Suites for Solo Cello No.1 in G Major and No.5 in c minor -- with examples of the cello in more contemporary and less traditional settings, namely in various arrangements incorporating voice, cello, piano, and electronics, from well-known pop ballads such as Cohen’s 'Hallelujah' to a couple of original French songs that I wrote myself. I feel this broader-than-usual offering of musical genres is representative of my own musical taste, and I am excited to have the opportunity to put together such a program."