Baroque Cello and Piano Concert with Nick Dinnerstein and Paul Jacobs

Please join the Friends of the Goodnow Library on Sunday, Nov.24th for a Baroque Cello and Piano concert with Nick Dinnerstein and Paul Jacobs performing. The program will be held at 3 p.m., at the Goodnow Library, 21 Concord St., Sudbury. This program is part of the Sunday Afternoons at the Goodnow Library Cultural Series.

Baroque Inspired

Baroque music, with its balance of clarity and emotional intensity, continues to speak deeply to us today. Bach and Vivaldi brought instrumental music to new heights, and in the process, the cello as we know it today, found its voice.

Bach's 6 Suites for Solo Cello and Vivaldi's Sonatas for Cello and Keyboard both contain worlds of ideas and expression. This concert will feature work from each set of music, along with music by future composers who found inspiration in the wonderful style of the Baroque. Brahms, a composer who loved to draw from different styles, bases the theme of the last movement of the piece on a melody by Bach. Schnittke, the Soviet and German 20th century composer, made his name with "polystylism", bending the conventions of the Baroque to his personal mode of expression.

Nick Dinnerstein

Nick Dinnerstein is a cellist who connects deeply with audiences through imaginative, original, and expressive performances. His career weaves threads through classical and popular music – and his original compositions express themselves by exploring and blending the two.

He has had a wide range of musical experience, including performing on baroque cello, recording with songwriters, and playing both traditional and new classical music. He is also a dedicated teacher.

Nick is currently based in New York City.

Paul Jacobs

Boston-based pianist, Paul Jacobs has performed across the U.S. as a soloist and chamber musician in a variety of venues including Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center; Queens Library, NY; The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA; The Lilypad, Cambridge, MA; Hill Hall, UNC; University Capitol Centre Recital Hall, UI; and The Block, Muskegon, MI. His repertoire covers a wide range of music with an affinity for 20th century and new works. Solo performances have featured Ives’s Concord Sonata, selections of Ligeti Etudes, and Philip Glass’s Metamorphosis.

Mr. Jacobs is a member of the Thoreau Piano Trio which currently has a concert series at Chelmsford Center for the arts.  Past residencies include the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival in Vermont and The White Lake Chamber Music Festival in West Michigan.