MUSIC

Rice University Shepherd School of Music presents The Fischer Duo - Unabashedly Romantic.

Featuring:
Norman Fischer, cello
Jeanne Kierman Fischer, piano

Scheduled Program: Foote Three Pieces, Op. 1; Hoiby Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 59a; Strauss Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 6; Beethoven Kreisler Sonata, Op. 47.

Celebrating over 40 years of playing together, the Fischer Duo delights lovers of chamber music across the country with performances described as "boldly imaginative and technically assured," (Boston Globe), "intense and persuasive" (Gramophone), and "Soaring lines with both beauty and intensity" (New York Times).

The Fischer Duo has been widely praised by music critics for its choice of repertoire. Thoroughly versed in the classical repertoire of Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann, the Fischer Duo has acquired an equally impressive reputation for rediscovering neglected works of the past (Busoni, Boulanger, Foote, Alfano, Pizzetti) and for commissioning new pieces from masters such as George Rochberg, Richard Wilson, Samuel Jones, Augusta Read Thomas, Pierre Jalbert and over 20 more. "One felt like applauding the Fischer Duo before they even played a note for programming rarely-heard cello music by Chopin and Liszt," wrote a reviewer in the Washington Post, A recital of this exact repertoire is available on Bridge Records (9187) and has received rave reviews from Strings Magazine and The Gramophone.