David Finckel and Wu Han

Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han rank among the most esteemed and influential classical musicians in the world today. Their appearances take them to the world’s most prestigious concert series and festivals as soloists, as a duo, and, in Finckel’s case, as cellist of the Emerson String Quartet. Their concert at Purchase will trace the genesis of the Romantic cello sonata from its birth to full flowering: from Schubert's “Arpeggione” Sonata through the rarefied world of Mendelssohn to the unbridled emotion of both Brahms and Schumann, who took the Romantic era to its heights.