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Across the Divide: The Cello Sonatas of Edvard Grieg and Samuel Barber
Join acclaimed performers Jacques Lee Wood, cello, and Ana Glig, piano, for an afternoon of masterworks by Edvard Grieg and Samuel Barber. The program features the composers’ powerful and expressive cello sonatas, works that bridge national traditions and emotional landscapes through the resonance of cello and piano.
About the Artists
Boston-based cellist Jacques Lee Wood is known for his eclectic artistry spanning baroque performance, new commissions, improvisation, and composition. He is Principal Cellist of the Cape Symphony, performs with ensembles including A Far Cry, Boston Baroque, and Bach Collegium Japan, and serves as professor of cello at the University of New Hampshire. Wood studied with Laurence Lesser at New England Conservatory (BM) and Aldo Parisot at Yale University (MM, DMA), and has recordings on Hyperion and Navona.
Award-winning Georgian-American pianist Ana Glig has been praised for her “virtuosic command” (Prufrocks Dilemma) and “ability to capture hearts” (Musical America). She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall, the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series in Chicago, and with orchestras in the U.S., Israel, and Georgia, including the Cape Symphony. Glig is founder of MusArt Interconnections and serves on the faculty of Cape Symphony.
