Leonard Elschenbroich©Felix Broede

Variations and virtuosity

Yi-Bing Chu, Giovanni Gnocchi + Leonard Elschenbroich

Wed 4 Nov 2026 16:30 - 17:45

classical

Wed 4 Nov 2026

16:30 - 17:45

Wed 4 Nov 2026

16:30 - 17:45

Grote Zaal

Past event

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven Twelve variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen / Cello Sonata No. 2
Giacomo Rossini Une larme
Frédéric Chopin Introduction et Polonaise brillante (arr. Maurice Gendron)
Pjotr Tsjaikovski Pezzo capriccioso (arr. Maurice Gendron)

Credits

Yi-Bing Chu cello
Giovanni Gnocchi cello
Leonard Elschenbroich cello
Alexei Grynyuk piano
Frank van de Laar piano

From classical Beethoven to the high romanticism of Tchaikovsky

The Italian cellist Giovanni Gnocchi performs two compositions of variations on a theme. Beethoven borrowed the aria Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen from Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte. Opera composer Rossini used his own theme Une larme (originally for double bass and piano) to let the cello sing and frolic in all registers.

Yi-Bing Chu brings a homage to his former professor, the French cellists Maurice Gendron, who gave an extra virtuosic twist to well-known works by Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Leonard Elsenbroich and Alexei Grynyuk formidably recorded all of Beethoven’s works in 2019, and they will now play his Second sonata, from his early period.

This concert is a part of Everything by Beethoven.

This concert will be recorded to be broadcast later by NTR on NPO Klassiek