Enderby will soon get a chance to hear the lush romantic cello of Michael Kevin Jones as part of his 2013 North American tour.
The Enderby and District Arts Council is presenting Jones’ only Okanagan performance, Tuesday at St. Andrew’s United Church, as part of Arts and Culture Week in B.C.
“His entirely acoustic performance requires great concentration and skill, which, according to reviews, he has in spades,” said Diana Inselberg, with the arts council. “Don’t miss this opportunity to hear this outstanding musician.”
A young British cellist, already highly regarded on the international music scene, Jones studied cello at the Royal College of Music in London, winning prizes for solo and chamber music playing.
He was chosen to perform for the British Royal family and later went on to study at the Kolner Hochschule thanks to a scholarship from the German government.
Jones recorded the complete Bach cello suites in New York for the Metropolitan Museum of Art using a Stradivarius cello dating back to 1667.
In Enderby, he will play selections from Bach’s suites for solo cello and also a newly re-discovered Rodrigo score, Como una Fantasia.
After the great Spanish composer’s death in 1999, his solo cello music remained lost, unknown and unplayed in the country of its origin. Jones will be making the first commercial recording of this piece in 2014.
Tuesday’s concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available. Admission is $15/adult, $10/youth 18 and under at the door.
