Inspiration Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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Album-Release:
2018

HRA-Release:
26.01.2018

Label: Decca

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

Artist: Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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  • Josef Hadar (1926 - 2006):
  • 1Evening Of Roses (Arr. Cello, Clarinet & Ensemble)03:00
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921):
  • 2Le Carnaval des Animaux, R.125: 13. The Swan (Arr. Cello, Harp & Ensemble)02:34
  • Anonymous:
  • 3Song Of The Birds02:54
  • Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a:
  • 4The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: 10. Nocturne05:03
  • Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107:
  • 5Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107: 1. Allegretto06:34
  • 6Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107: 2. Moderato13:02
  • 7Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107: 3. Cadenza06:51
  • 8Cello Concerto No.1 in E Flat Major, Op.107: 4. Allegro con moto04:51
  • Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Harmonies des bois, Op. 76:
  • 9Harmonies des bois, Op. 76: 2. Jacqueline’s Tears (Arr. Cello & Orchestra)07:09
  • Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973):
  • 10Sardana06:00
  • Bob Marley (1945 - 1981):
  • 11No Woman, No Cry (Arr. Cello)02:26
  • Leonard Cohen (1934 - 2016):
  • 12Hallelujah (Arr. Cello & Strings)03:27
  • Total Runtime01:03:51

Info for Inspiration

Inspirierende Frische - Sheku Kanneh-Mason hat seine persönlichen Lieblingsstücke für Decca Classics eingespielt. Auf seinem Debütalbum "Inspiration" präsentiert der junge britische Cellist eine Fülle ganz eigener Interpretationen beliebter Kompositionen aus der Welt von Klassik und Pop.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason ist erst 18 Jahre alt, aber trotz aller jugendlicher Frische bereits eine reife Künstlerpersönlichkeit. Auf seinem Album "Inspiration" zeigt der Cellist, wie vielseitig sein Instrument ist und überspielt mit hörbarer Freude alle Genregrenzen.

2016 wurde Sheku Kanneh-Mason zum Gewinner des britischen Klassik-Wettbewerbs BBC Young Musician gekürt. Mit dem Signing bei Decca Classics kann nun die Musikwelt an der vielversprechenden Karriere des jungen Cellisten teilhaben. Auf Sheku Kanneh-Masons Debütalbum "Inspiration" befinden sich zwölf ganz unterschiedliche Titel, die viel über den jungen Musiker verraten und sich zu einem reizvollen Programm vereinen. Das City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra erweist sich unter der Leitung von Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla im Zusammenspiel mit Sheku Kanneh-Mason als vielfarbiger und flexibler Klangkörper. Mal umspielt das Orchester den Cellisten im vollmundigen Tutti, mal unterstützt nur die Cellogruppe den Solisten mit sonorem Schönklang. Auf der Reise durch Sheku Kanneh-Masons musikalische Vergangenheit kommen viele Klangfarben und Emotionen zum Ausdruck.

Schostakowitsch: Der erste Erfolg: Das Cellokonzert Nr. 1 in Es-Dur op. 107 von Dmitri Schostakowitsch spielt für Sheku Kanneh-Mason eine ganz besondere Rolle, seitdem er damit 2016 den BBC Young Musician Wettbewerb für sich entscheiden konnte, und so war es keine Frage für den jungen Musiker, das dieses Stück auf seinem Debütalbum für Decca Classics erscheinen musste. In den vier Sätzen kann der Cellist alle künstlerischen Facetten zeigen, die sein Spiel ausmachen. Mal sprudelt Sheku Kanneh-Mason über vor tänzerischer Spielfreude, mal schafft er intime Räume mit melancholischer Schwere.

Vertraute Klänge: Musikalische Kindheitserinnerungen: Darüber hinaus gibt das Album anhand zahlreicher kleinformatiger kompositorischer Leckerbissen einen Einblick in den reichen Fundus der musikalischen Einflüsse, die Sheku Kanneh-Masons Laufbahn seit Kindheitstagen begleiten. Das hebräische Liebeslied "Evening of Roses" von Erev Shel Shoshanim eröffnet das Album - so wie es vor vielen Jahren Sheku Kanneh-Masons musikalischer Begeisterung die Tür geöffnet hat. "Der Schwan" aus der Suite "Der Karneval der Tiere" von Camille Saint-Saëns bezaubert mit seiner hinreißend schönen Melodie, in die Sheku Kanneh-Mason eine große Portion Ausdruck legt. Er steigert den Genuss noch dazu mit einem ungewöhnlichen Arrangement für zwölf Cellos und Harfe, in dem der grenzenlose Schönklang der Instrumente die Töne mit märchenhafter Anmut zum Leuchten bringt.

Große Vorbilder: Inspirierend inspiriert! Auch Eindrücke großer Vorbilder wie Mstislav Rostropovich, Pablo Casals und Jacqueline du Pré haben auf dem Album ihre Spuren hinterlassen und Sheku Kanneh-Mason dazu inspiriert, Kompositionen wie 'Tears for Jacqueline' and 'Song of the Birds' einzuspielen. Die Elegie "Les larmes de Jacqueline" op. 76 Nr. 2 von Jacques Offenbach vereint lebendige Virtuosität und sanften Schmelz. Das traditionelle katalanische Lied "Song of the Birds" hat Pablo Casals regelmäßig als Zugabe gespielt, um gegen das Franco-Regime zu protestieren. In dem neuen Arrangement, das Thomas Mifune Werner für Sheku Kanneh-Mason geschrieben hat, zelebriert der junge Cellist die bittere Süße und die melancholische Schönheit mit endlosen Bögen und beeindruckender Tongestaltung.

Mozart oder Marley: Hauptsache Musik! Sheku Kanneh-Masons Liebe zur Musik beschränkt sich nicht nur auf die Klassik. Mit einem eigenen Arrangement von Bob Marleys "No Woman, No Cry" und einer berührenden Interpretation von Leonard Cohens "Hallelujah", zeigt der Cellist als aufgeschlossener und vielseitiger Künstler auch andere Facetten seines Spiels, die ihn über die Grenzen der Klassik hinaustragen und ihn als leidenschaftlichen Botschafter für Musikvermittlung auszeichnen, der von der Liebe zur Sache lebt.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello
CBSO Cellos
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Dirigant




Sheku Kanneh-Mason
one of the brightest young stars on the classical music scene, became a household name worldwide in May 2018 after performing at the Wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Windsor Castle. His performance was greeted with universal excitement after being watched by nearly two billion people globally.

The winner of the 2016 BBC Young Musician competition, Sheku is already in great demand from major orchestras and concert halls worldwide. In January 2018, his debut recording for Decca Classics, Inspiration, was released, featuring the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. The phenomenal success of the album propelled Sheku to a debut spot at number 18 in the Official UK Album charts, and number 1 in the Classical chart. Alongside short works by Shostakovich, Offenbach, Casals, and Saint-Saëns, Sheku’s own arrangement of Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry was also featured on the album, and went viral on social media, clocking 1 million streams in its first month on Spotify alone. In June 2018, Sheku received the Male Artist of the Year and the Critics’ Choice awards at the re-launched Classic BRIT Awards, and in July 2018 became the first artist to receive the new BRIT Certified Breakthrough Award, having sold over 30,000 copies of his debut album in the UK and surpassing 100,000 album sales worldwide.

Sheku has already performed with a number of the major UK orchestras and made debuts in the 18/19 season with the Seattle Symphony, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra at the Concertgebouw, the Atlanta Symphony, the Japan Philharmonic as well as returning to the BBC Symphony Orchestra to perform the Elgar Concerto in his hometown of Nottingham.

In 19/20, he opens the London Philharmonic season and makes debuts with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra among others. He also makes his debut in a number of major German cities performing Elgar with the CBSO.

Recital performances in 18/19 and 19/20 have included and will include debuts at the Barbican Centre’s Milton Court, Wigmore Hall, Zurich Tonhalle, Lucerne Festival, as well as a major tour of North America to include concerts in Boston, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Ann Arbor, Minnesota and Sheku’s recital debut at Carnegie Hall New York.

In 2017, Sheku made his BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall as soloist with the Chineke! Orchestra, an ensemble with which he enjoys a special relationship, having taken part in their debut concert at the Royal Festival Hall in 2015 and returning as soloist to perform the Haydn Concerto in September 2016. He returned to the Albert Hall to perform the Elgar Concerto at the Proms in Summer 2019. Sheku is passionate about the importance of making classical music accessible to all and is currently the first London Music Masters Junior Ambassador. In 2018/19, he began a two year role as ‘Young Artist in Residence’ at the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic taking part in the orchestra’s education programme as well as performing in Liverpool a number of times across the two seasons.

In February 2018, Sheku performed ‘Evening of Roses’ at the BAFTAS Awards show at the Royal Albert Hall. He was joined on stage by four of his six siblings, all of whom perform classical music to an exceptional standard. This was the first time any artist has been invited to perform during the ceremony two years running and followed his memorable performance of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ at the 2017 BAFTAs, the subsequent recording going viral on YouTube.

In July 2019, Sheku was awarded the prestigious 2019 PPL Classical Award at the O2 Silver Clef ceremony in support of independent music therapy charity, Nordoff Robbins. In 2017, he was awarded the South Bank Sky Arts Breakthrough Award, given by the judges to the most promising young Artist across all genres, following recent winners Billie Piper and Stormzy. He has performed alongside Hollywood A-listers in ‘The Children’s Monologues’ directed by Danny Boyle at Carnegie Hall New York and has played at No. 10 Downing Street in front of an illustrious guest list for Black History Month.

Sheku is currently a full-time ABRSM Scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, studying with Hannah Roberts. He began learning the cello at the age of six with Sarah Huson-Whyte and then studied with Ben Davies at the Junior Department of the Royal Academy of Music where he held the ABRSM Junior Scholarship. He has received masterclass tuition from Guy Johnston, Robert Max, Alexander Baillie, Steven Doane, Rafael Wallfisch, Jo Cole, Melissa Phelps and Julian Lloyd Webber and in July 2017, participated in the Verbier Festival Academy in masterclasses with Frans Helmerson and Miklos Perenyi. A keen chamber musician, Sheku performs with his sister, Isata and brother, Braimah, as a member of the Kanneh-Mason Trio. He plays an Antonius and Hieronymus Amati cello c.1610, kindly on loan from a private collection.



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