July 17, 2021 - Grand Teton Music Festival Sheku Kanneh- Mason performing Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition.
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For further information on this amazing family after the discussion on May 23rd, House of Music, Raising the Kanneh-Masons.
go to the Diary society tab above to scroll down to the Kanneh-Mason photos, performances, family gatherings and more.
May 23rd, Kadie Kanneh-Mason, the mother of cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his six remarkable siblings, was met with the Cello Book Club to talk about her book House of Music, Raising the Kanneh-Masons.
Whether you have read the book or not, you can join on zoom to meet with Mrs. Kanneh-Mason.
House of Music is a moving and inspirational account of determination, music and love. It is a story about race, immigration and education. It is the story of a mother and her family. And it is the story of her children, seven phenomenally talented musicians.
For the first time, Kadie Kanneh-Mason opens up about what it takes to raise a musical family in a Britain divided by class and race.
Here's Brenda Neece (curator of the Cello Museum - cellomuseum.org) invitation to this event and how to join in:
Click here to visit our Cello Book Club page and sign up to receive meeting details.
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For further information on this amazing family after the discussion on May 23rd, House of Music, Raising the Kanneh-Masons.
go to the Diary society tab above to scroll down to the Kanneh-Mason photos, performances, family gatherings and more.
May 23rd, Kadie Kanneh-Mason, the mother of cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his six remarkable siblings, was met with the Cello Book Club to talk about her book House of Music, Raising the Kanneh-Masons.
Whether you have read the book or not, you can join on zoom to meet with Mrs. Kanneh-Mason.
House of Music is a moving and inspirational account of determination, music and love. It is a story about race, immigration and education. It is the story of a mother and her family. And it is the story of her children, seven phenomenally talented musicians.
For the first time, Kadie Kanneh-Mason opens up about what it takes to raise a musical family in a Britain divided by class and race.
Here's Brenda Neece (curator of the Cello Museum - cellomuseum.org) invitation to this event and how to join in:
Click here to visit our Cello Book Club page and sign up to receive meeting details.
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*Sept. 21, 2020 T
I’m so proud to announce the first ever Kanneh-Mason family album! It features Carnival of the Animals and other favourites of ours, as well as brand new poems written by Michael Morpurgo read by him and Olivia Colman. It has grown from our passion as a family for making music together and we can’t wait for you all to hear it!
Release is 6th November but you can pre-order here: https://TheKannehMasons.lnk.to/CarnivalSo
Thank you all so much for the incredible support following the announcement of our new album, Carnival. Special thanks to
Spotify for featuring us on Classical New Releases, where you can listen to our first track from the album, Aquarium!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWV0gynK7G6pD...
We also have a limited amount of signed deluxe CDs available to pre-order now: https://TheKannehMasons.lnk.to/Carniv.../officialartiststore
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I’m so proud to announce the first ever Kanneh-Mason family album! It features Carnival of the Animals and other favourites of ours, as well as brand new poems written by Michael Morpurgo read by him and Olivia Colman. It has grown from our passion as a family for making music together and we can’t wait for you all to hear it!
Release is 6th November but you can pre-order here: https://TheKannehMasons.lnk.to/CarnivalSo
Thank you all so much for the incredible support following the announcement of our new album, Carnival. Special thanks to
Spotify for featuring us on Classical New Releases, where you can listen to our first track from the album, Aquarium!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWV0gynK7G6pD...
We also have a limited amount of signed deluxe CDs available to pre-order now: https://TheKannehMasons.lnk.to/Carniv.../officialartiststore
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Sept. 18, 2020
How the Kanneh-Masons hope to demystify classical music
The siblings on making their first group album with help from Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman.
How the Kanneh-Masons hope to demystify classical music
The siblings on making their first group album with help from Michael Morpurgo and Olivia Colman.
*Sept. 2020. Here is the book just out, of the Kanneh-Mason family, written by their Mum.
https:sheku.lnk.to/HouseofMusicSo
https:sheku.lnk.to/HouseofMusicSo
Friday 11 Sept. 2020. Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Isata Kanneh-Mason Prom performance at the Royal Albert Hall.
https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2020/proms-2020-sheku-kanneh-mason-and-isata-kanneh-mason/
At only 21, Sheku Kanneh-Mason is already one of the most sought-after cellists, having won BBC Young Musician in 2016, and performed two years later to a worldwide audience of over 35 million at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
For this specially pre-recorded Proms recital he is joined by 24-year-old Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the family’s seven musical siblings, who released her first solo CD last year to great acclaim.
Continuing our 250th-anniversary celebrations of Beethoven’s birth, his C major Cello Sonata reflects the concentration of expression and form typical of his late period. By contrast, Barber’s sonata, though written in 1932, looks backwards, its drama and lyricism rooted in the Romantic era.
After Bridge’s passionate, youthful and lightly Impressionistic Mélodie comes Rachmaninov’s post-Romantic sonata, a full-blooded cornerstone of the cello/piano repertoire whose macabre scherzo movement and joyously ebullient finale contrast with a slow movement of melting bittersweet indulgence.
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 15’
Samuel Barber
Cello Sonata 20’
Frank Bridge
Mélodie 5’
Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor 25’
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
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https://www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/proms/bbc-proms-2020/proms-2020-sheku-kanneh-mason-and-isata-kanneh-mason/
At only 21, Sheku Kanneh-Mason is already one of the most sought-after cellists, having won BBC Young Musician in 2016, and performed two years later to a worldwide audience of over 35 million at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
For this specially pre-recorded Proms recital he is joined by 24-year-old Isata Kanneh-Mason, the eldest of the family’s seven musical siblings, who released her first solo CD last year to great acclaim.
Continuing our 250th-anniversary celebrations of Beethoven’s birth, his C major Cello Sonata reflects the concentration of expression and form typical of his late period. By contrast, Barber’s sonata, though written in 1932, looks backwards, its drama and lyricism rooted in the Romantic era.
After Bridge’s passionate, youthful and lightly Impressionistic Mélodie comes Rachmaninov’s post-Romantic sonata, a full-blooded cornerstone of the cello/piano repertoire whose macabre scherzo movement and joyously ebullient finale contrast with a slow movement of melting bittersweet indulgence.
PROGRAMME
Ludwig van Beethoven
Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 102 No. 1 15’
Samuel Barber
Cello Sonata 20’
Frank Bridge
Mélodie 5’
Sergey Rachmaninov
Cello Sonata in G minor 25’
Sheku Kanneh-Mason cello
Isata Kanneh-Mason piano
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*June 6, 2020 A video of Sheku's feature in the documentary of "Bob Marley"
https://www.facebook.com/1396182831/posts/10218490084948833/?extid=mkGOB1xjGQJwGcof&d=n
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https://www.facebook.com/1396182831/posts/10218490084948833/?extid=mkGOB1xjGQJwGcof&d=n
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July 21, 2020
Here is the link to the BBC program featuring the Kanneh-Mason family. Fascinating insight to a large family growing up with classical music. https://drive.google.com/.../1GHXM4PDEKlXH4QsWYtD.../view...
Coming soon- A new book out in September by the mother of Sheku and 6 other children, all musicians.
https://slippedisc.com/2020/07/just-in-shekus-mum-tells-her-story/
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Here is the link to the BBC program featuring the Kanneh-Mason family. Fascinating insight to a large family growing up with classical music. https://drive.google.com/.../1GHXM4PDEKlXH4QsWYtD.../view...
Coming soon- A new book out in September by the mother of Sheku and 6 other children, all musicians.
https://slippedisc.com/2020/07/just-in-shekus-mum-tells-her-story/
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July 17, 2020
Sheku performs with the UK Philharmonia Orchestra performing Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M174pCuVSlk&feature=share
in a program that also includes Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, both conducted by John Wilson.
A first for the whole orchestra together since lock-down. Such amazing performances.
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Sheku performs with the UK Philharmonia Orchestra performing Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M174pCuVSlk&feature=share
in a program that also includes Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, both conducted by John Wilson.
A first for the whole orchestra together since lock-down. Such amazing performances.
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June-19-2020 - From Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Alison Balsom OBE, Nicola Benedetti, Sir Simon Rattle and I were invited, at short notice, to join a virtual meeting yesterday about the future of the music industry by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden.
We have all had innumerable conversations with many people across the sector and what we put across was a shared sentiment and rallying cry on behalf of the classical music industry. We want to share what was said in order to invite more dialogue and communication. We all know we are stronger when we work together. We are very grateful to have been offered the chance to speak directly with DCMS and trust our voices have been heard. The ball is now firmly in the DCMS court and we all eagerly await a response.
This is a summary of what we said:
https://www.facebook.com/335683956767214/posts/1206589186343349/?d=n
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Alison Balsom OBE, Nicola Benedetti, Sir Simon Rattle and I were invited, at short notice, to join a virtual meeting yesterday about the future of the music industry by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden.
We have all had innumerable conversations with many people across the sector and what we put across was a shared sentiment and rallying cry on behalf of the classical music industry. We want to share what was said in order to invite more dialogue and communication. We all know we are stronger when we work together. We are very grateful to have been offered the chance to speak directly with DCMS and trust our voices have been heard. The ball is now firmly in the DCMS court and we all eagerly await a response.
This is a summary of what we said:
https://www.facebook.com/335683956767214/posts/1206589186343349/?d=n
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May-28-2020
Sheku and his siblings are performing from their home during the lockdown.
This particular performance was presented by Belmond.
Check it out on https://m.facebook.com/belmond
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Sheku and his siblings are performing from their home during the lockdown.
This particular performance was presented by Belmond.
Check it out on https://m.facebook.com/belmond
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