Cellist Beth Pearson and pianist Paul Dykstra - Concert

Need a respite from the cold winter? Beethoven’s “Sonata in F Major” for cello and piano will warm your heart.  Duo Andacht will perform works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Prokofieff, Max Bruch and Manuel de Falla, the second of three concerts in the 2012 Jean C. Wilson Music Series. Pianist Paul Dykstra and cellist Beth Pearson formed Duo Andacht in 2008, and have been frequent performers together on the New England stage, including the Jean C. Wilson Music Series, the Abendmusik Series in Rye, NH, the Musicians of Wall Street Series in Concord, and at Mechanics Hall in Worcester where they completed a successful recording of the Brahms E Minor Sonata.  Pearson began her professional life as founder and cellist of the Apple Hill Chamber Players, and has performed over 2000 chamber music concerts throughout the United States. Her solo appearances include Lincoln Center, the Gardner Museum, the Longy School, and Harvard and Smith colleges. 
Dykstra is a Canadian born and trained musician now living in New Hampshire where he maintains a very active career as a solo and chamber music performer, teacher, and recording artist. He has recorded world premiere offerings of modern music by American composers such as Norman Matthews, Edward Ficklin, Roger Rudenstein, and with Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) both in piano/clarinet combination and with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra under Kirk Trevor.

The Jean C. Wilson Music Series is named for one of the founders and the director of the music series for 27 years. Now, under the auspices of the First Religious Society Unitarian Universalist Music Committee, the Music Series typically offers three concerts held during the first three months of the year.