HEBRON — Hebron Academy will present “An Evening of Music by Johann Sebastian Bach,” with a performance by renowned pianist Ian Watson and cellist Jan Muller-Szeraws, on Friday, Feb. 11.

The concert, a presentation of the Cohen Chamber Music Concert Series, will  begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Androscoggin Theater in the Lepage Arts Center in Sargent Gymnasium. Admission is free, with parking in the Athletic Center lot.

The program includes Bach’s Suite no. 5 in C minor for violoncello solo, selections from The Well-Tempered Clavier and Sonata no. 3 in G minor.

An English conductor, choral director, organist, harpsichordist and pianist, Watson is a prominent figure on the international music scene. He is artistic director of the period-instrument ensemble Arcadia Players and Chorus, music director of the Commonwealth Opera, principal guest conductor of the Karlstad Baroque in Sweden, and music director of the Cathedral of St. Paul, Worcester, Mass.

He has played with most of the leading British orchestras and has been featured on more than 200 recordings and film soundtracks.

Muller-Szeraws’ musical journey has taken him over three continents as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Since his early debut with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion, he has performed frequently as a soloist with orchestras in Chile, Germany and the United States.

He performs regularly with the contemporary music ensemble Boston Musica Viva and is a member of Mistral, the resident and touring ensemble of the Andover Chamber Music Series. He teaches at Phillips Academy Andover and College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.


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