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By Kevin Filipski
The Brooklyn Paper

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The repertoire for cello and piano is a healthy one.

As the duo of cellist Marie-Elizabeth Hecker and pianist Martin Hecker will show during their imaginatively-programmed recital at Bargemusic Oct. 29 and 30, the works for these two instruments can span the spectrum from relatively quiet and mournful to the exuberant and playful.

Opening the performance is one of the most beautiful miniatures ever written by that French composer of grace and refinement, Gabriel Faure. In his "Elegie," the cello’s yearning quality is brought out with studied elegance, along with the piano’s somber underpinnings.

Following the Faure work, Marie-Elizabeth takes a crack at one of the greatest solo cello sonatas, Paul Hindemith’s Opus 25.

The difficulty with writing solo music for cello is twofold: first, the instrument’s low register makes it daunting to compose music for it of sufficient variety; and second, J.S. Bach composed six masterpieces three centuries ago. But Hindemith pulls it off with youthful bravado and adventurousness.

After intermission, the brother-sister team return for a pair of staples of the cello-piano repertory: Beethoven’s fourth sonata and Prokofiev’s first sonata.

All in all, this should be one of Bargemusic’s most musically satisfying offerings this season.

Cellist Marie-Elizabeth Hecker and pianist Martin Hecker play Faure, Hindemith, Beethoven and Prokofiev on Oct. 29 at 7:30 pm and Oct. 30 at 4 pm at Bargemusic (Fulton Ferry Landing, located at the end of Old Fulton Street on the East River). Tickets are $35, $25 for full-time students. For more information, call (718) 624-2083 or visit www.bargemusic.org.

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