Christa Rakich and Kathy Schiano premiered the new Sonata for Cello and Organ by Margaretha Christina de Jong on September 11. The piece was commissioned through the generosity of the Marjorie Jolidon Fund of the Hartford chapter of the American Guild of Organists. The premiere was the conclusion of a program called “Battle of the Cellos,” which included baroque works with harpsichord and gambist/cellist Alice Robbins. The concert used the Richards-Fowkes Opus 23 organ at the Somers (Connecticut) Congregational Church.
The new piece, which will be published by Butz-Verlag, can be heard at www.youtube.com/watch?v=D794CDZF8Bs.
