Beethoven & Contemporaries
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) WoO37
Friedrich Kuhlau ( 1786-1832) Op.119
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) Op 63
Shäfers Klage (Andante Espressivo)
Christine Nield, flute, born in New York, studied extensively with Philip Dunigan, James Galway, & Marcel Moyse. She has participated in the Accademia Chigiana in Siena Italy, the New England Bach Festival, the Library of Congress Music Series, & the Marlboro Music Festival, & plays annually in Festival Miami. She is principal flutist with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and the Florida Grand Opera, & is Professor of Flute at the University of Miami, Ms Nield has recorded solo & chamber music on the Audiofon, Centaur, Coronet, & Altarus labels & orchestral recordings are on Harmonia Mundi.
Iris van Eck, cello, a native of Holland, studied at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague with Jean Decroos & Rene van Ast before moving to the United States where she studied with Raya Garbousova. Of Master classes attended,of most influence were Paul and Maude Tortellier and William Pleeth. She has appeared as a soloist with various orchestras in the U.S. & in Europe, was assistant principal cello in the Florida Philharmonic for the past 17 years, and left the Orchestra this past January to become principal cellist for the Florida Grand Opera. Her cello is an old French instrument made by Bernardel Pere.