Each year West End UMC hosts a series of concerts on Thursdays at noon during Lent, and this first one of Lent, 2024, features Matthew Phelps, piano, and Keith Nicholas, cello, performing the three movements of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major, opus 68.  Dr. Phelps is Minister of Music at West End UMC, and Mr. Nicholas is an active studio and chamber musician in Nashville.  They are both very active in various music groups and performances.   The piece they are playing is Ludwig van Beethoven's Sonata for Cello and Piano in A major, op. 68, and its three movements are:

  I.  Allegro, ma non tanto

 II.  Scherzo – Allegro Molto

III. Adagio cantabile – Allegro vivace

(Note: The specific movements of the sonata and detailed biographical information on Phelps and Nicholas are printed in the program available on this web page for download.)