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Cicely Parnas
Cicely Parnas
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Meet Cicely Parnas

PT's newest Young Artist in Residence is cellist Cicely Parnas. She's in her first year at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Every day this week, she joins host Fred Child in the PT studios for music and conversation. Today, Cicely talks about her new cello, and plays a Debussy sonata with accompanist Kati Gleiser.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Ludwig van Beethoven: Rondo from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
Jonathan Biss, piano

Georg Philipp Telemann: Two Polonaises
Milos Valent, violin and leader, the Holland Baroque Society
Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland

Karol Szymanowski: Mazurka Op. 50, No. 20
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
The Revolutionary and Romantic Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Carnegie Hall, New York City

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Hour 2

Joseph Haydn: Menuetto from String Quartet in B-flat, Op. 76, No. 4 (Sunrise)
The Escher String Quartet
Music@Menlo, Palo Alto, California

Traditional: Improvisation on Master of the House Sends out Lasse
Bolette Roed, recorder
Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland

Traditional: Improvisation on Lulajze Jezuniu (Polish Carol)
Bolette Roed, recorder
Music in Paradise Festival, Paradyz, Poland

Traditional Irish Carol (Arranged by Matthew Oltman): Love Came Down at Christmas
Chanticleer
Memorial Church, Stanford, California

Traditional (Arranged by Manuel Ponce): For You My Heart
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
Spivey Hall, Morrow, Georgia

PT Young Artist in Residence: Cicely Parnas, cello

Claude Debussy: Sonata in D Minor for Cello and Piano
Cicely Parnas, cello, Kati Gleiser, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul

Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat, Hob. VIIe:1
Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet, the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Copenhagen Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark

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