Our festival of cello concertos continues with the PT debut of 32 year-old English cellist Natalie Clein. Clein was the BBC's "Young Musician of the Year" as a 16 year old, and had lucrative contract offers from managers and record companies. She could have cashed in as the next young classical darling, but chose to pursue 10 years of rigorous schooling in London and Vienna. She's now re-emerging as a soloist. We'll hear Natalie Clein in concert in Dublin, playing Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonin Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
Cellist Henrich Schiff and pianist Andre Previn
Claudio Monteverdi: "A Lover's Tears at the Tomb of His Beloved"
The Brentano String Quartet
Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
Alessandro Piccinini: Toccata
Rolf Lislevand, theorbo
NPR Studios, Washington, D.C.
"The Piano Puzzler": This week's contestant is Nancy Heel from Montezuma, Georgia.
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor
Cellist Natalie Clein with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Arild Remmereit
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Hour 2
Alexander Glazunov: Scherzo from Symphony No. 5 in B, Op. 55
The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Neeme Jarvi
Peter Tchaikovsky: "October: Autumn Song" from "The Seasons," Op. 37
Pianist Adam Neiman
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival, Seattle
Alexander Glazunov: Symphony No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 58
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mikhail Pletnev
The Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Anton Rubinstein: Melody in F
Pianist Stephen Hough
Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis
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