Two great cellists were among the many outstanding performers at this summer's BBC Proms, the big music festival in London. Today's show features British cellist Steven Isserlis, 51, with a well-established musical career. And we'll also hear the young American cellist Alisa Weilerstein, 28, a rising star. Isserlis plays a Dvorak rondo, and Weilerstein performs the slow movement of Shostakovich's first cello concerto, both from the Proms.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Simon Jeffes: Perpetuum Mobile
Penguin Cafe, Arthur Jeffes, director
The BBC Proms, London, England
Antonin Dvorak: Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94
Steven Isserlis, cello, the BBC Concert Orchestra, Paul Daniel, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Dmitri Shostakovich: Second movement from Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, the Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Johann Sebastian Bach: Gigue from Cello Suite No. 1 in G, BWV 1007
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
The BBC Proms, London, England
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Sarah Quick from Coral Springs, Florida
Thomas Arne: Two movements from Symphony No. 4 in C Minor
Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Antonio Vivaldi: La Fida Ninfa (Dimmi Pastore)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto, Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor, the Matheus Ensemble, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, director
The BBC Proms, London, England
Hour 2
Giuseppe Verdi: "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves: Va pensiero" from "Nabucco"
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with conductor Sir Georg Solti
Rafael Mendez: "Gallito"
Trumpeters Ronald Romm, Allan Dean and David Hickman with the Summit Brass
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver
Richard Strauss: "Fanfare for the City of Vienna"
The Summit Brass
Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Denver
Ronn McFarlane: "Pinetops"
Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mark Cudek, cittern; and James Blachy, bass
Ronn McFarlane: "Dowland's Goodnight"
Lutenist Ronn McFarlane
Ronn McFarlane: Gigue
Lutenist Ronn McFarlane
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90 ("Italian")
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra Hall, Chicago
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