The life of a concert artist can be a lonely one, not just socially, but artistically. That's why so many top soloists love playing chamber music as well. Two terrific young soloists recently joined host Fred Child for music and conversation, cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan. Weilerstein said this about Barnatan, "When you have a really great chamber musician, there's always just so much to bounce off of, to give back, and this is one of the most rewarding things about playing together." This weekend we'll hear their interview and excerpts from a Rachmaninoff cello sonata.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Leonard Bernstein: Two Dance Variations from Fancy Free
The Nashville Symphony, Andrew Morgrelia, conductor
Gaspar Sanz: Xacaras et Canarios
Xavier Diaz-Latorre, guitar
Flagey, Brussels, Belgium
Anonymous: Brandeberges, La Represa
Hesperion XXI
Fontfroide Music and History Festival, Fontfroide, France
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
The Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Sixth movement from Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky)
The Weilerstein Trio
Johann Sebastian Bach: Third movement from Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
Daniel Hope and Stefan Jackiw, violins, Darrett Adkins, cello, Kenneth Merrill, harpsichord, Charles Weaver, lute
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Clarice Assad: Suite for Lower Strings, Based on Themes by Bach
The New Century Chamber Orchestra, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin and leader
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Perfchat with Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan: Perfchat
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Fourth movement from Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 14
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Inon Barnatan, piano
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral March, K. 477
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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