Cellist Joshua Roman almost quit music altogether after developing Long Covid in 2021, but an encounter with Bach reminded him that the cello has been his lifelong friend. He's now shifted his mindset to center human connection over perfection in music and life. On today's show, he'll join Fred Child to discuss his journey with Long Covid and his new project, Immunity.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joshua Roman: Duet
Joshua Roman, cello | Tessa Lark, violin
Album: Immunity
BSTC
Rebecca Clarke: Morpheus
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola | Audrey Andrist, piano
ROCO, Rienzi, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34
NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra | Stanislav Kochanovsky, conductor
EBU, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Holstenhall, Neumunster, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite No. 1 in G Major - Prelude
Joshua Roman, cello
Album: Immunity
BTSC
Mark Summer: Julie-O
Joshua Roman, cello
Album: Immunity
BSTC
Joshua Roman: Immunity
Joshua Roman, cello
Album: Immunity
BSTC
Hour 2
Charles Auguste de Beriot: Scenes or Caprices, Op. 109 No. 1: La Separation
Bella Hristova, violin
Album: Charles-Auguste de Beriot: Solo Violin Music, Vol. 1
Naxos 572267
Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2
Juilliard String Quartet
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Syracuse, NY
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 100, D.929: Movement 4 Allegro moderato
Inon Barnatan, piano | Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin | Alisa Weilerstein, cello
La Jolla Music Society, The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla, CA
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Sid Ramin: Clarinet Sonata
David Shifrin, clarinet | Ian Rosenbaum, percussion | Monica Ohuchi, piano | Bella Hristova, violin I | Sunmi Chang, violin II | Paul Neubauer, viola | Alexander Hersh, cello | Nina Bernat, bass
Chamber Music Northwest, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, Portland, OR
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