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Nina Bernat, double-bassist
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Nina Bernat

Performance Today - June 9, 2025

We're excited to introduce our next 2025 Young Artist in Residence: double-bassist Nina Bernat. In today's show, Nina joins Fred Child for music and conversation at our studio in Saint Paul.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 3 in D minor: Mvt. 2 Adagio
Christian Tetzlaff, violin | Lars Vogt, piano
Album: Brahms sonatas for piano and violin
EMI 57525

Sergei Prokofiev: Five Melodies Op. 35
Nina Bernat, double bass | Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN

Johannes Brahms: Liebeslider, Op. 52
WDR Radio Orchestra, Cologne | Alfred Eschwe, conductor
EBU Klaus von Bismarck Hall, WDR Broadcasting House, Cologne, Germany

Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life: Prayer: Andante moderato
Nina Bernat, double bass | Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN

J.S. Bach: Gamba Sonata No. 3 in G minor BWV 1029, Vivace
Nina Bernat, double bass | Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN

Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22 No. 1
Nina Bernat, double bass | Mary Jo Gothmann, piano
Young Artist in Residence Series, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Music Studio, St. Paul, MN

Hour 2

Ambroise Thomas: Mignon: Connais-tu le pays?
Sol Gabetta, cello | Prague Philharmonic Orchestra | Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
Album: Cantabile
RCA 35962

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major for two violins
Nicole Cherry, violin | Scott St. John, violin
ROCO, The DeLuxe Theater, Houston, TX

Amy Beach: Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Atlanta Chamber Players
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Bedrich Smetana: Overture to the Bartered Bride (1866)
Texas Festival Orchestra | Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
Round Top International Festival, Festival Concert Hall, Round Top, Texas

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