Poster Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein Cello
Lucio Lecce
Performance Today®

A Musical Family

Cellist Alisa Weilerstein is one of the rising stars in classical music right now. She's only 28, but has been getting rave reviews for quite a while now. In fact, one reviewer called her recent performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto "life-changing." We'll hear that performance of the Elgar, with Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Philharmonic, from a concert in Oxford, England. We'll also hear a performance by Alisa Weilerstein's parents, violinist Donald and pianist Vivian.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Anton Dvorak: Fourth movement from Trio in E Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky)
The Weilerstein Trio

Giovanni Coprario: Fantasia a 4
Parthenia
Market Square Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is June Echols from Richmond, Virginia

Anton Dvorak: Third movement from Romantic Pieces, Op. 75
Donald Weilerstein, violin, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85
Alisa Weilerstein, cello, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England

Hour 2

Gerald Finzi: Dance from Love's Labour's Lost Suite
The English String Orchestra, William Boughton, conductor

Maurice Ravel: Piece en Forme de Habanera
Matias de Oliveira Pinto, cello, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

Gerald Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra, Op. 11
The Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Morton, director
Wigmore Hall, London, England

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
The San Francisco Symphony, James Gaffigan, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

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