Episode 12: Cellobration

On this episode of Heifetz on Air, it’s a Cellobration! Celebrating the cello teachers and players at the Heifetz Institute, in ones, twos, threes, fours, and more!

This Episode’s Playlist

Francis Poulenc: Cello Sonata (1949) III. Ballabile
Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello | Carlos Avila, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2017

Georg Friedrich Handel: Trio Sonata for Two Cellos in G minor, HWV 393
I. Andante
II. Allegro
Antonio Lysy, cello | Mo Mo, cello | Coleman Itzkoff, cello continuo | Andrew Rosenblum, harpsichord
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.10.2016

Luigi Boccherini: Sonata in C Major for Two Cellos, G. 17
I. Allegro [excerpt]
Christine J. Lee, cello | Benjamin Doane, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.02.2016

Astor Piazzolla: Le Grand Tango
Antonio Lysy, cello | Anton Smirnoff, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.06.2017

Manuel De Falla, arr. Piatigorsky: Ritual Fire Dance fr. El Amor Brujo
Dominic Lee, cello | Zhenni Li-Cohen, piano
Monroe’s Highland, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2019

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
I. Aria – Cantilena
Angel Azzarra, soprano | Antonio Lysy, cello | Yan Ho Cheng, cello | Caroline Paulsen, cello | Nicco Maziotto, cello | Joan Herget, cello | Boubacar Diallo, cello | Roric Cunningham, cello | Davis You, cello
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.04.2019

Ludwig van Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69. III. Scherzo [excerpt]
Thomas Mesa, cello | Dina Vainshtain piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.09.2017

Leonard Cohen/Bob Thiele, arr. Brett Howland: Hallelujah/What a Wonderful World
Amit Peled, cello | Ismael Guerrero, cello | Julia Rosenbaum, cello | Dilshod Narzillaev, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 08.04.2017

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to the Barber of Seville
Heifetz 2018 Cello Choir
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.27.2018

 

Go Deeper

• Heifetz faculty cellist Antonio Lysy‘s multi-media project Te Amo Argentina, became both a Grammy-winning album and an acclaimed touring production. Check out this video clip from the stage show and read why The Absolute Sound named it one of the 40 best recordings of all time.
• The Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic are undoubtedly the world’s most famous multi-cellist ensemble. The group got their start when the Berlin Phil was commissioned to perform in a 1972 radio production of Julius Klengel’s Hymnus for twelve cellos – and they just kept going, now with multiple commissions and awards under their belt.
• Take a look at the world-renowned cello faculty who will be teaching in the Senior Division of the 2023 Heifetz Institute!