Episode 91: Soldiers of Music

The challenge of making music in troubled times: Legendary violist Atar Arad models the way in a commanding performance of a masterwork by Brahms, the Emerson Quartet plays Shostakovich, a poignant classic by John Williams, and a mood, a song, and a lullaby take flight from an airline-grounded artist.

THIS EPISODE'S PLAYLIST

Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat, Op. 118
II. Allegro furioso
Emerson Quartet: Philip Setzer, violin; Eugene Drucker, violin; Larry Dutton, viola
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.08.2016

John Williams: Theme from Schindler’s List
Chloé Kiffer, violin; Stefan Petrov, piano
Mary Baldwin University, S0taunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.05.2024

Domenico Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Major, K. 513
Moderato [excerpt]
Mikhail Bukhman, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.15.2019

Joseph Achron: Stimmung, Op. 32, No. 1
Jenö Hubay: Csárdás No. 4, Op. 32
Hagai Shaham, violin; Arnon Erez, piano
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.21.2021

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805 - 1847): Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 11
III. Lied. Allegretto
Yezu Woo, violin; Noémie Raymond-Friset, cello; Michel-Alexandre Broekaert, piano
South Market Stage, Grace Christian School
Heifetz Institute Recording | 03.25.2022

George Gershwin, arr. L. Buterbaugh: Lullaby for Strings
Joe Skerik, viola solo; Julia Angelov, violin; Jihyun Baik, violin; Jane Taerim Kim, viola; Rachel Taylor, cello
Horowitz Theatre, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Heifetz Institute Recording | 12.10.2023

Mendelssohn: Song Without Words, Op. 109 [excerpt]
Juan-Salvador Carrasco, cello; Lynne Mackey, piano
South Market Stage, Grace Christian School, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 04.22.2022

Johannes Brahms: Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV. Finale: Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo - Presto non troppo
Kyoko Takezawa, violin; Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Atar Arad, viola; Hannah Roberts, cello; Yoon Lee, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.28.2024