Alisa Weilerstein playing cello. Hayden SFO

This young cellist won the MacArthur prize. She plays the cello in an absolutely "liquid" manner; I do not know when I have heard a more beautiful Hayden! Symphony No. 6 in D major Le Matin,(1761)-- the four times of day were given as a subject, which resulted in four quartets like structures.  This oone opens with a sunrise.   --  followed by Alisa's  solo in Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major (1765) This lesser known cello concerto is brilliant! 

The program was followed by Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade, Opus 35 (1888)  All was conducted by elegant Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, who is a real maestro!  What was gracious is his quieting of the orchestra to allow the solo to shine. 


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