No singers, no sets, no chorus? No problem! The grandest music from the greatest operas still rings out on the Heifetz stage, thanks to the legions of composers who have arranged, fantasized, transcribed, and otherwise transformed the opera world’s most moving and memorable melodies into instrumental showpieces. This episode features operatic performances both poignant and dazzling, played in concert by young Heifetz virtuosos.
This Episode’s Playlist
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Aram Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayane
24 Cellos of Heifetz 2014
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.13.2014
Georg Friderich Handel: Overture to Giulio Cesare
Heifetz Baroque Chamber Orchestra
David Stern, conductor
Blackfriars Playhouse, American Shakespeare Center, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.10.2019
Gluck: Mélodie from Orfeo ed Euridice
Madison Vest, violin
Carlos Avila, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 10.15.2015
Georg Friderich Handel: Sonata in G Minor for Two Cellos in G minor, HWV 393
I. Andante
Antonio Lysy, cello
Mo Mo, cello
Coleman Itzkoff, cello continuo
Andrew Rosenblum, harpsichord
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording 07.10.2016
Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy
SoHyun Ko, violin
Miki Aoki, piano
First Presbyterian Church, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.08.2021
Bohuslav Martinů: Variations on a Theme By Rossini
Mo Mo, cello
Carlos Avila, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.16.2016
Jules Massenet: Méditation from Thaïs
Tommy Mesa, cello
Yoon Lee, piano
Virtual Performance, Miami FLA / New York NY
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.29.2020
Henryk Wieniawski: Fantasy on Themes from Gounod’s Faust, Op. 20
Marina Alba Lopez, violin
Andrew Rosenblum, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 06,25.2023
