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, Staunton, 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, Staunton, VA
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
