Borrowing the title of a Scott Joplin rag, this week’s episode, “The Easy Winners,” features the hard work and riveting performances by Heifetz alums that led them to make it all look so easy on the world’s most pressured-filled stages. We’ll hear a Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist, a co-located first prize winner, and a junior champion.
This Episode’s Playlist
Richard Wagner: : Albumblatt, WW 94 (“Romance”)
Shannon Lee, violin
Esther Lim, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.05.2018
Antonio Vivaldi: Variations on La Folia
Angela Sin Ying Chan, violin
Shannon Lee, violin
Guy Fishman, cello
Peter Blanchette, archguitar
Florence Jowers, portative organ
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, S0taunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.05.2024
Handel: Sonata in G Minor for Two Cellos in G minor, HWV 393
I. Andante [excerpt]
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
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane, M. 76
Corina Deng, violin
Yoon Lee, piano
St.Ann’s Belfield School, Charlottesville, VA
Heifetz Institute recording | 07.20.2019
Benedikt Brydern: Be-Bop for Beagles [excerpt]
I. Hoover’s Holiday
Geneva Lewis, violin
Emma Wernig, viola
Los Angeles, CA
Private Recording | 07.29.2020
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
Zlatomir Fung, cello
Jessica X. Osborne, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University
Heifetz Institute Recording | 11.04.2023
