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Spoleto Chamber Music 2010, Program 8: Haydn, Harvey, & Chopin

From: WDAV Classical Public Radio
Series: Spoleto Chamber Music Series 2010
Length: 59:00

More great chamber music from Spoleto Festival USA with host Lisa Simeone. In addition to a Haydn trio, this concert features contemporary English composer Paul Harvey's “Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin,” an imaginative workout of tunes from Porgy and Bess for solo clarinet. That’s followed by Chopin's Sonata for Cello and Piano, performed by cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and pianist Stephen Prutsman. Read the full description.

Sfusa_logo_240_small More great chamber music from Spoleto Festival USA with host Lisa Simeone. In addition to a Haydn trio, this concert features contemporary English composer Paul Harvey's "Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin," an imaginative workout of tunes from Porgy and Bess for solo clarinet.   That's followed by Chopin's Sonata for Cello and Piano, performed by  cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and pianist Stephen Prutsman.







Program Information:

 

HAYDN:  Trio in D Major  "London"

Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

 Stephen Prutsman, piano

 

PAUL HARVEY:  Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin

Todd Palmer, clarinet

 

CHOPIN         :  Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Stephen Prutsman, piano

 

Program information, artist biographies, concert commentary by Artistic Director Charles Wadsworth and newly-named Associate Artistic Director Geoff Nuttall are available for download and/or on-demand listening at www.spoletochambermusic.org

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More great chamber music from Spoleto Festival USA with host Lisa Simeone. In addition to a Haydn trio, this concert features contemporary English composer Paul Harvey's "Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin," an imaginative workout of tunes from Porgy and Bess for solo clarinet.   That's followed by Chopin's Sonata for Cello and Piano, performed by  cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and pianist Stephen Prutsman.







Program Information:

 

HAYDN:  Trio in D Major  "London"

Tara Helen O'Connor, flute

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

 Stephen Prutsman, piano

 

PAUL HARVEY:  Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin

Todd Palmer, clarinet

 

CHOPIN         :  Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65

Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Stephen Prutsman, piano

 

Program information, artist biographies, concert commentary by Artistic Director Charles Wadsworth and newly-named Associate Artistic Director Geoff Nuttall are available for download and/or on-demand listening at www.spoletochambermusic.org

Timing and Cues

In CUE: Broadcasts of the Bank of America Chamber Music Series from the Spoleto
Festival U.S.A. are made possible by Bank of America...

Out CUE: ...and the ETV Endowment of South Carolina. Additional support comes from the Friends of WDAV.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
HAYDN: Trio in D Major, "London" Trio Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Stephen Prutsman, piano 14:00
PAUL HARVEY: Three Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin Todd Palmer, clarinet 08:33
CHOPIN: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Stephen Prutsman, piano 25:07

Related Website

http://www.spoletochambermusic.org