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The Chamber Music Northwest 2020-21 Season continues with superstar cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan with The Singing Cello program. This virtual concert premieres Saturday, JANUARY 30 at 7 pm PT on CMNW.org, and can be streamed through Saturday, FEBRUARY 6. In connection with this concert, CMNW will host a live Musical Conversation with Grammy Award-winning American composer Joan Tower on Tuesday, JANUARY 26 at 6 pm PT. This event is hosted by Soovin Kim, one of Chamber Music Northwest's artistic directors. The Musical Conversation series is free and can be accessed on the CMNW website.
Alisa Weilerstein makes the cello sing as if it were her own voice, and is acclaimed for her commanding performances of the classics of the cello repertoire. In performances marked by intensity, sensitivity, and a wholehearted immersion in each of the works she interprets. "Weilerstein is a consummate performer, combining technical precision with impassioned musicianship," stated the MacArthur Foundation when awarding Alisa Weilerstein a 2011 MacArthur 'Genius Award'.
Weilerstein is joined by pianist Inon Barnatan who has appeared at CMNW in recent seasons. Barnatan is celebrated for his poetic sensibility, musical intelligence, and consummate artistry."
From CMNW Artistic Directors Gloria Chien and Soovin Kim: "We are thrilled to present the passionate cellist Alisa Weilerstein in this program of favorites by Manuel De Falla and Sergei Rachmaninoff, played with her longtime duo partner Inon Barnatan. Inon is not only a star pianist but is also a fellow artistic director of La Jolla Summerfest, one of the country's premiere chamber music festivals. It is such a pleasure to feature Alisa and Inon as part of our first season with CMNW!"
Recorded in The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center in La Jolla, California, this dynamic concert will begin with Manuel De Falla's Spanish Suite Populaire Espagnole, inspired by Spanish folk music. The Suite features seven wildly entertaining and diverse songs from different parts of Spain: an asturiana is from Asturias, in the north; the seguidilla, a type of flamenco from Murcia in the southeast, "Jota" is from Aragón in the northeast. "Nana" is a lullaby, and "Polo" a wild desire for revenge on an unfaithful lover.
Sergei Rachmaninoff's last chamber work - his lush Sonata for Cello & Piano in G Minor, Op. 19 - is filled with Russian romanticism and passion. Rachmaninoff himself played the terrifyingly difficult piano part for its premiere in 1901, along with a role for the cello that is its equal in every way. Few composers before him so deeply explored the cello's capacity for expressive tenderness and emotional intensity, and the pairing is as intense and passionate as his great piano works and symphonies.
Explore the music further in a free live Musical Conversation with Grammy Award winner and Grand Dame of American composers Joan Tower on Tuesday, JANUARY 26 at 6 pm PT at CMNW.org. Tower has been among the most influential American composers for the last 50 years. In addition to her many orchestral and chamber works, she has written an unusual number of pieces for solo single-voice instruments such as the violin, viola, flute, and clarinet. In this Musical Conversation, Chamber Music Northwest's Artistic Director Soovin Kim will speak with her about the potent expression inherent in a solitary voice. The conversation will include a Q&A that invites questions from the audience at home.
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