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The world-renowned cellist Matt Haimovitz returns to From the Top as the special guest artist of this week’s program from the San Francisco Conservatory. With the young performers on the program, Maestro Haimovitz performs a very unusual piece—a children’s musical storybook called “Angel Heart” with music by Luna Pearl Woolf — featuring the internationally best-selling children’s author Cornelia Funke as its narrator. And there’s still the regular lineup of outstanding young musicians, including a 14-year-old violinist performing one of Sarasate’s most spirited show pieces.
Performers & Repertoire
- The first movement, Allegro con brio, from String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op.18 by Ludwig van Beethoven
- The third movement, Finale (Animé), from Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, L. 135 by Claude Debussy
- The fourth movement, Vivace, from Piano Sonata No.2 in D minor, Op.14 by Sergei Prokofiev
- “Von der Jugend” from Das Lied von der Erde by Gustav Mahler
- Angel Heart, a music storybook
- Angel Heart, a music storybook
- Angel Heart, a music storybook
- Angel Heart, a music storybook
- Angel Heart, a music storybook
- “Zapateado” by Pablo de Sarasate
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