Brahms, Wieniawski, and a Young Pianist / Show 426

Neal Eisfeldt performs Polonaise de concert in D major, Op. 4 by Henryk Wieniawski

About

We hear the first work Brahms wrote for a solo instrument and a stunning Wieniawski Polonaise played by a 13-year-old violinist. We also meet a teenage baritone who has been drawn to community activism since childhood, a guitarist who plays an arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie’s Night in Tunisia, and a young pianist who shares a special tip she got from piano superstar Lang Lang…play like a grandma!

Guests

• Host: Peter Dugan
  Peter Dugan's position is sponsored by Susan and Gerald Slavet

Performers & Repertoire

• Pianist Xinran Shi, 13, from San Jose, California

  Opus 23, 'Ten Preludes' - Prelude No. 6 and No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
• Baritone Raghav Ramgopal, 16, from Los Altos Hills, California

  Ideale Melodia by Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
• Cellist Sara Flexer, 14, from Palo Alto, California

  Cello Sonata No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38, Mvmt 2 by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
• Guitarist Jack Davisson, 17, from Palo Alto, California

  A Night in Tunisia by Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) arr. Roland Dyens (1955-2016)
• Violinist Neal Eisfeldt, 13, from Lake Zurich, Illinois

  Polonaise de concert in D major, Op. 4 by Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)

Release Dates

• Monday, February 13, 2023
• Monday, January 15, 2024
• Monday, July 15, 2024
• Monday, March 3, 2025

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