Colorado Music Festival: Alisa Weilerstein Plays Dvorak’s Cello Concerto

"The 2024 Festival season opens with the much-anticipated return of Alisa Weilerstein; here Weilerstein performs one of the most breathtaking works for cello. Later: Mendelssohn could not shake the 'festive air' of Italy while composing his Fourth Symphony, which he called 'the happiest piece I have ever done.' The program begins with a brief and evocative Masquerade; composer Anna Clyne drew inspiration from promenade concerts held in London’s pleasure gardens and their 'exotic street entertainers, dancers, fireworks,' and of course, masquerades. With Peter Oundjian, conductor; Alisa Weilerstein, cello."

ANNA CLYNE: Masquerade (2013)
DVORAK: Cello Concerto
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4, "Italian"