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This Spring: Larcher World Premiere with New York Phil and Bavarian Radio Symphony

This spring, Alisa Weilerstein gives the world and European premieres of Austrian composer Thomas Larcher’s new concerto – a co-commission of the New York Philharmonic and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – with the New York Philharmonic under Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider and the Bavarian Radio Symphony under Alan Gilbert, respectively.

This performance marks the third new concerto for Alisa this season, following Gabriela Ortiz’s Dzonot and Richard Blackford’s The Recovery of Paradise.

Discussing Bach on “Live with Carnegie Hall”

On May 28, Alisa Weilerstein joins Carnegie Hall for its new online series, Live with Carnegie Hall. On this episode, Alisa joins Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson and WQXR’s John Schaefer for a discussion on the importance of Bach, as well as her approach to the suites both in the recording studio and at home. This episode follows the wildly successful release of Alisa’s new album,

Bach Cello Suites Praised as “A Performance That Sings”

Critics have praised Alisa Weilerstein’s “Bach Cello Suites” album, which was released on Pentatone earlier this spring. The Guardian’s Erica Jeal reviewed the album, saying:

“The exceptional cellist’s music emerges with sunlit clarity in … a performance that unfolds at its own pace and in its own space, inward-looking yet confident – one captured at exactly the right time.

This Spring: Larcher World Premiere with New York Phil and Bavarian Radio Symphony

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Discussing Bach on “Live with Carnegie Hall”

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Bach Cello Suites Praised as “A Performance That Sings”

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