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“FRAGMENTS 4” Premiere


Known for her “stylistic sensitivity, verve and spontaneous delight in discovery” (The Guardian), Weilerstein introduced her major new multisensory performance series, “FRAGMENTS,” last season in Toronto, Southern California, Carnegie Hall, Cleveland, and Tanglewood. The series weaves together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 new commissions to make six unique programs, each an hour long, for solo cello.

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A Cellist Breaks Music Into ‘Fragments,’ Then Connects Them


Alisa Weilerstein’s latest project is a series of staged solo recitals that weave Bach’s cello suites with newly commissioned works.

Meet “Fragments,” a project whose first installment — of six — Weilerstein will perform at Zankel Hall on April 1. Certain aspects of it may be familiar. She will be there, playing solo. She will perform a Bach suite in its entirety, and she will play it with her typical, heartfelt passion.

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Alisa Weilerstein Performs FRAGMENTS Cleveland


After opening her spring season with a presentation of the first installment of her major new multisensory performance series, “FRAGMENTS,” in Carnegie Hall, MacArthur award-winning cellist Alisa Weilerstein takes the piece to the Severance Music Center’s Mandel Concert Hall in Cleveland (May 11). Perhaps her most ambitious and personal project to date, the new solo cello series sees her weave together the 36 movements of Bach’s solo cello suites with 27 new commissions to make six programs, each an hour long, for solo cello.

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