Episode 88 - 24 Carats

On this edition, it’s ‘24 Carats,” featuring some golden performances by Heifetz students from the summer of 2024.  We’ll hear a fantasy based on Paganini, a Hungarian Rhapsody for cello, a forgotten viola piece plucked from the discard pile, and even Bach’s Chaconne for four violas.  THIS EPISODE’S PLAYLIST Mendelssohn: String Quintet in A major, Op. 18 III. Scherzo. Allegro di molto Itamar Zorman, violin; Yoojin Jang, violin; Caeli Smith, viola; Luther Warren, viola; YiQun Xu, cello Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.21.2024 Nathan Milstein: Paganiniana DinDin Jingfei Wang, violin Staunton Augusta Art Center Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.21.2024 David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68 Catalina Wooldridge, cello; Yoon Lee, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.19.2024 Handel: Sonata for Two Cellos in G minor, HWV 393 [excerpt] I. Andante Antonio Lysy, cello; Mo Mo, cello; Coleman Itzkoff, cello continuo; Andrew Rosenblum, harpsichord Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.10.2016| Benjamin Dale: Suite for Viola and Piano in D Minor, Op. 2 II. Romance Davin Mar, viola; David Ji, piano Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.24.2024 Holst: Holberg Suite, Op. 40 III. Gavotte [excerpt] Kobi Malkin, violin; Rachell Ellen Wong, violin; Stephanie Block, viola; Coleman Itzkoff, cello Kreeger Museum of Art, Washington, DC Heifetz Institute Recording |12.15.2016 J.S. Bach, arr. Ichiro Nodaira: Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 V. Chaconne Stephen Adam Savage, viola; Soren Lorentzen, viola; Hayley Lau, viola; Davin Mar, viola Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.26.2024