THE GRAND RETURN OF A STAR CELLIST / ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL OSM

Lawrence Foster, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Malcolm Forsyth, Atayoskewin
Bloch, Schelomo
Enesco, Suite No. 3 in D major, Op. 27 (Villageoise)
Dukas, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

American conductor Lawrence Foster is known as a leading interpreter of the music of Georges Enesco. This composer’s Third Suite, evocative of Romanian village life, is a true masterpiece. Bloch’s Schelomo, inspired by the biblical King Solomon, is one of the most cherished works in a cellist’s solo repertory. The soloist is Alisa Weilerstein, equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician and specialist in modern music, and winner of the prestigious Genius Grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 2011. Also on the program is Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice, famously brought to the screen in Walt Disney’s Fantasia.