Weilerstein Plays Barber

The The Cleveland Orchestra writes:

Cleveland-born cellist Alisa Weilerstein joins Music Director Franz Welser-Möst to perform Barber’s “lyric and romantic” Cello Concerto, a piece praised for its “Brahms-like grandeur.” Written while Barber was serving in the U.S. military during World War II, the concerto is bookended by the world premiere of Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See? and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 4, a fascinating work that was premiered in Boston before Prokofiev reworked it upon return to the Soviet Union. The Orchest ...