Rising Stars Embrace Dvorak's Cello Concerto
Young classical lions of the cello roar for Dvorak's famed concerto
Last May, during a performance of Dvorák’s Cello Concerto with guest soloist Alisa Weilerstein working her way through the last movement, Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel pulled a muscle in his neck, requiring him to pay an unexpected visit to the emergency room.
The mishap was both a testament to Dudamel’s intensity as a conductor and to the power of the piece.
As a new crop of 21st-century cellists takes its measure, Dvorák’s Cello Concerto Op. 104, remains the most dominant of cello concertos. More than ever, the inspiration and vision that Dvorák’s American trip triggered seems expressed in this summit of the composer’s symphonic output. It is a challenge to soloist, conductor, and orchestra without compare in the cellist’s repertoire.
“It has everything—it’s epic, it has every emotion you could ask for,” says Weilerstein, who later spent time with the Dvorák and Dudamel on the road. “It is so much fun to play.”
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