Millennium Stage
Couch Concert
Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and NSO Artists
Streaming Live
Genre
Millennium Stage
Nurit Bar-Josef
Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No. 2 for solo violin, movements, 1 and 2. Allemanda and Corrente
Eugene Ysaye - Sonata No. 2 for solo violin "Obsession", movement 1. Prelude, Poco vivace
Fritz Kreisler, Sicilienne and Rigaudon (In the style of Francoeur) for violin and piano (played here without piano, unfortuantely). Tempo di Allegretto, Allegro
Maurice Ravel - Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in G Major (previously recorded) movement 3, Perpetuum mobile, Efi Hackmey, pianist and Co-Artistic Director, Chiarina Chamber Players
Anna Ouspenskaya & Igor Zubkovskky
John Williams - Theme from Schindler’s List
Pietro Mascagni - Siciliana and Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana"
Ludwig van Beethoven - Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1, Andante – Allegro vivace, Adagio – Tempo d'andante – Allegro vivace
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Warrior's Arioso from the cantata "Moscow" and 'Whether the Day Reigns', Op.47 (arr. for cello and piano by Igor Zubkovsky)
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