Lahav Shani and Alisa Weilerstein

Two brothers vie for the love of a mysterious woman: Maurice Maeterlinck’s drama about jealousy, Pelléas et Mélisande, inspired Schoenberg to write a tone poem in which he sensuously depicts the love triangle. In Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante for Cello, we hear music that is both motoric and lyrical at the same time. Alisa Weilerstein plays the demanding solo part, with Lahav Shani conducting.

Berliner Philharmoniker

Lahav Shani

Alisa Weilerstein

Artists

Lahav Shani conductor, piano

Sergei Prokofiev composer

Alisa Weilerstein cello

Arnold Schoenberg composer

Our recommendations

Elgar’s Cello Concerto with Alisa Weilerstein and Daniel Barenboim
Europakonzert from Oxford with Daniel Barenboim and Alisa Weilerstein
Lahav Shani and Francesco Piemontesi
Ravel’s Piano Concerto with Hélène Grimaud and Tugan Sokhiev
The Feininger Trio with Schubert, Brahms, Zemlinsky and Gourzi
Daniel Harding conducts Bruckner’s “Romantic”