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 (revised 1947 version), a fascinating work that was premiered in Boston before Prokofiev reworked it upon return to the Soviet Union.
Weilerstein Plays Barber

Alisa Weilerstein (Photo: Marco Borggreve)
Playlist
Allison Loggins-Hull: Can You See?
[world premiere, TCO Commission]
Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto Op 22
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 4 in C Op. 47