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Arensky, Bernstein, and Clara Schumann

June 1, 2023, 8:00 pm

Pianist Soyeon Kate Lee

This week, discover Anton Arensky’s memorial to Tchaikovsky in the form of his Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35. Also featured on the program: Leonard Bernstein’s first published work, and Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22.

Playlist

Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Todd Levy, clarinet; Haochen Zhang, piano

Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Ida Kavafian, violin; Soyeon Kate Lee, piano

Anton Arensky: Quartet in A Minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35
Paul Huang, violin; Che-Yen Chen, viola; Eric Kim & Peter Stumpf, cello

Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.