This episode features highlights from the debut of the Heifetz Institute's Sunday matinee concerts at the sparkling Forbes Center for the Performing Arts, on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Featuring works by Haydn, Shostakovich, Brahms, Ravel, and more.
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 28
II. Intermezzo. Polo allegretto e grazioso
Carson Ling-Efrid, cello
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2025
Franz Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major
III. Allegro molto
Nicholas Wong, cello; Sheng-Yuan Kuan, piano
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 06.27.2025
Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44 No.1
III. Andante Espressivo ma con moto [excerpt]
Rachell Wong, violin; Shuxiang Yang, violin; Stephanie Block, viola; Ben Fried, cello
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.16.2016
Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
II. Adagio
Runa Matsushita, violin; Rohan De Silva, piano
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2025
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
II. Moderato con moto
III. Allegro non troppo
Merrimack Quartet: Lily Sullivan, violin; Josie Kelleher, violin; Jane Morrison, viola; Anni Tian, cello
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2025
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 19
III. Andante
Prestin Kim, cello; Seonmi Lee, piano
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.27.2025
Leonard Bernstein: Trio (1937)
II. Tempo di Marcia [excerpt]
Tempest Trio: Ilya Kaler, violin; Amit Peled, cello; Alon Goldstein, piano
Francis Auditorium, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 09.05.2016
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Haesung Nam, violin; Beilin Han, piano
Forbes Center Recital Hall, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Heifetz Institute Recording | 07.20.2025
