Alisa Weilerstein: FRAGMENTS
Performers
Alisa Weilerstein, Project Creator and Cello
Elkhanah Pulitzer, Director
Seth Reiser, Scenic and Lighting Designer
Carlos Soto, Costume Designer
Event Duration
The program will last approximately one hour with no intermission. Please note that there will be no late seating.Listen to Selected Works
At a Glance
In Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking, multi-year performance series FRAGMENTS, new music by some of the most compelling composers of our time meets the timeless beauty of J. S. Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello in an immersive, multisensory audience experience.
In FRAGMENTS 1, individual movements from Bach’s first suite are thoughtfully integrated with selected new works from five composers to create a wholly original emotional arc. Enhanced by responsive lighting and scenic architecture, the music is performed without pause or printed program details, creating an atmosphere of enchantment, adventure, and discovery. With FRAGMENTS, cellist Alisa Weilerstein creates a space for performer, composer, and listener that is at once physically intimate and philosophically expansive.
In each FRAGMENTS program, five or six composers are featured. There are 28 FRAGMENTS composers in total: Andy Akiho, Johann Sebastian Bach, Courtney Bryan, Chen Yi, Alan Fletcher, Gabriela Lena Frank, Osvaldo Golijov, Joseph Hallman, Gabriel Kahane, Daniel Kidane, Thomas Larcher, Tania León, Allison Loggins-Hull, Missy Mazzoli, Gerard McBurney, Jessie Montgomery, Reinaldo Moya, Jeffrey Mumford, Matthias Pintscher, Gity Razaz, Gili Schwarzman, Caroline Shaw, Carlos Simon, Gabriela Smith, Ana Sokolović, Joan Tower, Mathilde Wantenaar, and Paul Wiancko.