Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Project Creator: Alisa Weilerstein
Director: Elkhanah Pulitzer
Set/Lighting Designer: Seth Reiser
Costume Designer: Molly Irelan
Artistic Producer/Advisor: Hanako Yamaguchi
In FRAGMENTS 4 – Labyrinth, the fourth installment of this groundbreaking performance series for solo cello performed by Alisa Weilerstein, new works are woven together with Johann Sebastian Bach’s fourth cello suite, responsive lighting and scenic architecture, inviting audiences into an immersive, multisensory experience.
Composers featured in this edition of the FRAGMENTS Series include Courtney Bryan, Gabriel Kahane, Matthias Pintscher, Missy Mazzoli, Paul Wiancko and of course Johann Sebastian Bach.
Please note: The San Diego Symphony Orchestra does not appear on this program.
In Alisa Weilerstein’s FRAGMENTS, new commissions by 27 different composers are interwoven with the individual movements of the Bach Cello Suites. The result is a collection of six different FRAGMENTS performances in total, curated by Alisa and underscored with bespoke lighting, scenic architecture and costume design from a world-class team of creatives. Each of the six FRAGMENTS performances embodies its own striking identity that transforms the Bach Cello suites 1-6 in turn: Wonder – Tumult – Emergence – Labyrinth – Lament – Radiance.
Each FRAGMENTS performance is around 60 minutes of music with no pause, no program, in which Alisa invites the audience to simply immerse themselves in the dramatic power of live performance.
Composers featured over the course of this project include Alan Fletcher, Allison Loggins-Hull, Ana Sokolović, Andy Akiho, Carlos Simon, Caroline Shaw, Courtney Bryan, Daniel Kidane, Gabriel Kahane, Gabriela Lena Frank, Gabriella Smith, Gerard McBurney, Gili Schwarzman, Gity Razaz, Jeffrey Mumford, Jessie Montgomery, Joan Tower, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Hallman, Mathilde Wantenaar, Matthias Pintscher, Missy Mazzoli, Osvaldo Golijov, Paul Wiancko, Reinaldo Moya, Tania Leon, Thomas Larcher and Chen Yi