Mozart's Protégé

Stephen Hough performs Johann Nepomuk Hummel's scintillating Piano Concerto No. 2 this evening; the work demonstrates why Mozart would have taken the young Hummel into his home, teaching him free of charge. Marjan Mozetich's "The Passion of Angels," a concerto for two harps and orchestra, was commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for Edmonton harpist Nora Bumanis and Calgary harpist Julia Shaw. The works is in one movement that portrays three degrees of passion: longing, desire, and ecstasy. You will find yourself transported to heaven. Speaking of heaven, is there a work more celestial than one of Bach’s cello suites? We hear the remarkable Pieter Wispelwey perform Suite No. 2 in d on a Baroque cello.
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