Widmann: Selections from 24 Duos for Violin and Cello
Jörg Widmann: Selections from 24 Duos for Violin and Cello (2008)
15. Canto
13. Four Stanzas of Homesickness
21. Valse bavaroise
Recorded live in The Daniel & Joanna S. Rose Studio on January 22, 2026
Directed by Tristan Cook
Edited by Allison Kraus
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Leila Josefowicz
Paul Watkins
Leila Josefowicz’s passionate advocacy of contemporary music for the violin is reflected in her diverse programs and enthusiasm for performing new works. She has premiered many concertos, including those by Colin Matthews, Matthias Pintscher, Luca Francesconi, John Adams, and Esa-Pekka Salonen, all written for her. This season, Josefowicz presents the world premiere of Jüri Reinvere’s Concerto for Violin, Harp, and Orchestra with the Cleveland Orchestra. Further engagements include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Highlights of recent seasons include appearances with Berliner Philharmoniker, Royal Concertgebouworkest, London and Los Angeles philharmonics, NDR Elbphilharmonie, and the Chicago, San Francisco, and London symphony orchestras. Together with John Novacek, with whom she has collaborated since 1985, Josefowicz has performed recitals at world-renowned venues such as New York’s Zankel Hall and Park Avenue Armory, Washington DC’s Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, as well as in Reykjavik, Trento, Bilbao, and Chicago.
Paul Watkins enjoys a varied and distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, and conductor. The cellist of the Emerson String Quartet from 2013 until its disbanding in 2023, he is also the Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and in 2019 he was appointed Professor of Cello at the Yale School of Music. He has performed as concerto soloist with prestigious orchestras throughout the world. A dedicated chamber musician, he was a member of the Nash Ensemble from 1997 until 2013 and is a regular guest artist at CMS. Watkins has held the positions of Music Director of the English Chamber Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra. His extensive discography as a cellist includes more than 70 recordings, and his first recording as a conductor, of the Britten and Berg violin concertos with Daniel Hope, received a Grammy nomination.