Alisa Weilerstein: Fragments – Tumult

New music meets the timeless beauty of Bach’s Cello Suites in the second of two performances from the cellist’s ambitious commissioning series, FRAGMENTS. This performance interweaves individual movements of the Bach Suites with new works by Alan Fletcher, Daniel Kidane, Gity Razaz, Caroline Shaw and Ana Sokolović. FRAGMENTS is Alisa Weilerstein’s groundbreaking multi-year commissioning project responding to Bach’s Six Suites for solo cello. The result is a collection of six different FRAGMENTS performances in total, curated by Weilerstein and underscored with bespoke lighting, scenic architecture and costume design from a world-class team of creatives. Across the six performances, new commissions by 27 different composers are combined with movements from the Bach Suites. Weilerstein says, ‘My greatest hope is to deepen connection between audience and artist through a series of unique performances’. Each of the six FRAGMENTS performances embodies its own striking identity that transforms the Bach Cello suites in turn. Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost cellists of our time. Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment and rare interpretive depth, she was recognized with a MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellowship in 2011. Today her career is truly global in scope. Weilerstein is a Southbank Centre Resident Artist for Classical Music: Autumn/Winter 2025/26.