RIP cellist Lynn Harrell and composer Vytautas Barkauskas

[pjme]

Two important and well loved musicians have recently passed away:

https://www.thestrad.com/news/obituary-lynn-harrell-1944-2020/10566.article

https://www.mic.lt/en/database/classical/composers/barkauskas/

https://www.youtube.com/v/Y4d74lbAYQg

https://www.youtube.com/v/hgBJlyVscp8

[Brian]

Lynn Harrell was 76. I got to see a lot of him at my university, where he was a professor with a studio of cello students. Seemed like a good man, from that distance.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

Sorry to hear of their passings.  I know that I have at least one disc with Harrell--which I enjoy...his Beethoven disc with Ashkenazy.

I don't know Barkauskas' works...his name sounds familiar.  I believe that he was a Lithuanian composer?

Best wishes,

PD

[Florestan]

May God rest their souls. This sad occasion is the first I've ever heard about Barkauskas.

[vandermolen]

Sad news indeed.
I have Lynn Harrell performing Walton's Cello Concerto I think.

[relm1]

His version of Dvorak Cello Concerto with the LSO is my favorite performance.  He was also a character and deeply respected here in LA casting a very long shadow with deep influences of generations of performers.  RIP kind sir.

[some guy]

That's sad to hear.

Lynn Harrell's performance of Lutosławski's cello concert is one of my more memorable concert experiences.

Despite having gone to Vilnius two or three times, including a trek to the offices of the Lithuanian New Music organization, I still only have two CDs by Barkauskas. ("Sun" and "Jeux" may be the only two CDs that feature his music only. The other things I found online are all mixes of various composers.)