“You have viewers?”

Cellist Nick Canellakis hosts a series of  “Conversations” with classical musicians along with the guest who gets invited every time, pianist Michael Brown. Each episode comes complete with that nice, bookended Curb Your Enthusiasm traveling music.

 

Here is Season 1.

Pilot: Michael Brown, pianist

 

Episode 2: Michael Brown, pianist

 

Episode 3, Michael Brown, pianist/first-and-only-guest

 

Episode 4, Rachel Lee, violinist

 

Episode 5, Orion Weiss, pianist

 

Episode 6: Robert McDonald, pianist

 

Episode 7: Jonathan Biss, pianist

 

Episode 8: Paul Neubauer, viola soloist

 

Episode 9: Yuja Wang, pianist/young artist

 

Episode 10: Alisa Weilerstein, cellist/genius

 

Bonus episode: anonymous child

 

I asked my assistant Declan if we should pitch Hilary Hahn for a “Conversation”. He said “No, no: we are above having artists on fake variety TV news shows.” Then–let’s just assume sarcastically–“Yeah I’ll clear my schedule.”

As if “GChat” is a “schedule”, Declan.