Conan O'Brien scheduled to welcome Hilary Hahn onto embattled 'Tonight Show'
Assuming Conan O'Brien is still on the job Thursday, one of his scheduled "Tonight Show" guests will be Baltimore's own Hilary Hahn. Maybe she can help soothe emotions on that embattled set.
The exceptional violinist, who recently turned 30 (seems like only yesterday that she was a child prodigy), will be plugging her latest CD.
This recording focuses on vocal works by Bach that include prominent solo violin passages -- "St. Matthew Passion," B Minor Mass, etc. -- and features baritone Matthias Goerne and soprano Christine Schafer, with the Munich Chamber Orchestra (they won't be joining her on the "Tonight Show," as far as I know).
Classical musicians have not been exactly
Hahn's looking forward to the appearance. Her publicist quotes her as saying, "As I've grown up on the road, I've spent many post-concert hours watching Conan O'Brien on late-night television. I'm thrilled to perform on his show this week. I can't wait!"
And Hahn's violin case Twittered this message the other day: "Guess what????!!!!! Hilary's going to be on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on January 14! Let's amp up classical-music ratings, folks!" (That Hilary's Tweets are in the voice of her ever-present violin case tells you something about her personal style.)
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Comments
Just googled to get this young lady's name and found your post. I am playing the Tonight Show on for noise and jerked my head up when I heard the unbelievable sound!
Not only did she play beautifully but her appearance matched the sound!
Thanks for the comments. I wish I had remembered to set the DVR. TIM
Posted by: Ron Harper | January 15, 2010 12:33 AM
Tim, you can watch on Hulu.com. Here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/yz2pv27 and Hilary is just after the second to last tick mark. Wish I knew what that was she was playing...fun piece!
Posted by: Jamie Puffer | January 15, 2010 2:17 PM