Alisa Weilerstein and Jason Yoder perform Saint-Saens' The Swan for cello and marimba at the White House Evening of Classical Music, 4 November 2009. This complete archival performance shows two musicians sharing a room with a seated audience. Public-domain White House recording, converted for playback. An external reference, not a performance by Evening Current or an endorsement of this fictional act.
Audio-described version (English)
A synthetic narrator describes the visual scenes. Captions include the narration and original sound cues.
Original description by UNLISPACE, CC BY 4.0. Original film credits apply to both versions.
About the performance video
Alisa Weilerstein sits with her cello while Jason Yoder stands at the marimba. Views alternate between both musicians, their hands and instruments, and the seated audience. Purple light falls across the room behind them. The recording ends with a White House title card showing whitehouse.gov.
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