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VideoAndreas Brantelid performs Elgar on Stradivarius cello
The performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy was recorded in 2019
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Documentary about Ida Haendel
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are republishing archive content related to the late violinist, who died last week
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One performer plays Mendelssohn’s Octet
The Swedish violinist Malin Broman plays Mendelssohn’s String Octet - all by herself!
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Inside the album: Kronos Quartet’s Black Angels
On Monday (29 June) the Kronos Quartet and Nonesuch Records released this short documentary film by Robert Edridge-Waks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Black Angels . The iconic album opens with the titular work by American composer George Crumb, which led violinist David Harrington to form Kronos 47 ...
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: Global Gala 2020
The virtual concert on 28 June was the victim of a cyberattack but can now be seen in its entirety
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United Strings of Europe give one of the UK’s first post-lockdown concerts
On 24 June the United Strings of Europe performed at the Fidelio Cafe in London, in one of the UK’s first post-lockdown concerts. The performers were: Julian Azkoul, violin Ariel Lang, violin Elitsa Bogdanova, viola Raphael Lang, cello Vera Pereira, bass On the programme was: ...
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Two fingered violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto
A student of violinist Nathan Milstein, Clayton Haslop was concertmaster in the recording studios of Los Angeles for composers including James Horner and Michael Giacchino. His violin solos can be heard in films including Ratatouille and Up . But Haslop also struggled with Focal Dystonia, leaving him with ...
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Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with a $10m Stradivari
’Even on the open strings you can tell the difference. The Strad has this resonance, clarity and warmth’ Violinist Ray Chen compares a $69 factory-made violin with the 1735 ’Samazeuilh’ Stradivari violin worth around $10m. Watch: Ray Chen: What do you do when your E-string breaks in a ...
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Lockdown commissions 2: Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One
In the second of his ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Garth Knox’s Quartet for One, filmed in an empty Southbank Centre
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Pforte plays string sextet arrangement of Schubert piano sonata
In this video, players from Pforte - a group that combines chamber music with philosophy, literature and theatre - perform a Schubert’s Piano Sonata op.78, D 894 in an arrangement by François Poly for string sextet. The performance, featuring violinists Mohamed Hiber and Elene Meipariani, violists Klaus Christa and ...
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Quartet performs to audience of 2,292 plants
The members of the UceLi Quartet performed at Barcelona’s iconic Liceu opera house, filled with ficus trees, palms and Swiss cheese plants
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Violinist Isaac Stern plays Wieniawski Polonaise no.1 in 1955
Isaac Stern performs Wieniawski’s Polonaise no.1 in D major on the Jack Benny Program with pianist Alexander Zakin in 1955. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘My father hated competitions’: David Stern at the Shanghai Isaac Stern ...
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Oxford Philharmonic At Home
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra goes online during lockdown with #OPatHome, a six-week video series of entertaining and resourceful virtual music-making for primary school children. In the series, members of the Orchestra introduce their instruments, tell stories, perform musical excerpts, and suggest interactive activities to do at home, even if you ...
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Maxim Rysanov on the birth of Vasks’s Viola Concerto
In this video, to tie in with the release of Maxim Rysanov’s new album dedicated to the Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks, Rysanov tells us the story behind the creation of Vasks’s first ever viola concerto.
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Eiko Kano plays Bach Chaconne in empty Kyoto Buddhist Temple
The Japanese violinist Eiko Kano plays Bach’s Chaconne in Kyoto Buddhism Eikando Temple
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Augustin Hadelich plays Paganini Concerto with GliArchiEnsemble - all from separate locations
In this video violinist Augustin Hadelich plays Paganini’s Violin Concerto no. 4: II. Adagio flebile con sentimento, accompanied by the GliArchiEnsemble - all from their separate homes.
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Rotterdam Philharmonic performs Beethoven in 360 degrees
The project is part of the orchestra’s educational initiative ’The Virtual Reality Orchestra Explorer’
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Nicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice No 1 in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich
In this video the German-Brazilian violinist Nicolas Koeckert plays Paganini’s Caprice no. 1 in Munich’s Bavarian National Museum, one of the largest art museums in Germany
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Quarantango
This cello quartet by Jeremy Lamb is performed by cellists of the Charlotte Symphony: Marlene Ballena, Sarah Markle, Alan Black, and Jeremy Lamb. Video production is provided by Oliver Kot.
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Elton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
The Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas , a student at the Royal Academy of Music, performs his own arrangement of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’. On his Facebook page, Elton John says: ‘I was recently sent this video by Roberts Balanas and I thought it was so fantastic, I ...
