All arrangement articles
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FeatureLeon Bosch on playing Bach on the bass
A firm believer in exploring the instrument’s own repertoire, the double bassist is wary of too many awkward and unsatisfying arrangements
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VideoSonnet Mélancolique by Alexis de Castillon: double bass transcription
Double bassist Alexander Verster performs the ‘Sonnet Mélancolique’ from Alexis de Castillon’s song cycle Six poèsies d’Armand Silvestre, op.8. Verster’s transcription for double bass in standard orchestral tuning is available to download here and the piano score (public domain) here. The video was edited by John Reddihough, who is also ...
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FocusFour iconic pop arrangements for strings on YouTube
To go with our August issue article on the most compelling arrangers of pop songs, we’ve brought together some of the best examples from recent years
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ReviewDaniel Müller-Schott: Cello Reimagined – Bach, Haydn, Mozart
Enterprise and imagination make for a very fine cello recital
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BlogsArranging Bizet’s Carmen Suites for violin and guitar
Violinist Nazrin Rashidova describes making arrangements of Bizet, Mozart, Bach and Elgar for her new album, 'Carnival'
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ArticleEric Silberger and ensemble perform The Lark Ascending arranged for string sextet
In this brand new video Heifetz Institute Artist in Residence Eric Silberger is joined by the Von Quartet and bassist Matt Sorrentino to give the North American premiere of composer and arranger Martin Gerigk's string-sextet version of The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams.Watch: Violinist Eric Silberger performs ...
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Article2Cellos perform Bach's Double Violin Concerto
2Cellos - Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser - perform the first movement of Bach's Double Violin Concerto, arranged for two solo cellos, with the Zagreb Soloists at the Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, in June 2015. Watch: 2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC’s Thunderstruck Read: ...
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ArticleHaydn's Cello Concerto no.1 arranged for seven cellos
Cellist Amit Peled and his Peabody Institute students perform Haydn's Cello Concerto no.1 in C major in an arrangement for solo cello and six-cello accompaniment by Douglas Moore.Read Peled's blog on 'How I came to play Pablo Casals’s 1733 Goffriller cello'.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...