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ArticleViolinist Leila Josefowicz performs John Adams's Scheherazade.2
The level and intensity of emotional output in this piece is beyond anything I’ve done' Violinist Leila Josefowicz performs and discusses John Adams's Scheherazade.2 † dramatic symphony for orchestra and violin, a work that she premiered with the New York Philharmonic in March 2015. Read: Leila Josefowicz ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Wieniawski at the age of 14
A 14-year-old Itzhak Perlman gives a sensational performance of the third movement of Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto on US television. Watch Perlman at the age of 13 performing the third movement of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on the Ed Sullivan Show. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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FeatureHow to improvise on the violin
Throw down your music and join in the fun. You too can learn to improvise and you can even teach somebody else, writes former Turtle Island String Quartet violinist Tracy Silverman
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ArticleHeifetz, Rubinstein and Piatigorsky perform Mendelssohn
Legendary musicians, violinist Jascha Heifetz, pianist Artur Rubinstein and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky perform Mendelssohn's Piano Trio no.1 † a work they recorded along with the trios of Ravel for RCA Victor in 1949.The Strad's May 2015 issue, out now, examines how the advent of recording at the dawn ...
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ArticleBaltimore Symphony Orchestra gives free Peace Concert
Thank you everybody for sharing this sense of community with us. Music has incredible power to bring us together and to not be misunderstood in the way that words can' † BSO music director Marin AlsopThe Baltimore Symphony Orchestra gave a free Peace Concert yesterday (29 April 2015) ...
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BlogsBach to Moog: recording Bach for violin solo, string ensemble and Moog synthesiser
Composer, arranger and producer Craig Leon describes working on Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 with violinist Jennifer Pike and Moog Modular synthesiser. Listen to the recording below:
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ArticleSvante Henryson performs an ice cello at Norway's Ice Music Festival
One time the pegs froze and when I tried to tune the cello they split into pieces' Svante Henryson gives an admirably accurate performance on his ice cello at Norway's Ice Music Festival - while wearing padded gloves! Skip to 3:27 to see his performance. Read more ...
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BlogsOrchestras must think creatively if they are to survive
Amid shrinking subsidies, fading philanthropy and changing audience demographics, orchestras must learn to serve their communities and diversify, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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ArticleViolinist Yehudi Menuhin performs Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin gives an exceedingly fast performance of Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle in 1947. Read Menuhin’s first appearance in The Strad, aged 10, in 1926. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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Article12-year-old violinist Daniel Lozakovitj performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Swedish violinist Daniel Lozakovitj, who at the age of 13 has signed to British agency Enticott Music Management, gave an impressively mature and polished performance Saint-Saëns's Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso at the age of 12 with the Talich Philharmonia Prague Orchestra on New Year's Day 2014.The young artist, ...
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DebateIs there a 'right' way to play Sibelius?
Sibelius should be performed in a bleak style representative of his native sound world, not with the luscious richness and colour of the Berlin Philharmonic, argues Andrew Mellor
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ArticleNova Philharmonic performs Smetana's Dance of the Comedians † with comic results
Real gaffe or carefully staged joke? It's not immediately apparent † though perhaps the clue's in the title † in this performance of Smetana's Dance of the Comedians by the Nova Philharmonic in Slovenia. The incident occurs around the 3:40 mark.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ArticleCellist Mstislav Rostropovich performs Popper's Dance of the Elves
Legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich sets his fingers flying in Popper's fiendishly fast Dance of the Elves. Watch Rostropovich give a masterclass on Dvorák's Cello Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here. ...
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ArticleViolinist Gil Shaham plays Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Gil Shaham performs the Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen in Japan in 2007. Watch the violinist perform Bach's Gavotte en rondeau as an encore. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Gil Shaham plays Bach's Gavotte en rondeau
Gil Shaham performs the Gavotte en rondeau from Bach's Solo Partita no.3 as an encore. The violinist performed the same encore † though a more ornamented version † following his performance of Britten's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra last weekend. Read Gil Shaham's thoughts on ...
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ArticleEight-year-old musicians of Joyous String Quartet play Smooth Criminal
The Joyous String Quartet † comprising two eight-year-old violinists a cellist and a double bassist † perform an arrangement of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. The group have been playing together since they were four years old and have appeared on American, Chinese and Korean television.Subscribe to The Strad ...
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BlogsViolinist Eric Silberger describes recording Paganini with layered variations
The musician recounts the complicated process of recording the audio and video for his ambitious project to capture all the variations of Paganini's Caprice no.24 simultaneously. Watch the video below.
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on taking time to explore the fingerboard
And now I can imitate birds...but not sick birds!'Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Ravel's Tzigane, including advice on taking time to explore the whole fingerboard, and a humorous impression of birds as represented in the work.The full 50-minute video is available to buy as a download or ...
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BlogsRecording solo violin music is a daunting task
Tamsin Waley-Cohen's new album of solo works by Bartók, Penderecki, Benjamin, Carter and Kurtág pushed the violinist to the physical and emotional extremes
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ArticleMariinsky Orchestra performs Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture
Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Orchestra in a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Festival Overture in 2007.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
