Featured Stories – Page 96
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VideoCarducci String Quartet plays a Shostakovich string quartet - with drums
The Carducci String Quartet (violinists Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming, violist Eoin Schmidt-Martin and cellist Emma Denton) plays a new rendition of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.7, featuring Cristián Tamblay on the drums. Watch: Working from home: Carducci Quartet perform Philip Glass’s String Quartet no.2 Watch: Carducci Quartet performs Shostakovich’s String ...
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VideoBach at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan: highlighting the treasures of 1742
In this video, violinist Paul Huang plays Bach at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Huang says, ‘This video highlights the dialogue between three important subjects: a 1742 Guarneri ’del Gesù’ violin on loan from the Stradivari Society, an extraordinary Vase Within Vase from the Chin Dynasty around 1742 (one ...
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FocusThe Pandemic Paganini Project: how I decided to fill in the blanks of 2020
When the arts were extinguished by the pandemic, orchestral violinist Sarah Atwood was galvanized into creating a new musical pathway for herself – and she learnt a lot from doing it, as she explains here
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart in a modern art museum during lockdown
The German violinist, together with violinist Linus Roth, violist Vladimir Babeshko and cellist Lionel Martin, plays the Allegro molto from Mozart’s String Quartet No.2 in D major, KV155 at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter signs with new US agent Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter starts concert series to ...
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VideoSong of the Birds, featuring Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz perform the Song of the Birds, made popular by Pau Casals, in an arrangement for cello quartet by Sungmin Ahn. Read: Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5: 2020 BCF ...
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FeatureLeadership and diplomacy: how to be a good orchestral concertmaster
A piece from our archive in which former concertmaster John Georgiadis, who died on Tuesday, tells Julian Haylock his memories of the London Symphony Orchestra
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VideoDvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’, performed by Camille Thomas
French cellist Camille Thomas performs an arrangement of Antonin Dvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’ at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium.
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NewsLSO concertmaster John Georgiadis dies aged 81
The violinist led the LSO for two periods, between 1965 and 1979, before turning to conducting
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VideoThe Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas
On the twelfth day of Christmas we bring to you: the Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas, featuring 12 cellists from all around the world, including: The Cello Doll (aka Carolyn Regula), Sarah Chaffee, Stephanie Jaimes, Sugar Cello, That Cello Guy, Dave Eggar, Kaitlin Findlay, Lydia Cellist, Peter Sachon, Frank ...
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VideoBach in an empty New York gallery
In this, the first two videos, violist Jesus Rodolfo explores the connection between the solitude of New York City at this time, and the feeling of solo Bach. He plays the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata No.1, BWV 1001, transcribed for viola, in the empty HighLineNine Gallery in ...
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NewsViolist Tasso Adamopoulos has died aged 76
The Paris-born musician was also a respected tutor at conservatoires in Lyon and Bordeaux
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VideoAdagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5: 2020 BCF Cello Orchestra
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, the BCF Cello Orchestra plays the Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5. Watch: London City Orchestra plays Mahler – from separate homes
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Focus‘It just feels like home’ – Renaud Capuçon on recording Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the LSO
For Renaud Capuçon, recording Elgar’s Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Simon Rattle was a dream come true – and one that he couldn’t allow to be derailed by Covid-19’s lockdown restrictions, as he tells Charlotte Gardner
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NewsJazz bassist Eugene Wright dies aged 97
As part of the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the musician performed on more than 30 albums and tracks including Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk
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NewsTwo new members join Villiers Quartet
Katie Stillman and Leo Melvin join the ensemble, replacing former first violinist James Dickenson and cellist Nick Stringfellow
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VideoTrio Zadig plays Cantique de Jean Racine
On the 11th day of Christmas, we bring to you Trio Zadig (violinist Boris Borgolotto, cellist Marc Girard Garcia and pianist Ian Barber) playing Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11 (arranged for piano trio) in May 2020.
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VideoTwoSet Violin present ten types of musicians during quarantine
On the tenth day of Christmas we bring to you: TwoSet Violin (Brett Yang and Eddy Chen) in April 2020 presenting the ten types of musicians during quarantine. Video: 10 Types of Musicians During Quarantine Read: Digital Double Act: TwoSet Violin
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VideoKanneh-Mason family play Monti Csárdás
On the seventh day of Christmas, we bring to you: the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings playing Monti’s Csárdás in May 2020.
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VideoChicago Jazz Orchestra Sextet play the ‘Lockdown Shuffle’
On the sixth day of Christmas, we bring to you: the Chicago Jazz Orchestra directed by Jeff Lindberg playing the ‘Lockdown Shuffle’, composed/arranged by Tom Garling, in May 2020. Musicians: Victor Garcia (trumpet) Eric Schneider (tenor saxophone) Tom Garling (trombone) Reggie Thomas (pianist) Dennis Carroll (bass) George Fludas ...
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VideoMusicians from the Israel Philharmonic play Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major in an empty hall
On the fifth day of Christmas we bring to you: musicians from the Israel Philhamonic (1st violinist David Radzynski, 2nd violinist Dumitru Pocitari, violist Miriam Hartman, cellist Emanuele Silvestri and pianist Lahav Shani) playing Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major in September 2020 as part of the Israel Philharmonic’s Online ...
