Masterclass
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Hoffmeister’s Violone Concerto no.1 in E flat major
Double bassist Edicson Ruiz provides help on Hoffmeister’s concerto with Viennese tuning
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Koussevitzky Double Bass Concerto, first movement
Double bass soloist Leon Bosch uncovers the challenges and opportunities of this emotionally powerful piece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor op.63
Violinist James Ehnes provides his insight into tackling the tricky technical demands of this lyrical masterpiece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras provides a detailed guide to performing this classic of the English repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schubert String Quartet in G major, first movement
Xandi van Dijk, violist of the Signum Quartet, uncovers the details of interpretation that help us relate to a movement of such broad scope
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven’s Symphony no.3 in E flat major ‘Eroica’: viola part
Roger Benedict provides practical tips for playing this cornerstone of the orchestral repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Arnold Steinhardt on Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’
Violinist Arnold Steinhardt gives practical tips to help ensembles master this powerful work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Berlioz’s Harold in Italy
Violist Donald McInnes provides practical tips on performing the solo viola part of this Romantic work, in this article from 2012
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Glenn Dicterow on the Sheherazade violin solos
The former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic reveals the freedom and agility needed to seduce the listener in this most sensuous of all orchestral violin solos. From June 2008
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Dvořák Violin Concerto, first movement
In a work that had a complicated gestation Pavel Šporcl draws on its different influences to celebrate its parts and better understand it as a whole
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alban Gerhardt on Dvořák Cello Concerto, first movement
Alban Gerhardt provides practical tips to help you make the most of this popular audition piece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Debussy Cello Sonata, second and third movements
Cellist Thomas Demenga reflects on the importance of restraint next to the extremes of expressive detail to be brought out in this masterpiece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Reger’s Three Suites for Solo Viola, op.131d
Hartmut Rohde provides historical hints and practical tips for performing these innovative viola solos
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht
Thomas Kemp gives practical advice on interpreting this passionate and evocative work for strings
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Jan Vogler on the Schumann Cello Concerto
Jan Vogler gives practical advice to help you tackle and perform one of the composer’s most daring and adventurous works
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Ginastera’s Variaciones concertantes double bass solo
Orin O’Brien gives practical advice to help capture the magic and mystery of this most musically satisfying of bass solos
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Strauss Ein Heldenleben violin solo
Lyn Fletcher gives practical advice to help you perform the extensive violin solo in this Strauss masterpiece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Fauré Violin Sonata no.1 in A major, first movement
Violinist Fenella Humphreys discovers the intricate patterns that make up a work full of colour and contrast, and how their interplay shapes performance
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Leila Josefowicz on Berg Violin Concerto Second Movement - part 2
In the second of two articles, Leila Josefowicz discusses the Adagio of the second movement, in the context of the Viennese School and the Neue Sachlichkeit era
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Leila Josefowicz on Berg Violin Concerto Second Movement - part 1
ln the first of two articles, Leila Josefowicz explores ideas of feverishness, hallucination, death and resurrection in the second movement of a great 20th-century concerto