All Orchestral articles – Page 4

  • Kees_Boersma
    Blogs

    How to be an effective orchestral section leader

    2014-12-11T00:00:00Z

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra co-principal double bass Kees Boersma reflects on the necessary skills and attributes for successful leadership

  • Benedict_Sydney1
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    Sydney Symphony viola masterclass † Brahms Symphony no.4

    2014-12-03T00:00:00Z

    We are looking for strengths in three key areas † intonation, sound production and the use of appropriate bowing strokes. But on a deeper level we are looking at your understanding of the music's sound world'Roger Benedict, principal viola of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition ...

  • Orchestral_Worth
    Debate

    How much is an orchestral player worth?

    2014-11-21T00:00:00Z

    In the face of constant salary reductions and economic gloom, do orchestral musicians have the right to say ‘enough is enough’, asks Charlotte Smith

  • SSO_Cello1
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    Sydney Symphony cello masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.5

    2014-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Imagine instead of playing a closed vowel - like 'ee' - playing an open vowel like 'ah'. We don't want to have the feeling in an orchestra that someone is playing an electric guitar'Umberto Clerici, principal cello of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition masterclass on ...

  • GoPro1
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    An inside view of the Czech Philharmonic with 24 GoPro cameras

    2014-11-17T00:00:00Z

    The Czech Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honeck performs Richard Strauss's Tod und Verklärung in Dvorák Hall, Prague filmed with 24 GoPro cameras mounted on instruments, musicians and conductor.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...

  • BritishOrchestras1
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    Video: British orchestras make everyday life special

    2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

    The Association of British Orchestras has released a quirky video about the contribution of UK orchestras to everyday life - both in and outside the concert hall.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here. 

  • SSO_DB
    Article

    Sydney Symphony double bass masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.9

    2014-11-06T00:00:00Z

    In an audition situation, we're usually a little bit nervous, so we lose some of the energy in our playing. We therefore really have to think technically about how we can maximise our dynamic range'Kees Boersma, principal double bass of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition ...

  • SSO_Masterclass1
    Article

    Sydney Symphony masterclass † Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

    2014-11-05T00:00:00Z

    I would like to look at the impact that vibrato, which is the domain of our left hand, has on our right hand, and how the two are connected via our brain.'Sydney Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Andrew Haveron gives a masterclass on an audition excerpt from the first violin ...

  • Chili1
    Article

    Danish orchestra performs while eating world's hottest chili

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    In one of the web's more bizarre experiments, the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, which is to disband at the end of 2014, performs Jacob Gade's Tango Jalousie while eating one of the world's hottest chili peppers. The performance is conducted by Danish chili enthusiast Chili Klaus.Subscribe to The ...

  • VengerovBeauty
    Article

    Violinist Maxim Vengerov on achieving different tonal colours

    2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

    Virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov demonstrates to a student how to achieve different tonal colours in the opening of Sibelius's Violin Concerto.Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...

  • FrischBrain
    Article

    Minnesota Orchestra’s Roger Frisch plays violin during brain surgery

    2014-08-11T00:00:00Z

    Minnesota Orchestra associate concertmaster Roger Frisch believed that his career might be over when he began to suffer with essential tremors, which affected his ability to bow smoothly. A common condition, the tremors are caused when the part of the brain which controls movement misfires, sending erroneous signals ...

  • BeamishConcerto
    Blogs

    Sally Beamish on writing her war-themed Violin Concerto

    2014-07-23T00:00:00Z

    With the work's imminent London premiere by Anthony Marwood at the BBC Proms on 1 August, the composer remembers its ‘difficult birth'

  • Tasmin_Waley_Cohen
    Article

    Tamsin Waley-Cohen performs Vaughan-Williams's The Lark Ascending

    2014-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen, who has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's August 2014 issue, performs Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending with The Orchestra of the Swan. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...

  • Tortelier
    Article

    Paul Tortelier gives masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto

    2014-07-17T00:00:00Z

    French cellist Paul Tortelier gives a televised masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto in 1974.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.

  • MaazelBrey
    Blogs

    Lorin Maazel – a personal tribute by New York Philharmonic principal cellist Carter Brey

    2014-07-15T00:00:00Z

    The orchestral musician remembers the great conductor, who died this week

  • BaibaS
    Article

    Baiba Skride performs Eichberg's 'Qilaatersorneq'

    2014-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Baiba Skride, who appears on the cover of The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs Søren Nils Eichberg's Violin Concerto 'Qilaatersorneq' at the Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition 2001 in Brussels, for which she was awarded first prize. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...

  • PerlmanZuckerman
    Article

    Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante

    2014-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364 with violist Pinchas Zukerman. Zubin Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.

  • arto-noras
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    Arto Noras performs Dvorák's Cello Concerto

    2014-07-06T00:00:00Z

    Arto Noras, who has contributed a Masterclass on Penderecki's Suite for Solo Cello to The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs the first movement from Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the RTVE Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sergiu Comissiona.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...

  • Karine
    Article

    Karine Georgian performs Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations

    2014-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Cellist Karine Georgian, who contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs the cadenza and final two variations of Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yuri Simonov. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition ...

  • BachDouble
    Article

    Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman perform Bach's Double Concerto

    2014-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman play on the 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri del Gesu, dated 1741 and the 'Auer' Stradivarius, dated 1690. Their performance of the Bach Double Concerto took place at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago on 4 June 2014. Subscribe to The ...