In this video from the 2017 Ilumina Festival, taking place in and around São Paulo, Brazil, Tai Murray plays the first movement of Ysaÿe’s Violin Sonata no.5.
Chicago-born Murray, a former BBC New Generation Artist, recorded the complete Ysaÿe sonatas for Hyperion in 2012.
The first in a two-part article on techniques and tricks to loosen your hands and free up your instrument hold by Gwen Thompson-Robinow
Norwegian early music specialist Rolf Lislevand plays the 1679 ‘Sabionari’ Stradivari, the only guitar by the maker which is currently playable. The piece is a Tarantela by Spanish Baroque composer Santiago de Murcia. Read: The ‘Sabionari’ Stradivarius guitar, 1679 [gallery]
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