All Video articles – Page 28
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VideoNicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
As part of the ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, the Benedetti Foundation will be sharing a series of short interviews on the topic of exploring the physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. In this video Nicola Benedetti chats with Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his relationship to technique, physical ...
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
A live performance by the crossover legend of Michael Jackson’s classic hit
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VideoInterview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
In this interview Hannah Nepilova speaks to the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas - a classically trained solo violinist who, since the start of lockdown, has been streaming his own virtuosic cover arrangements of non-classical pieces. Many have gone viral, including a cover of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ which was ...
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VideoRoberts Balanas plays Bobby Hebb on 6 string violin
In this video the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas, who has been broadcasting a series of virtuosic covers throughout lockdown, plays Bobby Hebb’s Sunny on a 6-string violin with loop pedal cover. Watch Interview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas Watch Elton John’s I’m still Standing - arranged for solo violin
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto aged 18
Filmed just before Garrett took a break from the concert stage, this performance with the NDR Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
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Video‘Gethsemane’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
In the lead-up to Easter the violinist Greta Mutlu plays Deborah Pritchard’s new solo violin piece ‘Gethsemane’, depicting the tranquility of the Garden of Gethsemane during the Passion story on Good Friday. Read ’Inside Colour’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
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VideoTartini’s Devil’s Trill meets Klezmer-style improvisation
The music slips from the world of Baroque into a klezmer-style improvisation in this performance of Tartini’s Devil’s Trill by David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan from their latest streamed concert: ’Interpretation of Dreams’. The concert also includes music by Pärt, Messiaen, Monti, Cervantes, Liszt, Badalamenti and ...
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays Fauré’s Romance
In this video - the last in a series fusing music and narrative - cellist Alexander Hersh plays Fauré’s Romance for Cello and Piano, Op.69, with pianist Victor Asunción. Hersh says: ‘With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I’ve come to regard beautifully conceived and filmed classical music videos ...
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VideoAnniversary of Penderecki’s death marked with launch of interactive ‘garden’
A new website lets visitors explore the life and work of the Polish composer through his love of plants
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VideoSend back the echo
United Strings of Europe perform ‘send back the echo’ - a reflection on the alienation faced by the deaf community and people of colour within music, culture and the arts. It is inspired by the letters of Beethoven revealing his sense of passion, fear and joy as he reconciled ...
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Happy by Pharrell
An orchestra of David Garretts brings strings and body percussion to Pharrell Williams’s feelgood hit
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VideoNew European Ensemble presents 1984
The New European Ensemble has just presented the premiere of the Dutch language film 1984 - based on George Orwell’s classic novel - featuring whistleblower Edward Snowden and actor Boris van der Ham. The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem wrote a new ensemble piece based on the novel, performed in the ...
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VideoAmahl Arulanandam plays Music for Self-Isolation
When the world shut down in early 2020, Frank Horvat, Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre, wanted to raise spirits and create music for those forced into self-isolation. In just 6 weeks he composed 31 short solo and duo works for a variety of instruments and voice. The musical ...
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VideoJohan Dalene plays Rautavaara’s Notturno
The Swedish violinist Johan Dalene and Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland play Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Notturno e danza: I. Notturno. Johan Dalene talks about his Life Lessons in the March issue of the Strad.
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VideoRachel Barton Pine plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto unaccompanied
In January, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine launched 24 in 24: Concertos from the Inside with RBP, a series in which she is performing 24 different violin concertos live and unaccompanied in 24 weeks. As part of the performance, she also delivers a pre-concert talk, and confides what she ...
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VideoYoung Irish string players perform Down by the Salley Gardens
Based in Limerick, Ireland, Sing Out With Strings (SOWS) is an organisation that provides free long-term music teaching to children in areas of social and economic disadvantage. In a performance organised by the Limerick St Patrick’s Day Festival, the SOWS players are joined by members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra ...
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VideoViolist Adrien La Marca talks to conductor and violinist Christoph Poppen during quarantine
During his 21-day Hong Kong quarantine, the French violist Adrien La Marca spoke to the German conductor and violinist Christoph Poppen, who is in the same hotel, waiting to conduct a concert with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and La Marca on 27 March. Read: Christian-Pierre La Marca: Cello 360 Read: ...
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VideoYo-Yo Ma gives impromptu concert at a vaccination centre
After receiving his second dose of the Covid vaccine, the cellist Yo-Yo Ma put on an impromptu concert at a vaccination centre in Massachusetts. He played Ave Maria and music from a Bach Cello Suite in the waiting room of the Berkshire Community College. Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov’s daughter Lisa interrupts live masterclass
Maxim Vengerov’s pianist daughter makes an unexpected appearance during the filming of his live online masterclass
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VideoEsther Abrami and Alexandra Whittingham play Piazzolla’s Libertango
Today is the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s birth. To celebrate, here is a video featuring violinist Esther Abrami and guitarist Alexandra Whittingham in a rendition of the composer’s Libertango. Read our feature marking the 100th anniversary of Piazzolla’s birth, with details on his life, and tips on how to ...
