All Video articles – Page 30
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Former Emerson Quartet cellist David Finckel on Articulate with Jim Cotter
Cellist David Finckel appears on the weekly US arts and culture magazine show Articulate with Jim Cotter, performing with his wife and regular collaborator, pianist Wu Han, and discussing his journey as a cellist. Playing the cello, he says, has always felt like ‘hitting a tennis ball right in the ...
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Luca Ruggiero: Spreading varnish with the fingers
The Italian luthier demonstrates his personal technique for applying varnish on a finished instrument
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Backstage with Ray Chen at the San Francisco Symphony
From Ray Chen’s YouTube channel comes this video of the run-up to his performance of Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole in San Francisco last October. ‘Ever wonder what the soloist is doing before he/she walks out onto the stage?,’ he writes. ‘Practicing? Eating? Or perhaps doing some sort of secret warm ...
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Massenet's Méditation alongside acrobatics
In this video from the Polish cross-arts company Everest Production, the acrobatic Duo Forte performs to the strains of Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs
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Aurélien Pascal performs Poulenc's Cello Sonata
Pianist Anna Naretto joins cellist Aurélien Pascal in a performance of Poulenc’s 1948 Cello Sonata. Pascal plays an 1850 Charles-Adolphe Gand cello. The inscription on its ribs identifies it as originally given to cellist Henri Alexandre Guerout by the Paris Conservatoire for winning its Premier Prix.
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Steven Isserlis breaks string in recital
This video recently emerged of a recital given by Steven Isserlis with pianist Connie Shih at the Milan Conservatory in December 2017. Isserlis commented on Twitter: ‘Somebody just sent me this - bizarre: a string breaking during a recital I gave with Connie Shih in Milan. I can ...
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Bach Chaconne on 11-string guitar
Moran Wasser performs his own arrangement for eleven-string guitar of the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita no.2 Watch some of our favourite violinists play the work in our Bach Chaconne on Film series: James Ehnes Ida Haendel Arthur Grumiaux Nathan Milstein Isaac Stern ...
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10 types of performers
In this video TwoSet Violin give us a round-up of performers from across the ages, from the face twitcher to the bow shaker.
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Perlman, Zukerman, Harrell: Beethoven String Trio op.9 no.1
Filmed at the Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York in 1990, this concert features Itzhak Perlman, VPinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell performing Beethoven’s String Trio in G major, op.9 no.1.
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Shostakovich: Two pieces for string octet - Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht
From Dutch broadcaster Avrotros comes this video from the 2017 Utrecht Chamber Music Festival featuring this early Shostakovich work, the Two Pieces for String Octet, op.11. Musicians: Boris Brovtsyn [violin] Nikita Boriso-Glebsky [viool] Nikki Chooi [viool] Baiba Skride [viool] Amihai Grosz [altviool] ...
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Strauss Metamorphosen for String Septet: ChamberFest Cleveland
From the 2016 ChamberFest Cleveland, this video features a group led by Noah Bendix-Balgley performing the septet version of Strauss’s Metamorphosen. When Strauss first began working on the work in 1944, it was for seven strings though he later expanded it to 23 for the version which was completed ...
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Joel Quarrington plays Bach's Sixth Cello Suite on double bass
Filmed at St-Stephen’s Parish in Chelsea, Québec, this video features Canadian double bassist Joel Quarrington performing the Sixth Suite for solo cello by J.S. Bach. Quarrington favours tuning his Giovanni Paolo Maggini bass in fifths, CGDA, i.e. an octave below the cello, or two octaves below the viola. ...
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Dvořák String Quintet no.2 with Baiba Skride, Sol Gabetta, Veronika Hagen etc
Filmed at the Hochrhein Musikfestival, this video features Dvořák String Quintet no.2 in G major, Op. 77, performed by Baiba Skride, Andrés Gabetta (violins), Veronika Hagen (viola), Sol Gabetta (cello), and Roberto Di Ronza (double bass) Allegro con fuoco (0:02) Scherzo. Allegro vivace (10:53) Poco andante ...
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Vitamin String Quartet: All I Want For Christmas
Filmed at the Mack Sennett Studios in Los Angeles, this video features a track from the Vitamin String Quartet’s Christmas album (available to stream here : http://smarturl.it/VSQChristmasAlbum )
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Merry Christmas from Johannes Moser
In this video Johannes Moser, Johannes Moser, Johannes Moser and Johannes Moser wishes you a Merry Christmas.
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Kanneh-Mason Trio plays Rachmaninov's Elegiaque
In this video, filmed in 2016, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, his pianist sister Isata and violinist brother Braimah perform Rachmaninov’s Elegiaque.
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Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman: Mozart Duo
In this extract from a film by Christopher Nupen, Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform together in concert at the Royal College of Music, London, in 1978. The work is Mozart’s Duo for Violin and Viola no.1 in G Major K423. The entire concert is available on the ...
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Variations on Lo How a Rose: Zhihao Wu, cello
Filmed at the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia, this performance by cellist Zhihao Wu of Mark Summer’s ‘Variations on Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming’ was part of the opening concert of the 2018 Heifetz Holiday Tour. The annual Heifetz Holiday Tour features alumni of the ...
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Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt suffer double pageturning calamity
In this 2015 recital at the Sendesaal Bremen by violinist Christian Tetzlaff and pianist Lars Vogt, sheet music starts to fly. The pageturner who saves the day is violinist Anna Reszniak
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Gary Karr performs Andrés Martín's 'The Heart Knows No Borders'
Double bass soloist Gary Karr performs a work by composer Andrés Martín with the Baja California Orchestra and the Bass Orchestra of the XIII Encuentro Latinoamericano de Contrabajos. The composer conducts the performance which took place on 30 November at the Centro Cultural Tijuana in Mexico.