All Video articles – Page 104
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ArticleSamba violins rehearse for the League of X-traordinary Musicians
Violinists rehearsing for Igudesman & Joo's 'League of X-traordinary Musicians' at the Vienna Konzerthaus on 31 December 2014 demonstrate impressive dance moves.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman answers student questions
I only get nervous when I suffer a memory lapse. That's when my real creative powers are at work - I'm writing new music and it's not always good!' In 1982 violinist Itzhak Perlman visited the Collegiate School in New York and gave frank and often humorous ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony viola masterclass † Brahms Symphony no.4
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 ...
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ArticleViolin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concert
A matchstick violin was heard for the first time in Poland in January 2014. The instrument was constructed by Polish bricklayer Jan GwiŠ¼dŠ¼ in 1937 from 16,000 burnt matchsticks, accumulated over a period of eight years.Initially generating some interest and going on display in the Eiffel Tower in ...
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ArticleCellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto with the LSO conducted by Valery Gergiev.Hugh has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's December 2014 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleHow to make a viola tennis racket
Leading British violist Graham Oppenheimer demonstrates the ultimate viola joke by turning his instrument into a tennis racket † complete with expanding foam and ultra tough glaze. Those of a nervous disposition should look away now!Oppenheimer contributes a Masterclass feature on the viola part of Dvorák's Piano Quintet ...
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ArticleViolinist Stéphane Grappelli performs As Time Goes By
This week the famous piano on which Sam plays 'As Time Goes By' in the 1942 film Casablanca was sold for $3.4m. In this clip French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli puts his own stylish take on the classic song.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung is interviewed aged 22
All of my siblings started on piano † but I didn't take to the instrument very well...'A young Kyung Wha Chung, The Strad's December 2014 issue cover star, is interviewed about her background and musical interests prior to a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn discusses and performs Korngold's Violin Concerto
It's kind of rock and roll!' Violinist Hilary Hahn, who this month returned to performing following a four-month absence due to injury, talks about the third movement of Korngold's Violin Concerto. She is currently performing the work with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden. ...
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ArticleViolin makers James Reynold Carlisle and Rembert Wurlitzer captured on film
By testing the neutral tone of the different woods, my maker began to create my voice'This short film from 1923 features American violin maker James Reynold Carlisle at work, aided by a young Rembert Wurlitzer, who was one of Carlisle's pupils.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ArticleKlengel's twelve-part Hymnus † performed by twelve Johannes Mosers
German cellist Johannes Moser performs all twelve parts of Julius Klengel's Hymnus for 12 Cellos, op.57 † cleverly edited together to produce a sumptuous sound in a recording and accompanying video by BR Klassik.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleRussell Crowe plays the violin in Master and Commander
Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey plays the violin in the film Master and Commander, with the benefit of three months of lessons from Australian Chamber Orchestra leader Richard Tognetti. Crowe was keen to learn the instrument enough to look convincing in his movements, though of course the recording heard ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman gives a Russian masterclass
Whether you like it or not, a masterclass is not just for the poor person playing † I say poor because there is so much pressure involved † but also for the audience. If you become too technical, you have lost them' † violinist Itzhak Perlman gives ...
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ArticleJanine Jansen and Julian Rachlin perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
Janine Jansen and Julain Rachlin perform the solo violin and viola parts of the Presto from Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conducted by Victor Pablo Perez. Rachlin was this week named principal guest conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony cello masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.5
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 ...
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ArticleAn inside view of the Czech Philharmonic with 24 GoPro cameras
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 ...
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti's bow goes flying
As violinist Nicola Benedetti rehearsed for a performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh's Usher Hall last week, her bow went flying in a particularly vigorous passage. Thankfully, no damage was done to the bow. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Elgar's La Capricieuse
Violinist James Ehnes, who is featured in The Strad's November 2014 issue, out now, demonstrates impressive bow control in Elgar's La Capricieuse, played on Pietro Guarneri 'Shapiro' violin, 1698.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleVideo: British orchestras make everyday life special
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.
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ArticleNatalie Clein performs and discusses Elgar's Cello Concerto
We're very lucky as cellists. We don't have as many concertos as violinists or pianists, but when a number of composers decided to write for us, they poured their heart out and wrote some of their best works'Natalie Clein discusses and performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the South ...
