All Video articles – Page 104
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Salut d'amour
The Strad's November 2014 issue cover star, violinist James Ehnes, performs Elgar's Salut d'amour on the Stradivarius, 'La Pucelle' violin, 1709.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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ArticleYehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform the Bach Double
Legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto. 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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Article2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC's Thunderstruck
2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform an arrangement of rock band AC/DC's Thunderstruck for four cellos at the final concert of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam 2014. Read 2Cellos' Double Acts interview. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony double bass masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.9
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 ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony masterclass † Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
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 ...
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ArticleCellist Natalie Clein performs Bach
I feel in the back of my mouth that I have been speaking after I have performed Bach. There is a conversational element to his music, which taps into the language part of the brain'Natalie Clein plays an excerpt from Bach's Cello Suite in G major BWV1007 and ...
