All Video articles – Page 106
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ArticleThe Ebène Quartet performs The Beatles' Come Together
Quatuor Ebène performs an original arrangement of 'Come Together' by The Beatles. The French quartet has just announced the appointment of Adrien Boisseau as its new violist from January 2015, following the departure of Mathieu Herzog, who performed with the ensemble for 15 years.Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Bernstein's Serenade
Virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell rehearses Bernstein's Serenade with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert in Istanbul in March 2013.The Strad's November 2014 issue, out now, explores the rich recording history of the work, which was written 60 years ago.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
The Strad's November 2014 issue cover star, violinist James Ehnes, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24.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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ArticleParrot attacks violinist
A parrot, which according to its owner normally 'loves to dance' to Celine Dion's 'My Heart Will Go On' from the movie Titanic, has a change of heart...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 Itzhak Perlman on different playing characteristics
Violinist Itzhak Perlman gives a masterclass on achieving different characteristics in performance - and demonstrates 'heavy' and then 'funny' performances of the opening of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. 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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ArticleViolinist Pinchas Zukerman on James Ehnes
He's very exuberant in his playing, but clean, straightforward and honest. I don't like all that moving around. If you want to do that, be a dancer.'Violinist Pinchas Zukerman talks about fellow virtuoso James Ehnes and his similarities to Jascha Heifetz.James Ehnes, appears on the cover of The ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn performs Bach's Sarabande from Partita no.2
Violinist Hilary Hahn performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Hahn has been forced to withdraw from all performances since July this year due to injury. 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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ArticleViolinist Renaud Capuçon performs in the Paris Metro
Two years after Joshua Bell posed as an incognito busker in Washington DC's Metro, violinist Renaud Capuçon took to the Paris Metro to try the same trick. The film, made by Simon Lelouch, shows the interest, or lack thereof, demonstrated by the busy travellers as Capuçon performs ...
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ArticleJames Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto at The Proms 2014
James Ehnes performs Walton's Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Thomas SøndergŠrd at the BBC Proms 2014 in London's Royal Albert Hall.Ehnes performs on the Antonio Stradivari 'Marsick' violin, 1715, as featured in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale ...
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ArticleJosef Gingold gives Brahms Violin Sonata no.1 masterclass
Influential violin professor Josef Gingold, himself a student of Eugène Ysaÿe, gives a masterclass on Brahms's Violin Sonata no.1. The performers are violinist Sandra Park and pianist Ja-Eun Koo.Read Joseph Silverstein's memories of studying with Gingold. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine talks about the Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, 1742
I have always been a Guarneri girl myself. They can be as sweet as a Strad when they want to be, but they also have guts!'Rachel Barton Pine talks about the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù' 'Soldat' violin, which is on loan to her.The instrument features in The Strad's ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen has his bow rehaired
Queen Elisabeth and Menuhin Competitions winner Ray Chen visits The Violin Studio in Brisbane to have his bow rehaired and tries out various instruments.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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Article14-year-old violinist Midori breaks E string twice
At the age of 14, violinist Midori performs the fifth movement of Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's Symposium, conducted by the composer. When she breaks her E string, she quickly swaps her own three-quarter-sized violin for the concertmaster's full-sized violin. When the E string snaps again, she swaps ...
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ArticleKeeping cool under pressure - a violinist's E string snaps
During the fifth movement of Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole, op.21, soloist Marek Pavelec's E string snaps. The young musician goes on to show a remarkably cool head under pressure. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman talks about his large hands
My hands are rather big for a violinist so my big, fat fingers have to struggle the further I move up the instrument' Itzhak Perlman talks about how hand size relates to technical challenges on the violin and demonstrates by performing sections of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto Finale. ...
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ArticleVadim Repin performs Prokofiev on the Guarneri 'del Ges’', 'Lafont' violin, c.1736
Vadim Repin performs Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no.2 on the Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', 'Lafont' violin, c.1736 with the Russian National Orchestra at the 2013 George Enescu Festival.The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now.John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind ...
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ArticleOpera Five spoofs Air Canada's musical instrument policy
In the wake this week's social media storm over Air Canada's confusing musical instrument regulations - which state that although violins are accepted as carry-on baggage, violas must be checked into the hold - Toronto's Opera Five has made a humorous video sending up the airline's rules, ...
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ArticleCellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Saint-Saëns's The Swan
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma performs Saint-Saëns's The Swan as an encore conducted by John Williams.Read the artist's 9 opinions on performance and career.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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ArticleNicola Benedetti performs Bruch on the Stradivarius 'Gariel' violin, 1717
Nicola Benedetti perform the third movement of Bruch's Violin Concerto no.1 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on the Stradivarius 'Gariel' violin, 1717. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind each ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs solo Bach on the 'Lord Dunn-Raven' Stradivarius
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Partita no.2 on the Antonio Stradivari 'Lord Dunn-Raven' violin, 1710. The instrument features in The Strad's 2015 calendar, 'Violins of the Stars', on sale now. John Dilworth explores the stories and craftsmanship behind each of the twelve instruments showcased ...
