All Video articles – Page 107
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ArticleGreat players as teachers: Pablo Casals in 1960
In this ten-minute clip from 1960, the great cellist teaches students at UC Berkeley about interpretation and technique, using Brahms' Sonata no.1 in E minor op.38. With Nina de Veritch (cellist) and Janet Goodman (pianist) Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's ...
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ArticleCavaleri Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Cavaleri Quartet performs the First Movement of Schubert's String Quartet no.14, 'Death and the Maiden' at Schubertiade in Austria in 2013. The quartet's violist Ann Beilby contributes a Practice Diary to The Strad's September 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn on choosing fingerings
I choose fingerings that don't get in the way of the music and that don't make the passage sound technical' Violinist Hilary Hahn gives advice on choosing fingerings for different passages and works. Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's September issue education ...
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ArticleJanine Jansen and Sakari Oramo perform La Cucaracha at The Proms
Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo swaps his baton for a violin at the Last Night of the Proms 2014 at London's Albert Hall, joining Janine Jansen in a spirited and humorous arrangement of La Cucaracha. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleGidon Kremer performs Bernstein's Serenade conducted by the composer
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium' this month, here is violinist Gidon Kremer performing the fourth movement 'Agathon' with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernstein. Read a feature on the work in the Strad's November 2014 ...
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ArticleBrain surgery cures violinist's essential tremors
Just a month after it was reported that Minnesota Orchestra musician Roger Frisch played his violin during brain surgery to cure his essential tremors, another video has emerged showing Naomi Elishuv, a former violinist in the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, undergoing the same operation with equally ...
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ArticleTime for Three performs Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
American string trio Time for Three, a group that defies traditional genre classification, performs an original arrangement of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah at a workshop for high school musicians in Kitchener, Ontario. Read Time for Three's 7 ways to build a 21st century music career. Subscribe to ...
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ArticleViolinist Rachel Podger on articulation in Bach
'The bigger the interval, the more air between the notes.' Baroque violinist Rachel Podger gives a masterclass on the Chaconne from Bach's Solo Partita no.2. Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov on letting the music breathe
Vibrato and bow speed must come together to let the music breathe'Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Bach's Solo Violin Sonata no.1, paying particular attention to how vibrato and bowing can work together to lend colour and variety to the music.Read about other leading string tutors in ...
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ArticleA twelve-minute history of the violin
Violinist Charles Yang gives his humorous (and informative) take on the history of violin music - summing up 'hits' of the decades in a twelve-minute performance. 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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ArticleVivaldi dream team - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz
Four legendary violinists - Isaac Stern, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Shlomo Mintz - perform Vivaldi's Concerto in B minor for Four Violins, op.3 no.10 with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleBach's Chaconne on film: James Ehnes
The violinist explores the great composer's towering work
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ArticleVivaldi on the world's smallest performable violin?
A video has emerged from Venezuela of a performance of Vivaldi's Concerto in A minor on what is described as the world's smallest violin. Whether this is indeed the world's smallest performable violin, it's certainly a squeaky novelty, boasting impressive finger control. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleGreat teachers on film: Bernard Greenhouse
Do you know what happens when a person is frightened? He pulls back, and shrinks . This destroys the sense of beauty' Cellist Bernard Greenhouse gives a masterclass on the first movement of Haydn's Second Cello Concerto in Kronberg. Buy the August 2011 issue, featuring tributes to ...
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ArticleMstislav Rostropovich gives Dvorák Cello Concerto masterclass
You must play the opening for your public, not for yourself' Legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich gives a masterclass on Dvorák's Cello Concerto at the Kronberg Academy. Read about other leading string players as tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman discusses Beethoven's Violin Concerto
This is one of the most difficult pieces to play. It's a really simple piece with lots of scales. So there is nothing to hide behind.' Itzhak Perlman talks about overcoming the technical difficulties of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. Read about other leading string players as tutors in ...
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov on achieving different tonal colours
Virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov demonstrates to a student how to achieve different tonal colours in the opening of Sibelius's Violin Concerto.Read about other leading string tutors in the Strad's September issue education special, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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ArticleSteven Isserlis on using the right amount of vibrato
You do need vibrato to emphasise phrasing and emotion, but not as an automatic part of your sound' Cellist Steven Isserlis puts former BBC Young Musician of the Year winner Guy Johnston through his paces in Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata at the International Musicians' Seminar Prussia Cove, and ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes on how to make the most of your practice
It helps to have a goal - to say, 'I will accomplish this today'. For me, motivation is easy, as I always have the spectre of failure at the next concert or recording staring at me'Violinist James Ehnes talks to students about how to practise effectively at Wells ...
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ArticleIvry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse
Ivry Gitlis performs Wieniawski's Capriccio-Valse, op.7 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo. Read the great violinist's 8 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.
