All Video articles – Page 116
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ArticleGothenburg Symphony airport pop-up performance
Travellers passing through Göteborg Landvetter Airport in Sweden got more than surround-sound when they tried out four new ‘music chairs’ installed in the airport’s terminal building. The chairs, which have been commissioned by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (GSO), contain a sound system and screen, allowing passengers to ...
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Bach's Sarabande in D minor BWV1004
Anne-Sophie Mutter, The Strad's December issue cover star, has spent 37 years on the concert stage, having made her performing debut in 1976 at the Lucerne Festival, playing Mozart’s D major Violin Concerto. To mark nearly four decades of music-making, The Strad has brought together some of ...
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ArticleSigiswald Kuijken performs Bach's Cello Suite no.1, Courante, on the violoncello da spalla
Belgian violinist, violist and conductor Sigiswald Kuijken's recording of the Bach Cello Suites was published in The Strad, July 2009, containing the following extract: 'Sigiswald Kuijken decided some years ago that the instrument for which Bach wrote his Cello Suites was neither the instrument we know today nor ...
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ArticleComedy moments: Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor are 'Fit as a Fiddle'
The two great hoofers sing, dance and play violin (well, pretend to) all at the same time in Fit as a Fiddle, from Singin' in the Rain.
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Yuri Bashmet performs Lachrymae
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, Yuri Bashmet and pianist Sviatoslav Richter perform Lachrymae for solo viola and strings.Other performances of Britten's string works:Janine Jansen performs the Violin ConcertoKim Kashkashian performs ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten
Mstislav Rostropovich and the English Chamber Orchestra perform Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations under the baton of Benjamin Britten.To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Click on the links below to watch:Janine Jansen performs the ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, violinist Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Harding. Read our interview with Janine Jansen discussing Britten's Violin Concerto.Other ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Kim Kashkashian performs Lachrymae
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, violist Kim Kashkashian and the New York Classical Players perform Lachrymae op.48a. Other performances of Britten's string works: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto ...
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ArticleBeyond classical: Time for Three
Classically trained, multi-genre spanning US string trio Time for Three and rapper Oreo Jones perform on stage at TEDxIndianapolis. For more choice videos selected by The Strad, click here Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleGreat encores: Leonidas Kavakos plays Tarrega
The Greek violinist performs Ruggiero Ricci's intricate transcription of Tarrega's guitar piece Recuerdos de la AlhambraFind out more about Ruggiero Ricci and Leonidas Kavakos in our special Violin Heroes bookazine.
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ArticleBritten Centenary: Natalia Gutman and Sviatoslav Richter perform the Cello Sonata
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, cellist Natalia Gutman and pianist Sviatoslav Richter perform Britten's Cello Sonata. Other performances of Britten's string works: Janine Jansen performs the Violin ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas: Fournier and Kempff
Pierre Fournier and pianist Wilhelm Kempff perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.4 in C major op.102 no.1. Listen to how other great cellists performed the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Rostropovich and Richter Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould Natalia Gutman and ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Miklós Perényi and András Schiff
Cellist Miklós Perényi and pianist András Schiff perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A op.69 – Adagio Cantabile and Allegro vivace.Listen to how other great cellists performed the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav RichterYo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel AxLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn ...
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ArticleBritten Centenary: the Amadeus Quartet perform the String Quartet no.2 in C major
To mark the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth, The Strad has put together a series of videos exploring the composer's string works. Here, the Amadeus Quartet perform Britten String Quartet no.2 in C op.36. Other performances of Britten's string works: Janine Jansen performs the Violin Concerto ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Li-Wei Qin and Jeremy Young
Celiist Li-Wei Qin and pianist Jeremy Young perform Beethoven's Sonata no.5 in D major op.102 no.2, third movement. Listen to how other great cellists performed the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Natalia Gutman and Viacheslav Poprugin
Cellist Natalia Gutman and pianist Viacheslav Poprugin perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.4 in C op.102. Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould Miklós Perényi and pianist ...
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ArticleThe Dover Quartet performs Beethoven's String Quartet no.8
Banff International String Quartet Competition winners, the Dover Quartet, from the US, perform Beethoven's String Quartet no.8 in E minor. op.59 no.2 in the competition finals. Read Harriet Smith's report from the competition in the November 2013 issue of The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleLouis Spohr winner David Castro-Balbi performs Mendelssohn
The French violinist David Castro-Balbi performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 at the finals of the Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany.Read Rebecca Schmid's report on the competition. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial.
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor.Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm KempffMstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav RichterLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn GouldMiklós Perényi and pianist András SchiffJean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Ichiro NodairaNatalia ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Jean-Guihen Queyras and Ichiro Nodaira
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Ichiro Nodaira perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.3 in A major op.69, third movement. Listen to how other great cellists perform the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould Miklós Perényi and pianist ...
