All Video articles – Page 24
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VideoLawrence Power plays Locked in C
The latest in the British violist’s series of commisions is by Estonian composer Erkki-Sven Tüür
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VideoCastalian String Quartet plays Janácek’s Kreutzer Sonata
As part of their concert for the Polyphonic Concert Club - a series of online concerts featuring Jennifer Pike, Colin Currie Quartet, I Fagiolini, Castalian String Quartet, Red Priest and Isata Kanneh-Mason - the Castalian String Quartet play the final movement of Janácek’s Kreutzer Sonata. The full concert is available ...
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 aged 18
The then-18-year-old American violinist Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No.1 with the Symphonie Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks conducted by Lorin Maazel in Munich in 1998. Read: How I warm up: Hilary Hahn Read: Hilary Hahn: ‘I find that speaking, thinking and sharing ideas is integral to the experience of ...
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VideoPrince Philip and the Queen listen to an Itzhak Perlman recital in 2007
In tribute to Prince Philip, who died this morning, here is a video of the Duke of Edinburgh listening to a recital from Itzhak Perlman with the Queen in 2007, with George W. and Laura Bush sitting next to them. Prince Philip can be seen for the first 20 seconds. ...
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Video9-year-old Sylvia Pine - daughter of Rachel Barton Pine - plays Meditation from Thais
Violinist Sylvia Pine, age 9, from the United States, performs Meditation from Thais by Jules Massenet. Recorded on March 15, 2021. On April 8, 2021, Sylvia was awarded First Prize in ‘The Music of Mediterranean Europe’ from London’s International Great Composers Competition. Accompaniment arranged and performed by violinist Rachel Barton ...
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VideoNicola Benedetti talks to Sheku Kanneh-Mason
As part of the ‘Building Foundations’ Virtual Sessions, the Benedetti Foundation will be sharing a series of short interviews on the topic of exploring the physicality and psychology of playing with a variety of musicians. In this video Nicola Benedetti chats with Sheku Kanneh-Mason about his relationship to technique, physical ...
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Smooth Criminal
A live performance by the crossover legend of Michael Jackson’s classic hit
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VideoInterview with Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas
In this interview Hannah Nepilova speaks to the Latvian violinist Roberts Balanas - a classically trained solo violinist who, since the start of lockdown, has been streaming his own virtuosic cover arrangements of non-classical pieces. Many have gone viral, including a cover of Elton John’s ‘I’m Still Standing’ which was ...
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Mendelssohn Violin Concerto aged 18
Filmed just before Garrett took a break from the concert stage, this performance with the NDR Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Herbert Blomstedt
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Video‘Gethsemane’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
In the lead-up to Easter the violinist Greta Mutlu plays Deborah Pritchard’s new solo violin piece ‘Gethsemane’, depicting the tranquility of the Garden of Gethsemane during the Passion story on Good Friday. Read ’Inside Colour’ for violin solo by Deborah Pritchard
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VideoTartini’s Devil’s Trill meets Klezmer-style improvisation
The music slips from the world of Baroque into a klezmer-style improvisation in this performance of Tartini’s Devil’s Trill by David Le Page and the Orchestra of the Swan from their latest streamed concert: ’Interpretation of Dreams’. The concert also includes music by Pärt, Messiaen, Monti, Cervantes, Liszt, Badalamenti and ...
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays Fauré’s Romance
In this video - the last in a series fusing music and narrative - cellist Alexander Hersh plays Fauré’s Romance for Cello and Piano, Op.69, with pianist Victor Asunción. Hersh says: ‘With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I’ve come to regard beautifully conceived and filmed classical music videos ...
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen warming up
The following video from our archive is linked to the Technique article in the April issue of The Strad on warming up the left hand when playing the cello Violinist Ray Chen warms up with an excerpt from the second movement of Bruch's Scottish Fantasy at the Curtis Institute ...
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VideoAnniversary of Penderecki’s death marked with launch of interactive ‘garden’
A new website lets visitors explore the life and work of the Polish composer through his love of plants
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VideoSend back the echo
United Strings of Europe perform ‘send back the echo’ - a reflection on the alienation faced by the deaf community and people of colour within music, culture and the arts. It is inspired by the letters of Beethoven revealing his sense of passion, fear and joy as he reconciled ...
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VideoDavid Garrett plays Happy by Pharrell
An orchestra of David Garretts brings strings and body percussion to Pharrell Williams’s feelgood hit
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VideoNew European Ensemble presents 1984
The New European Ensemble has just presented the premiere of the Dutch language film 1984 - based on George Orwell’s classic novel - featuring whistleblower Edward Snowden and actor Boris van der Ham. The Estonian composer Mihkel Kerem wrote a new ensemble piece based on the novel, performed in the ...
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VideoAmahl Arulanandam plays Music for Self-Isolation
When the world shut down in early 2020, Frank Horvat, Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre, wanted to raise spirits and create music for those forced into self-isolation. In just 6 weeks he composed 31 short solo and duo works for a variety of instruments and voice. The musical ...
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VideoJohan Dalene plays Rautavaara’s Notturno
The Swedish violinist Johan Dalene and Norwegian pianist Christian Ihle Hadland play Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Notturno e danza: I. Notturno. Johan Dalene talks about his Life Lessons in the March issue of the Strad.
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VideoRachel Barton Pine plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto unaccompanied
In January, the American violinist Rachel Barton Pine launched 24 in 24: Concertos from the Inside with RBP, a series in which she is performing 24 different violin concertos live and unaccompanied in 24 weeks. As part of the performance, she also delivers a pre-concert talk, and confides what she ...