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VideoMusical pictionary with Hilary Hahn
TwoSet Violin pit their pictionary skills against Hilary Hahn Read: TwoSet Violin make a return Read: Brett Yang of TwoSet Violin to take a break Watch: TwoSet Violin present ten types of musicians during quarantine
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VideoAuner Quartett plus colleagues play Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge
In this fundraising initiative from the Wiener Konzerthaus the Auner Quartett leads a string orchestra of some of Austria’s concertmasters and leaders in a performance of Beethoven’s Grosse Fuge, under the baton of Emmanuel Tjeknavorian. Among the instruments being played are those by Stradivari, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Sanctus Serafin, Geissenhof, Grancino, ...
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VideoMaxim Vengerov plays Ernst’s Variations on ‘The Last Rose of Summer’
In this video Maxim Vengerov plays Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst’s The Last Rose of Summer - Polyphonic Study no.6, written in 1864. Read: Maxim Vengerov launches new educational website
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VideoVideo of Leopold Auer and Alexander Glazunov from 1912
This video footage, filmed in St Petersburg in 1912, shows the composer Alexander Glazunov and violinist Leopold Auer standing together. There is also an appearance from the Russian/Soviet pianist Leonid Nikolayev. Read: Leopold Auer profiled in the July 1907 issue of The Strad
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VideoSophie Rosa on recording the world premiere of Montgeroult’s Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2
Violinist Sophie Rosa talks about her new recording, which features the Violin Sonata In A minor, Op.2 No.3 by Hélène de Montgeroult, a French composer who was working around the turn of the 19th century and was the first ever female professor to be appointed at the Paris Conservatoire. The ...
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VideoIvry Gitlis performs Berg’s Violin Concerto
Violinist Ivry Gitlis, who died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 98, performs Berg’s 1935 Violin Concerto ’To the Memory of an Angel’ with WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Hans Vonk. Read: 8 opinions on performance and career by violinist Ivry Gitlis Read: Ivry Gitlis: a timeline ...
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VideoCarducci String Quartet plays a Shostakovich string quartet - with drums
The Carducci String Quartet (violinists Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming, violist Eoin Schmidt-Martin and cellist Emma Denton) plays a new rendition of Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.7, featuring Cristián Tamblay on the drums. Watch: Working from home: Carducci Quartet perform Philip Glass’s String Quartet no.2 Watch: Carducci Quartet performs Shostakovich’s String ...
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VideoBach at the National Palace Museum, Taiwan: highlighting the treasures of 1742
In this video, violinist Paul Huang plays Bach at the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Huang says, ‘This video highlights the dialogue between three important subjects: a 1742 Guarneri ’del Gesù’ violin on loan from the Stradivari Society, an extraordinary Vase Within Vase from the Chin Dynasty around 1742 (one ...
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Mozart in a modern art museum during lockdown
The German violinist, together with violinist Linus Roth, violist Vladimir Babeshko and cellist Lionel Martin, plays the Allegro molto from Mozart’s String Quartet No.2 in D major, KV155 at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter signs with new US agent Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter starts concert series to ...
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VideoSong of the Birds, featuring Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, Mischa Maisky, Han Bin Yoon, Jan Vogler and Jens Peter Maintz perform the Song of the Birds, made popular by Pau Casals, in an arrangement for cello quartet by Sungmin Ahn. Read: Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5: 2020 BCF ...
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VideoDvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’, performed by Camille Thomas
French cellist Camille Thomas performs an arrangement of Antonin Dvořák’s ‘Songs My Mother Taught Me’ at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels, Belgium.
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VideoThe Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas
On the twelfth day of Christmas we bring to you: the Twelve Days of (a Cellist’s) Christmas, featuring 12 cellists from all around the world, including: The Cello Doll (aka Carolyn Regula), Sarah Chaffee, Stephanie Jaimes, Sugar Cello, That Cello Guy, Dave Eggar, Kaitlin Findlay, Lydia Cellist, Peter Sachon, Frank ...
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VideoBach in an empty New York gallery
In this, the first two videos, violist Jesus Rodolfo explores the connection between the solitude of New York City at this time, and the feeling of solo Bach. He plays the first movement of J.S. Bach’s Violin Sonata No.1, BWV 1001, transcribed for viola, in the empty HighLineNine Gallery in ...
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VideoAdagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5: 2020 BCF Cello Orchestra
In this closing concert from the 2020 Brussels Cello Festival, the BCF Cello Orchestra plays the Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony No 5. Watch: London City Orchestra plays Mahler – from separate homes
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NewsTwo new members join Villiers Quartet
Katie Stillman and Leo Melvin join the ensemble, replacing former first violinist James Dickenson and cellist Nick Stringfellow
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VideoTrio Zadig plays Cantique de Jean Racine
On the 11th day of Christmas, we bring to you Trio Zadig (violinist Boris Borgolotto, cellist Marc Girard Garcia and pianist Ian Barber) playing Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11 (arranged for piano trio) in May 2020.
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VideoTwoSet Violin present ten types of musicians during quarantine
On the tenth day of Christmas we bring to you: TwoSet Violin (Brett Yang and Eddy Chen) in April 2020 presenting the ten types of musicians during quarantine. Video: 10 Types of Musicians During Quarantine Read: Digital Double Act: TwoSet Violin
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VideoKanneh-Mason family play Monti Csárdás
On the seventh day of Christmas, we bring to you: the seven Kanneh-Mason siblings playing Monti’s Csárdás in May 2020.
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VideoChicago Jazz Orchestra Sextet play the ‘Lockdown Shuffle’
On the sixth day of Christmas, we bring to you: the Chicago Jazz Orchestra directed by Jeff Lindberg playing the ‘Lockdown Shuffle’, composed/arranged by Tom Garling, in May 2020. Musicians: Victor Garcia (trumpet) Eric Schneider (tenor saxophone) Tom Garling (trombone) Reggie Thomas (pianist) Dennis Carroll (bass) George Fludas ...
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VideoMusicians from the Israel Philharmonic play Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major in an empty hall
On the fifth day of Christmas we bring to you: musicians from the Israel Philhamonic (1st violinist David Radzynski, 2nd violinist Dumitru Pocitari, violist Miriam Hartman, cellist Emanuele Silvestri and pianist Lahav Shani) playing Dvorák’s Piano Quintet in A major in September 2020 as part of the Israel Philharmonic’s Online ...
