All Video articles – Page 34
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VideoHilary Hahn plays the Sibelius Violin Concerto with no accompaniment
In this video, part of the series ‘Hahn Solo’, in which Hilary Hahn performs the solo violin part of some of her favourite concertos with no piano or orchestral accompaniment, the violinist plays Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. She hopes that, by hearing the parts separately, the audience will pick up on ...
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VideoNew Jacqueline du Pré opera set to tour
’We’ll Never Let You Down’ brings together music by three Dutch composers
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VideoAn advent musical greeting from Dextra Musica
Every day at 11.30am, throughout the month of December, Dextra Musica are sending a small advent greeting, featuring instruments from its collection, at: www.klassiskkarantene.no/julekalender Today’s greeting comes from Sonoko Miriam Welde and Dextra’s Gagliano violin.
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VideoEleanor Corr, Royal Overseas League Gold Medalist, plays Grieg’s Violin Sonata
This month saw violinist Eleanor Corr win the Gold Medal and first prize of the Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition, receiving £20,000. This is the first violinist to win the top award since 2016. In this video, Corr plays Grieg’s Violin Sonata for the competition final.
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VideoThe Spell and the Promise - a lock-down video with dancers
Directed by Lexi Kiddo, ‘The Spell & The Promise’ plays like a contemporary fairytale. The performance partners Gareth Davies (Principal Flute, London Symphony Orchestra) with dancers Faye Stoeser and Salomé Pressac, responding to composer Jasmin Kent Rodgman’s new and original composition. This is the second of two films from a ...
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Video‘Rising’ by Antonia Luxem: a film exploring our relationship with space in lock-down
‘Rising’ explores our longing for human connection alongside our relationship with space during a locked-down world. Directed by Antonia Luxem, it features Marie Astrid Mence (Ballet Black) with Maxine Kwok (First Violin, London Symphony Orchestra) performing a new composition by composer Darren Bloom. Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ Bolero with guests ...
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VideoPekka Kuusisto performs with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra
In this concert, which was broadcast live yesterday (27 November 2020), Pekka Kuusisto performs with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in an all-British programme. Other solo performers include tenor Allan Clayton and horn-player Alec Frank-Gemmill. Watch: Pekka Kuusisto: Kreutzer 2 whole bow Watch: Pekka Kuusisto: bowing exercie for Kreutzer 2 ...
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Antonio Stradivari 1707 ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ violin
The ‘Rivaz, Baron Gutmann’ is a powerful instrument, made from a beautiful single piece of deeply figured maple
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Gasparo da Salò double bass c.1580
The workmanship of this bass is typical of Gasparo, with the distinctive double purfling and long, widely set f-holes
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VideoXuanhan Xu, winner of Pablo Casals International Award 2020, performs for competition audition
In this final audition video for the Pablo Casals International Award 2020, the competition winner, 16-year-old Xuanhan Xu, performs JS Bach’s Cello Suite No.3 and the first movement of Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129. Read: Winners announced for Pablo Casals International Award
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VideoIrish cellist Patrick Dexter gives lockdown performance against scenic backdrop
The Irish cellist Patrick Dexter, from County Mayo, has been giving regular performances outside in his backyard since the beginning of lockdown in March, playing music ranging from Schubert to traditional Irish folksongs. For more videos of Dexter performing, follow him on YouTube. Watch: Elton John’s ...
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Focus‘I hope our Bach might give another musician a slight push to keep going a little longer’ – Tim Crawford
The three Tims of the Teyber Trio (cellist Tim Posner, violist Timothy Ridout and violinist Tim Crawford) talk about their genesis as a group, playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and finding the motivation to rehearse during the time of COVID
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VideoNicola Benedetti and friends play Ernest Bloch’s Prayer
In this video, Nicola Benedetti and musical colleagues play a new arrangement by the Ayoub Sisters of Ernest Bloch’s ‘Prayer’ (originally composed in 1924 for Cello and Piano) - commissioned by the luxury furniture-making company Maker&Son in support of The Benedetti Foundation. This performance also features Yume Fujise and Charlie ...
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VideoGrand Teton Music Festival on location: New York
This concert from the Grand Teton Music Festival on location series (a 5-concert digital chamber music series featuring small ensembles, recorded and produced remotely in the home cities of Festival Orchestra musicians ) was held at St. Bartholomew’s Church, 325 Park Avenue, New York on 12 November, with a programme ...
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VideoTeyber Trio plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations
The Teyber Trio (violinist Tim Crawford, violist Tim Ridout and cellist Tim Posner)) plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Read: Life Lessons: Timothy Ridout
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VideoAuner Quartett violinist plays ‘ex Rouse-Boughton’ Stradivari
the Auner Quartett from Vienna recently received two more Instruments from the National Bank of Austria, a Giovanni Grancino cello (‘ex Piatti’, - ‘ex Dunlop’, Milano 1706); and an Antonio Stradivari violin (‘ex Rouse-Boughton’, Cremona 1698). In this video, one of the group’s violinists - Barbara de Menezes Galante ...
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VideoHilary Hahn singing and playing violin
A short clip of the American violinist accompanying herself on the violin by singing. Read: Hilary Hahn begins year-long sabbatical Read: Advice I’d give my younger self: violinist Hilary Hahn
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VideoKanneh-Masons play Carnival of the Animals
The Kanneh-Mason family play the finale from Saint-Säens’s Carnival of the Animals
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Video‘I’ve certainly never had musicians disrobe down to their skin in rehearsals’ – Marin Alsop
The conductor breaks down orchestra scenes from movies and tv and determines how realistic they are
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VideoNicola Benedetti introduces the Global Violin Sessions
In this video, Nicola Benedetti introduces the Global Violin Sessions: A Cultural Exchange Part 1, her new venture with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and the Benedetti Foundation which takes participants on a musical journey around the world. Read: Benedetti Foundation presents the Global Violin Sessions
