All Video articles – Page 48
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VideoBruckner’s String Quintet in F major
Performed by Alina Ibragimova, Amihai Grosz, Anne Gastinel, Gijs Kramer and Liza Ferschtman during the 2013 Delft Chamber Music Festival. Filmed by 24 Classics 00:00 Gemäßigt. Moderato 12:58 Scherzo: Schnell 17:59 Trio: Langsamer 20:41 Adagio 35:29 Finale: Lebhaft bewegt
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VideoGil Shaham plays Prokofiev at the Proms
The violinist plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No 2 at the BBC Proms with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Taken from a concert on 31st July 2019.
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VideoKavakos on pre-concert rituals, Swiss cheese and never getting drunk
In this video from Medici TV filmed at the 2018 Verbier Festival, violinist Leonidas Kavakos answers some quickfire questions Also watch: Renaud Capuçon answers the same set of questions Video: Verbier Festival 2018: one-on-one with Renaud Capuçon
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VideoArensky: Quartet for violin, viola, and two cellos
Recorded live in Alice Tully Hall, this performance took place as part of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on 3 May this year. It features the first movement of Anton Arensky’s Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos, Op. 35. Danbi Um, ...
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VideoJohnny Gandelsman - Allemande from sixth Cello Suite on 5-string violin
This video captures violinist Johnny Gandelsman in the studio during sessions for his recording of violin transcriptions of the complete Bach Cello Suites. The project is being funded through Kickstarter - click here for the project page
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VideoElla van Poucke with Caspar Vos: Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata
From Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros comes this performance by 24-year-old cellist Ella van Poucke with pianist Caspar Vos. Van Poucke is on the ‘Avrotros Klassiek presenteert!’ programme, which gives young classical talents the opportunity to record a debut album and build their media experience and exposure. Van Poucke is playing ...
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VideoTibor Varga Competition 2019
A round-up of the competition’s final round. Includes footage of this year’s three finalists, both in performance and in interview. Read: Anna-Agafia-Egholm-wins-Tibor-Varga-Competition
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Elgar at the Proms
Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays an excerpt of Elgar’s Cello Concerto at the BBC Proms on 22nd August with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla. Watch the whole Prom at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007zg5/bbc-proms-2019-sheku-plays-elgar
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VideoPeter Sheppard Skærved plays Tobias Hume
Violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved plays ‘Tom & Mistress Fine’ from Tobias Hume’s The first part of Ayres for the Viole de Gamba alone published in London in 1605. Sheppard Skærved plays a c.1580 Brescian violin by an unknown maker, tuned down two tones (Eflat, Bflat, F, C). The ...
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VideoItzhak Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy in the studio
In this excerpt from Christopher Nupen’s 1978 documentary Itzhak Perlman – Virtuoso Violinist: I know I played every note, Perlman and Ashkenazy are filmed recording Beethoven’s Sonata no.10, op.96
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Video12-year-old violinist Chloe Chua plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
In this video, Chloe Chua, joint 1st prize-winner of the 2018 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor at the Atlanta Festival Academy Finale.
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VideoInterview with Vilde Frang
Filmed during rehearsals of Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Jakub Hrusa, April 2012
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VideoDouble bass quintet performs Swedish folk music in the forest
Božo Paradžik and students record a bass quintet arrangement of Swedish folks music ensemble Väsen’s Nitti Pomfritti. The musicians are, left to right, Oskari Hänninen, Božo Paradžik, Madlaina Küng, Cecilia Perfetti and Marko Hristoskov.
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VideoLaurence Lesser talks about his Brothers Amati cello
American cellist Laurence Lesser talks about the history and special characteristics of the Antonio & Girolamo Amati cello which has been his ‘musical mate’ since 1972
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VideoKian Soltani: Tiny Desk Concert
For NPR’s long-running Tiny Desk Concert series, cellist Kian Soltani performs a set of Popper, Schubert and his own Persian Fire Dance.
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VideoKanneh-Mason Trio performs Deep River
Performed by the Kanneh-Mason Trio, this is an arrangement of the traditional spiritual Deep River. It is based on the 1904 piano arrangement by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. The trio comprises the Kanneh-Mason siblings Sheku (cello), Isata (piano) and Braimah (violin), and this recording is being released by Decca as their first ...
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VideoRay Chen plays Waltzing Matilda live at Hollywood Bowl
Ray Chen performs his own variations on Watzing Matilda, which as he says is ‘actually quite a tragic song’. ‘For some reason the tune remains jaunty and happy, which is why I decided I would make an arrangement that better describes the story through music,’ writes Chen: ‘“Waltzing Matilda” is ...
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VideoNicola Benedetti at NYO Prom
To end her Prom with the National Youth Orchestra (for whom she was recently made ambassador), Nicola Benedetti performs the second movement of Wynton Marsalis’s Fiddle Dance Suite: a ballade called As the Wind Goes. Read: Nicola-Benedetti-to-become-NYO-ambassador
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason plays Mendelssohn Sonata for Cello and Piano
This was part of the Verbier Festival 2019 concert in which the cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist George Li performed works by Beethoven, Debussy, Mendelssohn, and Lutosławski. To watch the full concert click here.
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VideoDaniel Hope: a portrait of the violinist
This portrait of Daniel Hope from 2017 explores the violinist’s career, the history of his family (who came to London from Berlin via South Africa), and asks what drives him as a musician.
