All Video articles – Page 59
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VideoString orchestra rehearsal progress: Dvořák's Serenade for Strings
Josef Špaček – violinist and associate artist of the Czech Philharmonic – rehearses the Allegro vivace from Dvořák’s Serenade for Strings with students of the Royal Academy of Music. This video is the first play-through of the piece in the rehearsal, which you can contrast to the final play-through in ...
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VideoLisa Batiashvili and Sheku Kanneh-Mason in duet
Lisa Batiashvili and Sheku Kanneh-Mason play the ‘Cinema Paradiso Love Theme’ in duet at the Opus Klassik awards in Berlin on Sunday October 14th.
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VideoInterview with Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Sheku Kanneh-Mason talks about performing at the Royal Wedding and the need for diversity in classical music.
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VideoJoseph Joachim Competition live stream
The preliminary rounds of the 10th edition of the triennial Joseph Joachim Violin Competition start on Saturday 13 October at 10am (German time). Bookmark this page to watch the live stream of the entire event. The competition, which takes place over 16 days at the University of Music, Drama and ...
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VideoITV News report on concert featuring WWI violin
A violin which belonged to a soldier who died in the trenches of the Somme was featured in the premiere of The Great War Symphony by Patrick Hawes. Written to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One, the symphony received its first performance at London’s Royal ...
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VideoLong-serving orchestral cellist in Spain takes to busking after losing leg
This video comes from Spanish newspaper La Vox de Galicia, based in A Coruña, which reported the story of cellist Vladimir von Litvikh. Born in Saint Petersburg in 1967, he joined the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia when it was founded in 1992 and remained in post until he was ...
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VideoHow it feels to play Col Legno
For everyone who has ever had to learn to play Col Legno the hard way, there’s someone here who understands your pain.
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VideoHilary Hahn on her new Bach disc
Tying in with our cover feature about Hilary Hahn, this video gives us a taste of what to expect from her second CD of solo Bach, which comes two decades after her first.
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VideoViktoria Mullova & Misha Mullov-Abbado: O Cabo Pitanga
Violinist Viktoria Mullova and her double bassist son Misha Mullov-Abbado perform ‘O Cabo Pitanga’ by Brazilian composer Laércio De Freitas. This arrangement features in their ‘Music We Love’ programme. Visit their websites at www.viktoriamullova.com and www.mishamullovabbado.com Video filmed and edited by Thomas Aston
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason models Paul Smith in virtuoso style
Sheku Kanneh-Mason demonstrates just how crease-proof A Suit to Travel In really is in this vigorous musical workout.
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VideoNicola Benedetti plays Wynton Marsalis
In this video Nicola Benedetti describes her experience of playing Wynton Marsalis’s jazz-inspired Violin Concerto, before performing the solo cadenza.
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VideoEntire violin section joins Tai Murray in Tchaikovsky concerto solo part
In this video taken during a Memphis Symphony Orchestra rehearsal, the entire violin section surprises soloist Tai Murray by joining in with her solo part in the finale. Chicago-born Tai Murray is a former BBC New Generation Artist and concertmaster of the UK-based Chineke Orchestra. Watch: Tai Murray plays ‘Aurora’ ...
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Gershwin's 'Summertime'
From ABC Classic FM comes this video of Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Tamara-Anna Cislowska performing ‘Summertime’ from George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
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VideoVSA Oberlin Acoustics Workshop 2015
Each year for one week, the international violin making community gathers at Oberlin to discuss the latest findings in acoustics under the guidance of researchers and renowned makers. Tying in with the new Making Matters article in our October issue, on the Oberlin Bow Making Workshop and its project ...
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VideoInterpretation Class with Benjamin Zander
In this video, violinist Yasmin Myers takes a masterclass with Benjamin Zander, musical director of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, on Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto.
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VideoSonnet Mélancolique by Alexis de Castillon: double bass transcription
Double bassist Alexander Verster performs the ‘Sonnet Mélancolique’ from Alexis de Castillon’s song cycle Six poèsies d’Armand Silvestre, op.8. Verster’s transcription for double bass in standard orchestral tuning is available to download here and the piano score (public domain) here. The video was edited by John Reddihough, who is also ...
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VideoKanneh-Mason Piano Trio - Samuel Coleridge Taylor’s 'Deep River'
The Kanneh-Mason Piano Trio, formed of siblings Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano), Braimah Kanneh-Mason (violin) and BBC Young Musician winning Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s arrangement of the spiritual ‘Deep River’. Coleridge-Taylor, not to be confused with poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a mixed-race English composer and conductor who achieved great ...
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VideoReplicating a Benoit Joseph Boussu
In this video, violin maker and researcher Geerten Verberkmoes puts the finishing touches to a replica of a violin by Benoit Joseph Boussu, using construction methods most likely employed by the 18th-century French luthier.
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VideoRichard Lin performs Bruch's Scottish Fantasy
In this video, Richard Lin, 1st prize winner of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, performs Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy in the final round conducted by Leonard Slatkin.
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VideoOleksandr Pushkarenko performs at the Enescu International Violin Competition
As part of the first round of this year’s George Enescu International Violin Competition, the Ukrainian violinist Oleksandr Pushkarenko, who is studying for a a Masters at the Niccolò Paganini Conservatory of Genoa in Italy, performs the first movement of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 in A Major, K.219.
