All Video articles – Page 60
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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.
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VideoYo-Yo Ma: Why Bach is relevant in the 21st century
Yo-Yo Ma appears on The Andrew Marr Show, the BBC’s Sunday morning current events programme.
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Bach – 1997 debut album promo
This video, recently posted by Hilary Hahn on her facebook page, was made in 1997 for her debut recording Hilary Hahn Plays Bach. Teleased by Sony Classical, the album included the Partita no.3 in E Major, Partita no.2 in D Minor, and Sonata No. 3 in C Major. Hahn will ...
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VideoViolin maker Guy Rabut featured in Esquire video series 'Handmade'
This video, featuring New York based violin maker Guy Rabut, was made for Esquire.com’s ‘Handmade’ series in 2017. Director & Cinematographer - Josh K. Brede Creative Producer - Travis Gorzelsky Executive Producer - Anna Jimenez Producer - Christian Nilsson Associate Producer - Sara Cogan Editor - Travis Lee
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VideoEntire cello section joins in Gautier Capuçon's solo part
This video, filmed at the Teatro Verdi in Pordenone, is from a rehearsal of Dvořák’s cello concerto with Gautier Capuçon and the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
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VideoKerson Leong plays Jean-Marie Leclair's Sonata No 5
The Canadian violinist Kerson Leong performs the third movement of Jean-Marie Leclair’s Sonata No 5 for 2 violins in duet with himself.
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VideoAbner Jairo Ortiz García: Bach Courante from Cello Suite no.4
Left-handed cellist Abner Jairo Ortiz García plays the Courante from Bach’s Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major. Biography courtesy of City Music Foundation: After winning First Prize at the 2014 National Cello Competition of Mexico and in April 2018, Jairo was chosen to be the second City Music Foundation ...
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VideoMasumi Per Rostad: Reger Viola Suite No. 1 in G minor
In this video from string maker D’Addario, Japanese-Norwegian violist Masumi Per Rostad performs Max Reger’s Viola Suite no.1 in G minor. Rostad writes: ‘Max Reger would often compress long harmonic progressions and jam them into just one or two beats. Therefore, I found it fitting to discover that his full ...
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ReviewPaganini’s music played on Paganini’s own instruments
Giulio Plotino (violin), Clemens Hagen (cello), Matteo Mela (guitar): works by Paganini
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VideoNancy Zhou performs Kreisler at Shanghai competition
American violinist Nancy Zhou, 25, no stranger to the competition circuit, here plays Fritz Kreisler’s Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice op.6 as part of the semi-final round of the Shanghai Isaac Stern Competition. Earlier in the video she plays Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-flat Major, op.12 no.3.
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VideoGautier Capuçon takes wing in latest video clip
The french cellist’s recording of Fauré’s Après un rêve from his latest album Intuition is showcased in this video produced for Paris Aéroport filmed at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The recording features the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris conducted by Douglas Boyd.
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VideoGabriele Ragghianti demonstrates Italian double bass bow hold
In this video from D’Addario Orchestral, double bassist Gabriele Ragghianti, who teaches at the Royal College of Music and the Luigi Boccherini Institute of Music, explains how to perfect an Italian bass bow hold. Ragghianti plays D’Addario Kaplan strings - click here for more information
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VideoSatu Vänskä performs the Allemande from Bach's Partita no.2
Satu Vänskä, principal violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs the Allemande from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor in the Barbican Theatre in London. The 1726 ‘Belgiorno’ Stradivari played by Vänskä plays is one of only two by the maker in Australia, both of which belong to the Australian ...
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VideoA six-string custom viola played by Henning Kraggerud
In this video, Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud amd jazz pianist Bugge Wesseltoft perform an inprovisation on a folk tune. Kraggerud is playing his custom-made ‘viola concorda’. ‘I was longing for a sound that I couldn’t produce, so I ordered a new instrument from Ariane Becker,’ he writes. ‘Listen to our ...
