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VideoTasmin Little plays Enescu
Tasmin Little plays Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 ‘in Romanian Folk Style’ (Arr. for Orchestra by Valentin Doni) with the Orchestre De Chambre Pelléas Enescu Festival, conducted by Benjamin Levy. Read about Little’s Sentimental Work in our September issue .
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An unusual piece for cello and organ by Saint-Saëns
Valentino Worlitzsch and Iveta Apkalna play Saint-Saëns’ ’Prière’
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs
British violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Jules Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs with pianist Alison Rhind. Benedetti is The Strad’s September 2020 cover star. In the issue she speaks about launching the Benedetti Sessions , her mass education project for string players of all ages, in the time of Covid-19. ...
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Lockdown commissions 3: Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés
In the third of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés for solo viola and drone, filmed in an empty Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.
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Vadim Repin plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation
The Russian violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation in D minor from Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place), Op. 42 (1878) with the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Read about Repin’s Sentimental Work in our August issue .
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Erich Gruenberg plays Bruch
In this short video from 1995, Erich Gruenberg, who has died aged 95, plays a section from the slow movement of Bruch’s Violin Concerto with the Bangkok Symphony conducted by John Georgiadis. Read: The violinist Erich Gruenberg has died
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From My Room Orchestra: Philip Glass’s Company
Following their recording of Pachelbel’s Canon , From My Room Orchestra, an ensemble of Trinity Laban students, have turned their hand to Philip Glass’ quartet ‘Company’. This time they’re joined by contemporary music experts The Smith Quartet, and dancers from the conservatoire’s Faculty of Dance to create an artistic responses ...
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Viktoria Mullova performs Bach Violin Concertos
Viktoria Mullova uses a Baroque bow to perform Bach’s Violin Concertos nos.1 in A minor and 2 in E major with Accademia Bizantina, directed from the harpsichord by Ottavio Dantone. Mullova recorded the works with the ensemble for Onyx in 2013. In The Strad’s August 2020 issue she ...
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Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Kreisler’s Caprice Viennois
The violinist plays Kreisler’s Caprcie Viennois, Op.2, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra under Zubin Mehta.
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A violin recital in a picture gallery
The violinist Darragh Morgan plays solo works by Oliver Knussen, Tansy Davies, Errollyn Wallen and other composers in Royal Holloway University’s Picture Gallery.
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A Zoom experiment in quartet playing
Violinist Megan Shung improvises on the video conferencing platform
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Ébène Quartet talks about life in lockdown and performing Beethoven
Ébène Quartet violinists Pierre Colombet and Gabriel Le Magadure speak from their separate homes about their Beethoven Around the World project, and the life of a quartet separated by lockdown. On the prospect of working together via Zoom, Colombet says: ’Chamber music is aptly named; it’s meant to be ...
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Alina Ibragimova and Alasdair Beatson play for digital West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2020
In this online concert for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival 2020, streamed on 5 July 2020, violinist Alina Ibragimova and pianist Alasdair Beatson perform Mozart’s Violin Sonata in E minor K.304, Debussy’s Violin Sonata and Ravel’s Violin Sonata.
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Violinist Nancy Zhou performs live tribute for Isaac Stern Centennial
The 2018 Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition winner is joined by pianist Zhen ’Victor’ Chen in works by Gershwin, Bartók and Chen Yi
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A cello and poetry recital for lockdown built around Bach’s Cello Sarabandes
The cellist Alexandra Fletcher plays Bach’s Cello Sarabandes accompanied by poetry, read by actress Jenna Augen and chosen by Fletcher, with a connective thread to the music.
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San Francisco Symphony musicians perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture from lockdown
‘No animals or violas were harmed during the filming of this video’ The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony - with help from their children and pets - perform the Finale from Rossini’s William Tell Overture from their separate homes. Watch: Chilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients ...
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Violinist Pinchas Zukerman performs Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman showcases his rich and velvety sound in Tchaikovsky’s Sérénade mélancolique, op.26 in B-flat minor with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. Read: ‘He could hear and see talent, and he loved it’ - Pinchas Zukerman remembers Isaac Stern Read: ‘Bach should be played ...
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Twinkle twinkle featuring London Music Masters students and cellist Sheku Kanneh Mason
The video was recorded by current students, alumni and mentors of the music education charity
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String players hold peaceful vigil for Elijah McClain in Chicago
The event on 11 July was dedicated to the 23-year-old black violinist, who died last summer, days after being placed in a choke-hold by police in Colorado
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Augustin Hadelich plays both parts of Clara Schumann’s ‘Romance’
Best known as a violinist, the talented musician has also been recording the piano parts in a series of online videos
