All Video articles – Page 71
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VideoFederico Guglielmo plays Andrea Amati violin
In this video filmed at the Palazzo Marino in Milan, Federico Guglielmo plays a Sonata by Cremonese composer of the Early Baroque, Nicolò Corradini. Accompanied by Diego Cantalupi on chitarrone, Guglielmo plays a 1570 Andrea Amati violin made for Charles IX of France. The violin is currently exhibited at the ...
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter, Daniil Trifonov and friends – Trout Quintet
In this trailer for the new Trout Quintet release from Deutsche Grammophon (released 3 November), Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniil Trifonov are joined by former Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation artists. They are Maximilian Hornung (cello), Roman Patkoló (double bass) and Hwayoon Lee (viola).
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VideoThe 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic perform Piazzolla at the ECHO Klassik awards
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic won a 2017 ECHO Klassik award for Hora Cero, their first album as an ensemble in six years. In this video, from the awards ceremony held at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg on 29 October, the ensemble performs Astor Piazzolla’s Calambre.
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VideoViolin maker Guy Rabut talks about his obsession with wood
In this extended version of an interview that formed part of The Truth About Trees documentary, New York based violin maker Guy Rabut talks about the importance of fine wood in his profession
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VideoLeonidas Kavakos on his 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivarius
In this video from the Czech Philharmonic, Leonidas Kavakos talks about when he first fell in love with the 1734 ‘Willemotte’ Stradivari, and how it ended up in his possession 25 years later.
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VideoSarah Chang - Paganini: Violin Concerto no.1, op.6
In this video from 1995 Sarah Chang plays Paganini’s Violin Concerto no.1 with the Berlin Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The full concert is available to purchase here Read: The secret behind violinist Paganini’s amazing technique, but Ruggiero Ricci
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VideoCello quintet Sakura plays arrangement of Debussy’s 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair'
The Los Angeles based quintet is named in honour of Ralph Kirshbaum, with whom all five members studied: 桜 sakura (Japanese) and Kirschbaum (German) have the same meaning (cherry tree). The quinted is formed by Michael Kaufman, Benjamin Lash, Gabriel Martins, Yoshika Masuda, and Peter Myers.
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VideoDavid Nadien plays Swan Lake Solo with Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
In this video, David Nadien, the New York Philharmonic’s concertmaster from 1966 to 1970, plays the Pas de deux violin solo from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Nadien was appointed by Bernstein in 1966 in what was seen as quite a controversional move: the violinist had cut his teeth in the studios ...
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VideoKronos Quartet and Trio Da Kali
This video from World Circuit Records is a trailer for Ladilikan, the new album by Malian group Trio Da Kali with the Kronos Quartet.
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VideoGordan Nikolitch plays the violin solo in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
In this performance at the 2011 BBC Proms, London Symphony Orchestra leader Gordan Nikolitch plays the violin solo part in the Sanctus from Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. The LSO is conducted by Sir Colin Davis and joined by the London Philharmonic Choir and LSO Chorus, and Helena Junventen (soprano),Sarah Collonny (mezzo ...
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VideoMaria and Nathalia Milstein play Reynaldo Hahn's À Chloris
While recording their album The Vinteuil Sonata, which explores Marcel Proust’s musical inspirations, sisters Maria and Nathalie Milstein were filmed playing the two Reynaldo Hahn song transcriptions that appear on the Mirare disc. This film is by UNIK ACCESS (images Bénédicte Banet and sound Franck Jaffrès). The video and recording ...
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VideoNathan Milstein's Beethoven cadenza played on the 'Milstein' Stradivarius
Nathan Cole, first associate concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, plays Nathan Milstein’s cadenza for the Beethoven violin concerto on the 1716 Stradivari played by the Russian American virtuoso from 1945 to the end of his career, and which took his name.
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VideoFrom Andrea Amati to Stradivari and 'del Gesù' in 12 minutes
This is a presentation by violin maker Kevin Kelly about the Four Circle system, showing a stepwise progression from the earliest to the latest Cremonese violin designs, from a 1550 Amati to a 1741 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ and the Stradivari ‘P’ form. The presentation uses Harry Mairson’s Digital Amati computer ...
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VideoSzymon Marciniak, double-bass, plays Bach's Cello Suite no.1
Polish double bass player Szymon Marciniak, who recently won second place at the Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Solo Competition, here performs at the Kontrabass Kaleidoskop in Kloster Michaelstein, Germany in March 2017
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VideoBronislaw Huberman plays Air on the G String
Bronislaw Huberman’s playing style fell out fashion, and he is often brought up as the example of peak portamento - in our collection of quotes about portamento last week he was mentioned more than once, and not always admiringly. He is also remembered in the name of the Guarneri violin ...
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VideoStudent in foam viola costume aims for marathon record
Alistair Rutherford, a.k.a. The Running Viola, is attempting Guinness World Record marathon run
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VideoMa, Kavakos, Ax - Brahms Piano Trio no.2 in C Major - third movement
Yo–Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos performing Brahms’s Piano Trio no.2 in C Major, third movement ©2017 Sony Music Entertainment
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VideoNicola Benedetti on the extremes of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.5
In this extract from the 2015 BBC documentary The Joy of Mozart, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about the surprises and sheer euphoria in the fifth violin concerto, often referred to as the ‘Turkish’.
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VideoRachel Barton Pine performs her Happy Birthday Variations
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own virtuoso arrangement of Happy Birthday - ‘Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Birthday Song’ - for the Lake Forest Symphony’s 75th anniversary gala in November 2007.
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VideoChristoph Eschenbach presents Young Soloists of Kronberg Academy
This video features interviews and excerpts of the 3 December 2016 concert at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt featuring young soloists from Kronberg Academy with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. The soloists are Anna Lee, Marc Bouchkov (violins), Ziyu Shen (viola), and Ella van Poucke and Pablo Ferrández ...
