Videos – Page 33
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VideoSan 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 Watch: ...
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VideoViolinist 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 with ...
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VideoTwinkle 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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VideoString 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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VideoAugustin 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
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VideoCellist Louise McMonagle performs Sky Dance
As part of the Riot Ensemble’s first series of Zeitgeist commissions - a series of short pieces for lockdown written for Riot Ensemble’s soloists - cellist Louise McMonagle performs Ailie Robertson’s solo cello piece, Sky Dance.
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VideoBach, the Universe & Everything: The Science of Laughter
In this latest episode of ‘Bach, the Universe and Everything’, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s Sunday morning series combining performances of Bach cantatas with talks from leading scientists, Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott discusses the science of laughter and why we instinctively try to make each other laugh to ...
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VideoStephen Upshaw plays contemporary British viola music by recent graduates
Originally due to be performed at The Hundred Years Gallery, this programme, featuring the American violist Stephen Upshaw, comprises a selection of contemporary solo British viola music. It includes Georgina Bowden’s Yaban Arilar (Wild Bees) and Heather Stephenson’s Passacaglia – two new commissions specifically written for ‘Into the Ocean’, an ...
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VideoThe Kanneh-Mason parents on raising confident black classical musicians
Watch more videos here To tie in with the broadcast of BBC One’s Imagine…This House is Full of Music, Kadiatu and Stuart Kanneh-Mason, the parents of seven classical musicians (Isata, Braimah, Sheku, Konya, Jeneba, Aminata and Mariatu) talk about life under lockdown, the importance of black role models, the Black ...
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VideoVadim Repin performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.2
The Russian violinist chooses the concerto for his Sentimental Work in the August issue
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VideoTwoSet Violin: Film music that has been inspired by classical music
The Strad’s August 2020 issue cover stars, Brett Yang and Eddy Chen of TwoSet Violin, examine the similarities between famous film music scores and the classical music that has ‘inspired’ them. Read: ‘The one thing we’re grateful for is the amount of practice we did growing up’ – TwoSet ...
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VideoInterview with two-fingered violinist Clayton Haslop
This is an interview with the violinist Clayton Haslop about his struggles with Focal Dystonia, which lost him the use of two fingers on his left hand. A student of violinist Nathan Milstein, Haslop was concertmaster in the recording studios of Los Angeles for composers including James Horner and Michael ...
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VideoIda Haendel plays informally in 2009
In this video, the violinist, who died two weeks ago, plays informally at a 2009 social gathering, traversing much of the violin repertoire, including several violin concertos. Although the description states that she was 80 years old at the time, there is some uncertainty as to her year of birth, ...
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VideoOrchestra of the Swan plays David Bruce’s Swanning Around
This is the world premiere performance of ‘Swanning Around’ by David Bruce, performed and recorded at home by Orchestra of the Swan during the Covid-19 Lockdown 2020. It was commissioned by Orchestra of the Swan with funds provided by Arts Council England. As the orchestra is freelance and has lost ...
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VideoYouth Music Culture Guangdong presents Together Chaconne
Together Chaconne began as a project to connect Youth Music Culture Guangdong faculty and alumni worldwide during the quarantine.This arrangement uses the bassline from Bach’s Chaconne for solo violin in D minor, over which many different YMCG musicians improvise, contributing their own sounds and styles.Evelyn Brandes (USA) composed the arrangement, ...
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VideoChilean nurse plays violin to coronavirus patients
Damaris Silva, a 26-year-old Chilean nurse on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, has gained attention for playing the violin to sick patients and tired staff after her shift has ended. Twice a week at 6pm, Silva returns to the ward where some COVID-19 patients have spent weeks ...
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Video8-year-old Miu Hirokawa performs Mozart for Leonid Kogan International Competition
The young Japanese violinist shares first prize in her age category for this YouTube submission
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VideoAndreas Brantelid performs Elgar on Stradivarius cello
The performance with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy was recorded in 2019
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VideoDocumentary about Ida Haendel
In a special tribute to Ida Haendel, we are republishing archive content related to the late violinist, who died last week
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VideoOne performer plays Mendelssohn’s Octet
The Swedish violinist Malin Broman plays Mendelssohn’s String Octet - all by herself!