Videos – Page 4
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VideoBorn on this day: violinist Pierre Rode
For the 250th anniversary of the virtuoso French violinist and composer Pierre Rode’s birth on 16 February, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved performs his Caprice no.16 on Rode’s own Stradivari and explains what Rode’s legacy means to him
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VideoVideo: Ysaÿe’s Secret Sonata by violinist Philippe Graffin
Philippe Graffin traces Ysaÿe’s legacy around the world following discovery of his seventh solo violin sonata
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VideoA new composition from virtuoso violinist Roman Kim
Kim performs ’Cri de l’âme’ with pianist Jure Gorucan
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VideoLunar New Year 2024: Cheng² Duo performs ‘Moon’s Reflection upon a Spring’
As we approach the Year of the Dragon, take a look at Bryan and Silvie Cheng’s original arrangement of a Chinese folk song
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VideoOrpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Yohanan Cinnamon’s ‘New Dawn Rising’
The work, orchestrated by Israel Edelson, features on Cinnamon’s recent album ‘Piano & Strings’
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VideoGuy Johnston performs Howells Cello Concerto
Johnston and the Britten Sinfonia present an excerpt from the second movement Threnody: Lento calmato – Assai teneramente
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NewsWatch as Irish fiddler entertains passengers on a Ryanair flight
Sean Magee gives a cracking rendition of ‘Las Vegas in the Hills of Donegal,’ inviting singing, clapping and a spontaneous riverdance from fellow passengers
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VideoCellist Yo-Yo Ma in conversation on the magic of music, nature, and the future
The cellist speaks about a range of topics over a cup of coffee in an interview for the Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music 1
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Video‘Hertabuise’ by Melia Watras for violin and narrator
Violinist Michael Jinsoo Lim performs with poet Herbert Woodward Martin
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VideoA Strad in action: Ray Chen performs Kreisler’s ‘Schön Rosmarin’
A chance to check out the 1714 ‘Dolphin, ex-Heifetz’ Stradivari violin in its glory
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VideoBach’s Prelude from Cello Suite no.1… on violin!
The prelude is just one movement from the six suites that Tomás Cotik has recently recorded for Centaur
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VideoGary Karr and Bassinova Quartet play Phantasy Quintet arrangement for five basses
The performance of Vaughan Williams’s chamber work was put together remotely, with each bassist recording their part in separate countries
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News‘The Bell’ Symphony for Cello and Orchestra to support Direct Relief efforts in Ukraine
The work by Victoria Polevá aims to raise funds to deliver medical supplies to those directly affected by the war in Ukraine
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VideoViolinist Janine Jansen in ‘Falling for Stradivari’ documentary
The violinist pairs twelve Stradivari violins with repertoire for a special recording steeped in history
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VideoOmaha violin student receives prosthetic and specially-made violin
Kentrell Amerson is learning to play the violin with the help of the Omaha Conservatory, biomechanics, and a local luthier
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VideoUkrainian Poem for violin and piano by Yevhen Stankovych
The work is performed by violinist Christine Bernsted and pianist Elisabeth Holmegaard Nielsen
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VideoOrpheus Chamber Orchestra performs ‘Allegro in Springtime’
Composed by Yohanan Cinnamon and arranged by Israel Edelson, the work features on a new recording available 1 December 2023
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VideoMaría Dueñas performs the slow movement of the Beethoven Violin Concerto
The live performance with the Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck features on Dueñas’s Deutsche Grammophon debut
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VideoJohn Dilworth repairs a violin that survived the Holocaust
Restoration of the instrument uncovers the history of the damaged 19th-century German violin
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VideoWarren & Flick presents new violin and double bass duet ‘Three Forks of Cheat’
The violin and double bass duo performs an arrangement of a traditional American tune in an effort to expand repertoire for the instrumentation
