Videos – Page 25
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VideoEsther Abrami and Alexandra Whittingham play Piazzolla’s Libertango
Today is the 100th anniversary of Astor Piazzolla’s birth. To celebrate, here is a video featuring violinist Esther Abrami and guitarist Alexandra Whittingham in a rendition of the composer’s Libertango. Read our feature marking the 100th anniversary of Piazzolla’s birth, with details on his life, and tips on how to ...
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VideoRavel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello - complete with mechanical toys
Volinist Darragh Morgan and cellist Timothy Gill perform Ravel’s Sonata for Violin and Cello in the middle of the night in a former cardboard factory in Dalston, East London. Directed by Jonathan Berman, the video ’lets the audience into a surreal, nocturnal dreamscape of Ravel’s love of wind-up, mechanical toys.’ ...
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VideoLech Antonio Uszynski plays Toccata and Fugue on the viola
The Swiss-Polish violist Lech Antonio Uszynski plays Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor in a version for solo viola. Read: 5 reasons why I love playing viola transcriptions Read: Why we should all be violists
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VideoCamille Thomas performs Purcell in the Louvre
Camille Thomas plays ‘When I am Laid in Earth’ from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas in an empty Louvre. The video is part of the Franco-Belgian cellist’s project which has seen her playing in various empty museums during the Covid-19 crisis. Watch: Camille Thomas plays Fazil Say’s ‘Never Give ...
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VideoFrancesca Dego plays Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ violin
Our March 2021 cover star Francesca Dego speaks about performing on Paganini’s ‘Il Cannone’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ of 1743 - and shares clips of herself playing the rarely accessed instrument
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VideoTwoSet Violin open up about mental health
Eddy Chen and Brett Yang of TwoSet Violin open up on the subject of mental health in order to help fellow musicians with similar struggles. The violin internet comedy duo say: ’We’re not experts in mental health, but as musicians who have experienced mental health issues, we hope by making ...
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VideoGrand Teton Music Festival On Location: Salt Lake City
This concert from the Grand Teton Music Festival on location series (a 5-concert digital chamber music series featuring small ensembles, recorded and produced remotely in the home cities of Festival Orchestra musicians ) was held at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, Utah on 25 February, with a ...
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VideoClaudio and Oscar Bohórquez and Gustavo Beytelmann play Piazzolla
To mark the 100th centenary of the Argentinian tango legend, Astor Piazzolla, brothers Claudio and Oscar Bohórquez are releasing an album together with Piazzolla’s contemporary and ensemble colleague Gustavo Beytelmann – Piazzolla: Patagonia Express – on the Berlin Classics label. In this video, they play one of the featured works ...
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VideoAlexander Hersh plays the serenade from Debussy’s Sonata for Piano and Cello
In this video - the second in a series fusing music and narrative - cellist Alexander Hersh plays the serenade from Debussy’s Cello and Piano with pianist Victor Asunción. Hersh says: ‘With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I’ve come to regard beautifully conceived and filmed classical music videos as ...
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VideoCellist Nicholas Gold plays The Swan in the snow
In the video, the American cellist Nicholas Gold plays Saint-Saëns’s The Swan in the snow. Gold says: ‘my friend convinced me to go outside and play the cello in this rare snow storm in Nashville, TN. You can obviously hear the cello pegs fall and I said “peg slip” ...
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VideoDebussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano: a film fusing music and narrative
In this video - the first in a series fusing music and narrative - cellist Alexander Hersh plays Debussy’s Cello and Piano with pianist Victor Asunción. Hersh says: ‘With the onset of a worldwide pandemic, I’ve come to regard beautifully conceived and filmed classical music videos as an existential imperative ...
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VideoViktoria Mullova plays Mozart in 1989
In this video the Soviet-born violinist Viktoria Mullova plays Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 5 with Das Württembergische Kammerorchester Heilbronn under Jörg Faerber in 1989 - just a few years after escaping from the Soviet Union at the age of 23. Watch: Viktoria Mullova plerforms Bach Violin Concertos Read: ...
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VideoViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Mendelssohn aged 14
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic conducted by Gerd Albrecht in 1978 at the age of 14. Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Herbert von Karajan and John Williams Read: ‘Extremes of constant vibrato or none at all do not solve musical problems,’ says violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter
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VideoDan Flanagan plays Shadow Breaking: a piece inspired by a painting
In this video, violinist Dan Flangan plays Shadow Breaking, a new piece by Nathaniel Stookey. It’s part of a lockdown project for Flanagan, who has commissioned 16 composers to write solo violin pieces for him, each inspired by a painting in the violinist’s collection. The composers include Libby Larsen, ...
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VideoMusical Postcard: Lunar New Year
A musical postcard from violist Hsin-Yun Huang to celebrate Chinese New Year. Music: Bloch Suite 1919 Dancer: Su-Chen Cuff Viola: Hsin-Yun Huang Piano: Lucas Amory Read: Why we should all be violists
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VideoPatricia Kopatchinskaja and Joonas Ahonen play Schoenberg
The violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and pianist Joonas Ahonen play Schoenberg’s Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op.47 in August 2020 as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Read: ‘Now I am completely mad’ – Patricia Kopatchinskaja on playing Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire
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VideoThe Lysander Piano Trio plays Jakub Ciupinski’s Black Mirror
In this music video, the Lysander Piano Trio (violinist Itamar Zorman, cellist Michael Katz and pianist Liza Stepanova) plays Jakub Ciupinski’s Black Mirror from their new album: mirrors. Film by Sara Pettinella // Little Comb Productions Watch: Carducci Quartet plays Philip Glass’s String Quartet No.5 with drummer Cristián Tamblay Watch: ...
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VideoCamille Thomas plays Fazil Say’s ‘Never Give Up’
The Belgian cellist plays Fazil Say’s Concerto For Cello & Orchestra (II. Terror - Elegy From ‘Never Give Up’) with the Brussels Philharmonic conducted by Stéphane Denève. Read: Sentimental Work: Camille Thomas
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VideoAugustin Hadelich plays Chevalier de Saint-Georges
The violinist performed and wrote about de Saint-George’s music as part of a lockdown exploration of neglected works by Black composers
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VideoHilary Hahn premieres ‘out of body’ by composer David Lang using AI software
The work is part of the DeepMusic.ai project which bridges the gap between culture and AI technology to find a common language