Videos – Page 106
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ArticleViolinist Ivry Gitlis on life, love and music
What is your favourite motto? 'To be alive, to be aware, to hear, to know, to feel, to see, to love - and to be loved a little bit sometimes' The incomparable Ivry Gitlis answers questions on everything from his favourite composer to how he would like ...
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ArticlePaul Tortelier gives masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto
French cellist Paul Tortelier gives a televised masterclass on Elgar's Cello Concerto in 1974.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleDouble bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations
Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleJascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Violinist Jascha Heifetz performs Paganini's Caprice no.24, including the famous left-hand pizzicato passage - read more about the technique in The Strad's 7 pointers for perfect pizzicato.
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on vibrato
'One of my pet peeves is vibrato, the most underused tool for music-making' Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, talks about vibrato. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman on practising
'If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly. If you learn it quickly, you forget it almost immediately' Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, answers questions about practice. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
Violinist Itzhak Perlman, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364 with violist Pinchas Zukerman. Zubin Mehta conducts the Israel Philharmonic.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Korngold's Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn performs Korngold's Violin Concerto with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Kent Nagano. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs solo Bach
Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.2 in D minor as an encore. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Jennifer Koh talks about the physical demands on a performer's body
In the third episode of Jennifer Koh's Off Stage On Record series, the violinist talks about the physical demands on a performer's body and the importance of avoiding injury. Read The Strad's guides on How to reduce tension when playing the violin or viola, and 11 stretching ...
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ArticleWilliam Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Legendary violist William Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24. The 2014 Primrose International Viola Competition recently took place in Los Angeles, won by 17-year-old Zhanbo Zheng from China. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos performs Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole
Leonidas Kavakos, who has written a Masterclass on Brahms's Violin Concerto for The Strad's June 2014 issue, performs the Rondo from Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Don Quixote cello solo
Yo-Yo Ma joins the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach to perform the cello solo in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote at Carnegie Hall in 2004.Orchestral principals talk about the challenges of performing Strauss works in the June 2014 issue of The Strad, out now. You can also read ...
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos and Joshua Bell perform Ysaÿe's Sonata for 2 Violins
Leonidas Kavakos, who has written a Masterclass on Brahms's Violin Concerto for The Strad's June 2014 issue, performs Ysaÿe's Sonata for 2 Violins with Joshua Bell at the Verbier Festival.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov gives masterclass on Mozart
Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on playing Mozart at London's Royal Academy of Music in which he explains that 'all Mozart is opera'.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto
Leonidas Kavakos performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Riccardo Chailly. Kavakos and Chailly also discuss their recent recording of the work for Decca Classics.Kavakos contributes a Masterclass feature on the first movement of the Brahms concerto in The Strad's June 2014 issue, out now.Subscribe ...
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ArticleA young Vadim Repin performs Ysaÿe's Solo Violin Sonata no.3
A 15-year-old Vadim Repin performs Ysaÿe's Solo Violin Sonata no.3 in 1986. Read The Strad's article on how to nurture a child prodigy.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleWhen they were young: Sarah Chang
A young Sarah Chang performs Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy. Read The Strad's article on how to nurture a child prodigy.Further videos in our 'When they were young' series:Joshua BellHilary HahnLeila JosefowiczMaxim VengerovItzhak PerlmanSubscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleAaron Rosand performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Aaron Rosand, who has blogged for The Strad on memorisation and interpretation, performs Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen with pianist Robert Koenig at Mills College in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2003. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleNicola Benedetti performs Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto
Nicola Benedetti, who replaces Janine Jansen to make her New York Philharmonic subscription debut, gives her winning interpretation of Szymanowski's First Violin Concerto at the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2004.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
