Videos – Page 116
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ArticleVadim Repin plays a Tchaikovsky encore
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky finished writing his Souvenir d'un lieu cher on 31 May 1878 – 135 years ago. Here, Vadim Repin performs the 'Mélodie' in E flat major as an encore, with Nikolai Lugansky at the piano.
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ArticleHeifetz, Piatigorsky, Primrose
On 29 May 1962 this recording of Beethoven's Serenade op.8 won a Grammy award for Best Chamber Music Performance. Recorded 15–22 August 1960 by Jascha Heifetz (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) and William Primrose (viola). Listen to Heifetz and Primrose performing Handel's Passacaglia.
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ArticleMax Bruch's String Quartet no.1
A string quartet by the 14-year-old Max Bruch has been located in an archive in Frankfurt. According to musicologist Ulrike Kienzle, who found the manuscript, the themes of the second and third movements are identical to themes in Bruch's Quartet no.1 of 1858, performed here by the ...
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ArticleShlomo Mintz plays Paganini
One of the greatest ever violinists, Niccolò Paganini, died on 27 May 1840 aged 57. Here's Shlomo Mintz performing the cadenza in Paganini's Violin Concerto no.1 at a 1997 concert with the Limburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yoel Levi. Mintz is playing Paganini's own violin, the 1743 'Cannone' ...
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ArticleCellist Emanuel Feuermann plays Dvorák and Popper
Cellist Emanuel Feuermann (22 November 1902–25 May 1942) made many recordings but very few filmed performances. Here is one of the few, made in 1939. Feuermann plays Dvorák's Rondo op.94 and Popper's Spinning Song, with Theodore Saidenberg at the piano.
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ArticleThe world's largest viola ensemble in performance
More than 300 musicians gathered at a shopping centre in Porto, Portugal, on 19 May to break the world record for the largest ever viola ensemble. The number of players has now been confirmed by Guinness World Records as 353 violists – 32 more than the previous ...
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ArticleDutilleux's Ainsi la nuit
French composer Henri Dutilleux died on 22 May 2013 at the age of 97. His many works for strings included the 1976 quartet Ainsi la nuit, Here is a performance by the Belcea Quartet. I. Nocturne - Parenthèse I II. Miroir d'espace - Parenthèse II III. Litanies ...
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ArticleHeifetz and Primrose perform Handel's Passacaglia
Jascha Heifetz and William Primrose play Handel's Passacaglia, arranged by Johan Halvorsen for violin and viola.Listen to Lionel Tertis and Albert Sammons' interpretation here.And Perlman and Zukerman's performance here.The viola-focused May issue of The Strad is still available: click here to find out more.
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ArticleHindemith performs his own String Quartet op.22
Our focus on the viola continues with this recording of the great violist and composer Paul Hindemith performing his String Quartet op.22 as part of his own Amar Quartet Download the viola-themed May issue of The Strad here.
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ArticleLouis Kaufman plays Vivaldi
Louis Kaufman, born on 10 May 1905, almost single-handedly brought Vivaldi back into the limelight with his 1947 recording of The Four Seasons. Winner of the Grand Prix du Disque in 1950, it also provoked a surge of interest in Baroque playing; Kaufman commented on the current ...
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ArticleZukerman and Perlman in action
Violin€“viola dream team performs the Handel€“Halvorsen Passacaglia
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ArticleYuri Bashmet and Oleg Kagan charm in Mozart
Two great Russian artists perform Mozart's violin and viola repertoire
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Article1865 Jean-Baptiste Vuillame cello 'Sheremetev'
Here is the Vuillaume cello featured in the June 2013 issue of The Strad, as well as the poster. Owner Raphael Wallfisch revolves the instrument to give an idea of its contours and details. To hear Wallfisch talk about the cello and hear some excerpts from ...
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ArticleOistrakh plays Shostakovich
On 3 May 1969, David Oistrakh gave the world premiere of Shostakovich's Violin Sonata op.134, in the Large Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. Here's a later recording of the work, with Oistrakh performing alongside pianist Sviatoslav Richter. 'He always knew the whole fabric of the piece, including ...
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ArticleJános Starker 1924–2013
The legendary cellist once told The Strad, 'You're supposed to play music – you're not supposed to work. You have to approach instrumental playing with all the power that's available but use as little as is necessary.' Watch this video of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata and you'll see ...
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ArticleJanácek: String Quartet no.2 'Intimate Letters': 3rd mvt
In the May issue, both Franck Chevalier of the Diotima Quartet and the Belcea's Krzysztof Chorzelski select Janácek's 'Intimate Letters' as one of the best chamber pieces for viola players. Here's a performance of the third movement by the Juilliard Quartet, from 1996.Krzysztof Chorzelski: 'This is always great ...
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ArticleThis is not a viola joke
We love the viola, here at The Strad. In fact, we love it so much that the whole of our May issue is devoted to the instrument. But we couldn't help laughing our socks off at this video. Would it have been as funny if it had ...
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