All violin-concerto articles
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Baiba Skride on the Berg Violin Concerto, first movement
The Latvian violinist discusses the importance of thorough planning, together with emotional engagement, when playing this awkward work
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ReviewConcert review: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz
Dennis Rooney attends a live performance at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, on 24 January 2021
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VideoA new violin concerto from Danny Elfman
Film composer Danny Elfman, best known for the Simpson’s theme tune and his scores for Tim Burton’s Batman and more recently the Sam Raimi Spider-Man series, has just released his first violin concerto, ‘Eleven Eleven’. The soloist is Sandy Cameron. Listen/buy the album here.
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ReviewNemanja Radulović, violin/viola: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, Rococo Variations
One soloist doubles up in two Tchaikovsky classics
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ReviewBomsori Kim: Shostakovich and Wieniawski concertos
Two concertos, two eras, two contrasting performances
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FocusMasterclass: Christian Tetzlaff on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto – first movement
How to bring out the mystery and joy of one of classical music’s longest opening movements
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ReviewNoa Wildschut: Mozart Violin Concerto no.5, Violin Sonata K454, Adagio K261
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Promising debut from a young violin talent Musicians: Noa Wildschut (violin) Yoram Ish-Hurwitz (piano) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra/Gordan Nikolić Works: MOZART Violin Concerto in A major K219 ‘Turkish’; Adagio in E major K261; Violin Sonata in ...
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Focus'If one can do something, I believe it’s important to try' – Hilary Hahn on Refugee Council concert in London
The violinist will perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at a Royal Festival Hall fundraising concert on 15 January conducted by Edward Gardner. Here she talks to The Strad about a cause close to her heart and a concerto which has become a constant companion
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ReviewTasmin Little – Szymanowski: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2, Karlowicz: Violin Concerto
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: November 2017Description: Romantic concertos that stand in a class of their ownMusicians: Tasmin Little (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Edward GardnerComposer: Szymanowski, KarlowiczCatalogue Number: CHANDOS CHSA 5185 ‘I maintain that our national music is not the ossified ghosts of ...
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VideoSarah Chang - Paganini: Violin Concerto no.1, op.6
In this video from 1995 Sarah Chang plays Paganini’s Violin Concerto no.1 with the Berlin Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. The full concert is available to purchase here Read: The secret behind violinist Paganini’s amazing technique, but Ruggiero Ricci
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ReviewChisholm: Violin Concerto; Dance Suite; Preludes from the True Edge of the Great World
The Strad Issue: October 2017Description: Little-known 20th-century violin concerto casts a dramatic spellMusicians: Matthew Trusler (violin) Danny Driver (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Martyn BrabbinsComposer: Chisholm Catalogue Number: HYPERION CDA 68208 Here’s a neglected voice in 20th-century British music – and on the evidence of a ...
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VideoNicola Benedetti on the extremes of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.5
In this extract from the 2015 BBC documentary The Joy of Mozart, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about the surprises and sheer euphoria in the fifth violin concerto, often referred to as the ‘Turkish’.
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NewsEllinor D'Melon plays Mozart Violin Concerto no.5, 3rd movement
In this video, 15-year-old Ellinor D’Melon plays the Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5 (3rd movement) with Freixenet Symphony Orchestra of the Queen Sofía College of Music in Madrid under conductor Zubin Mehta. D’Melon was born in Kingston, Jamaica, beginning violin lessons at the age of two and a half. She then ...
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ArticleVivaldi: Violin Concertos opp.11 and 12
The Strad Issue: March 2017Description: Guglielmo is muscular and eloquent in Vivaldi's final collectionsMusicians: Pier Luigi Fabretti (oboe), L'Arte dell'Arco/Federico Guglielmo (violin)Composer: VivaldiCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95048 (2 CDs) Federico Guiglielmo gives persuasive performances of the ten violin concertos in these two collections. He seems unusually relaxed ...
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FocusProkofiev's First Violin Concerto is rarely performed - but the work is unique
Recordings of the work - from Joseph Szigeti's in 1935 to James Ehnes's in 2013 - are compared in The Strad's June 2016 issue
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ArticleAdrian Anantawan, born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Adrian Anantawan, a Canadian violinist born without a right hand, performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with the help of a prosthetic arm.The violinist, who studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, features in The Strad's June 2016 issue analysis feature on the training of ...
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NewsLost’ Halvorsen violin concerto unearthed in Canada
The work is believed to have remained undiscovered since 1909
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FocusChristian Tetzlaff on Beethoven's Violin Concerto cadenza
The violinist discusses Beethoven's original piano cadenza for the work, which he has arranged for violin
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NewsMidori cancels LSO International Violin Festival appearances
The violinist has been advised by her doctor not to travel