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This is one of the most difficult pieces to play. It's a really simple piece with lots of scales. So there is nothing to hide behind.'
Itzhak Perlman talks about overcoming the technical difficulties of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
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The unusual violin is currently on display at the ‘New Instrument Exhibit’, part of the Violin Society of America’s 2024 convention in Indianapolis
Bernsted performs a solo work that she describes as having ‘complexity like a kaleidoscope’
Check out a string chamber version of Vaughan Williams’s beloved work for violin
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Oesi and pianist Andrea Vasi perform Bottesini’s Allegro Di Concerto ’Alla Mendelssohn,’ which was released as a single last week
A violinist and violist from the quartet played an arrangement of a Verdi aria for the passengers
The group shines a light on the work of the marginalised Jewish-Viennese composer, as part of its ‘Music in Exile’ recording series
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