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 cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
The machine, created by robotics student Raghavasimhan Sankaranarayanan, uses AI to generate Carnatic music
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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The work has been arranged and recorded for double bass by James Oesi for his latest single release
The film follows the ground-breaking career of bassist Orin O’Brien, who joined the orchestra in 1966
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