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V.T.C.M.A. - 8

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Strange Findings, Student Reminders, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on February 20, 2008 at 1:33 am

The Baltic Baroque play Vivaldi - in style!!
Vivaldi’s “La Folia“:

Vivaldi’s Allegro (RV 565):

Check out more videos from this incredible group here!

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V.T.C.M.A. - 7

Filed in Composition, Performance, Strange Findings, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 26, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Really nice video-work here! Shows off Ed Alleyne-Johnson’s electric violin mastery nicely, what he does and how he does it. And lovely scenery shots, too!
By the way, check out these great anecdotes about famous buskers, including Benjamin Franklin, Sting, Joshua Bell, and more!!…

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Thought for the Day

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Reviews, Technique, Thought for the Day, Violin on January 23, 2008 at 2:07 pm

In the midst of my intense contemplations concerning my current in-progress work - my thesis composition for my Master’s degree, to be exact - I came across this fascinating interview with renowned composer, John Adams, concerning his Violin Concerto.

Excerpt:
Did the concerto genre and the expectations associated with it—especially that of virtuosic writing for the solo [...]

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An Amazing Realization

Filed in Composition, History, Performance, Strange Findings, Thought for the Day on November 28, 2007 at 1:53 pm

Hey, get this:
Today is the 59th anniversary of the world premiere of “The Dirge” - the fourth section from Lenny Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety” Symphony (that’s Symphony No. 2 for piano and orchestra, based on W. H. Auden’s 1946 poem by the same name). This partial premiere was given on Nov. 28, 1948, and was [...]

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V.T.C.M.A. - 6

Filed in Composition, History, Inspiration, Performance, Student Reminders, Thought for the Day on November 7, 2007 at 10:29 pm

“The trouble with you and me, Ned, is that we want everyone in the world to personally love us, and of course that’s impossible: you just don’t meet everyone in the world.”
-Leonard Bernstein, to composer Ned Rorem.
Presenting a brief clip from Bernstein’s acclaimed Norton Lectures at Harvard, 1973-74! A definite must-see for anyone interested in [...]