Article: Learning lines by chapter and verse ; The city of Plymouth Festival continued on day three at the Athenaeum Theatre with performances in music including violin solos, school instrumental ensembles and cello solos.

Article: J.S. Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo
Strings;  February 1, 2006 ;     426 words ...J.S. Bach: The Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo. Gidon Kremer, violin. (ECM New Series 1926/27 B000506s-02-BK01) In his lengthy German introduction to this two-CD ...

Article: The Red Violin Caprices. Violin Sonata.1/25 Portraits: Nos. 9, 1, ...
Fanfare;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Violin Caprices. Violin Sonata.1 THOMSON 25 Portraits: Nos. 9, 1, 7 (arr. Dushkin).1 5 Ladies.1 8 Portraits for Violin Solo * Philippe Quint (vn); William Wolfram (pn)1 * NAXOS 8.559364 (64:46) John Corigliano's evocative score for ...

Article: Violin solo was simply sublime
Plymouth Evening Herald, The;  March 21, 2009 ;     421 words ...Tchaikovsky said that his 1812 Overture would be very noisy, and he wasn't wrong, even without any canons going off, which now, of course, would fall foul of health and safety regulations! In fact, some of the most effective parts of Plymouth Symphony Orchestra's performance were the quieter

Article: Freeman Etudes for Violin Solo XVII-XXXII, vols. ...
Notes;  June 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...In 1977 John Cage (1912-1992) embarked on the ambitious project of composing thirty-two virtuosic etudes for solo violin. The work, commissioned by the art patron Betty Freeman, resulted from close collaboration with the violinist Paul Zukofsky. Zukofsky offered practical advice about all aspects

Article: Chang enthralls with violin solo
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 11, 2006 ;     563 words ...SARAH CHANG WITH THE UTAH SYMPHONY, Abravanel Hall, Friday; additional performance tonight, 8 p.m. (355-2787). When Sarah Chang plays, one listens. A poet of her instrument, she enthralls her audience and brings it willingly into her world. This weekend's guest soloist with the Utah Symphony, Chang

Article: ROBERT MCDUFFIE SCHUMAN: VIOLIN CONCERTO BERNSTEIN: SERENADE FOR ...
The Boston Globe;  February 22, 1990 ;     442 words ...William Schuman's Violin Concerto is a terrific piece, full of high-energy lyricism. Originally written for Isaac Stern and the Koussevitzky's Boston Symphony, it wasn't premiered until the tenure of Charles Munch, who gave the Symphony Hall premiere in 1950. The composer made two subsequent

Article: Alsop shines in Ravinia debut at CSO helm Salerno-Sonnenberg's ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 14, 2002 ;     700 words ...Two high-powered women were in the spotlight Friday night with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. Violin virtuoso Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, guest soloist in the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1, was a familiar face. She has been on Ravinia's roster of stellar soloists since her debut at