Tag: Shostakovich

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Cello Concerto Overview: The Should Haves (Part II)

By Janet Horvath April 24, 2022

Subjects Repertoire

Tags Alban Gerhardt, Don Quixote, Ernest Bloch, Janos Starker, Leonard Rose, Maria Kliegel, prokofiev, Richard Strauss, Rostropovich, Saint-Saëns, Schelomo, Schumann, Shostakovich, Sol Gabetta

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Meet the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s New Principal Cellist, Blaise Déjardin

By Blogmaster June 25, 2018

Subjects Interviews, Orchestra

Tags Audition, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, challenge, Jules Eskin, motivation, musicianship, orchestra, perception, Shostakovich

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The Britten Cello Suites (Part 5): An Interview with Steven Isserlis

By Aron Zelkowicz December 8, 2013

Subjects Interviews, Repertoire

Tags Aron, Britten, Britten Cello Suites, Britten Cello Symphony, cello, cellobello, chant, conducting, improvisation, interview, Introduzione, Isserlis, manuscript, multiple versions, performance, premiere, recording, Rostropovich, Russian Orthodox Liturgy, Shostakovich, Sonata, Steven, Tavener, third suite, Zelkowicz

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The Holy Sextet (Part 2)

By Brant Taylor December 4, 2012

Subjects Practicing, Technique

Tags Bach, bow, bow strokes, Brant, Brant Taylor, cellists, cello, cellobello, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concerto, contact point, CSO, frog, Pinchas, Shostakovich, success, Taylor, Technique, variables, weight, Zukerman

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Tour Musings

By Alisa Weilerstein April 22, 2011

Subjects Artistic Vision, Travel

Tags Airplanes, Alisa, cello, Cello Travel, cellobello, challenges, concert halls, Concerto, emotion, exhilarating, experiences, inspiration, musicianship, orchestra, performance, recital, rehearsals, Rostropovich, Shostakovich, Sound, tour, Travel, unique, Weilerstein

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Cycles, Shostakovich, and the Final Four

By Brandon Vamos March 28, 2011

Subjects Chamber Music, Repertoire

Tags audiences, Beethoven, Brandon, cellist, cello, cellobello, challenge, composers, composition, concert halls, context, experiences, humor, melodies, musicians, performances, perspective, Quartet, Shostakovich, string quartet, themes, Touring, understanding, unique

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