
Virtuoso Violinists at the ѿý
Nicola Benedetti introduces performances by celebrated violinists including Nathan Milstein, Mischa Elman, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman and Nigel Kennedy.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti explores 60 years of ѿý archive to celebrate the world of the violin and its most outstanding performers. From Nathan Milstein, Mischa Elman and Isaac Stern to Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman and Nigel Kennedy, Nicola gives us a violinist's perspective on what makes a great performance in a tradition which stretches back to the 19th-century virtuoso Paganini. Filmed at the Royal Academy of Music Museum, London.
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Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No.1 in G Minor
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio in E Major
Performer: Nathan Milstein. -
Antonio Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Vag Papian. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in G Minor Op.12
Performer: Mischa Elman. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugo Rignold. -
Fritz Kreisler
Preghiera
Performer: Mischa Elman. Performer: Joseph Seiger (piano). -
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E Minor
Performer: Fritz Kreisler. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Landon Ronald. -
Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin
Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Michael Isador (piano). -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No.3
Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. -
Niccolò Paganini
Caprice No.24
Performer: Ruggiero Ricci. -
Antonio Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. -
Pablo de Sarasate
Zigeunerweisen
Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster. -
Pablo de Sarasate
Carmen Fantasy Op.25
Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D Major
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis. -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D
Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Four Seasons (Autumn)
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D
Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon. -
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No.5 (Spring)
Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Lambert Orkis. -
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto
Performer: David Oistrakh. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Schwarz. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
Double Violin Concerto
Performer: David Oistrakh. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. -
Leonard Bernstein
Serenade
Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. -
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto
Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Nicola Benedetti |
Producer | Helen Mansfield |
Executive Producer | Mark Cooper |
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