July 2011

Here 2 (too?) often played repertoirepieces. Do you think they are far better than the more less well known violin concerto's on my YT-channel?

DVORAK, Antonín Leopold (1841-1904)

BEETHOVEN, L. van (1770-1827)

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New CD: Julia Fischer 'Poème'

Julia Fischer's new CD, 'Poème'

Julia Fischer made a cd with 2 relatively well known and 2 relatively unknown pieces with conductor Yakov Kreizberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakov_Kreizberg who died recently 51 years old. He also worked with another wellknown violinist Hilary Hahn. On her Youtubechannel an interview with Yakov together with the concertmaster http://www.youtube.com/user/hilaryhahnvideos On the classical Dutch Radio4 you can hear the new cd (and other cd's) of Julia Fisher.  http://www.radio4.nl/ than right down http://www.radio4.nl/plaatpaal-player/92/po-me-julia-fischer-yakov-kreizberg.html

1. Poema autunnale [Ottorino Respighi].

2. Fantasie in d klein [Josef Suk].

3. Poème [Ernest Chausson].

4. The Lark Ascending [Ralph Vaughan Williams]

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Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882)

Joseph Joachim is relative well known specially his cadenza's of well knwon concerto's, but the composer with this 2 first names and Raff as surename is unknown Here his 1st violin concerto:
RAFF, Joseph Joachim (1822-1882)

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SZYMANOWSKI, Karol (1882-1937) 2nd violin concerto

Here the 2nd violin concerto of Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937), less often performed than the 1th violon concerto.

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HUBAY Suite op.5 for violin+ orchestra

Apart of 4 violin concerto's and Hejre Kati op.32 for violin+ orchestra the Hungarian composer Jeno Hubay wrote Suite op.5 for violin + orchestra:

HUBAY, Jeno Suite for violin+orchestra op.5 (1858-1937)

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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 4th violin concerto

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 4th violin concerto in D KV 218 (1756-1791)

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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus 5 (1756-1791)

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791),  5th violin concerto: 

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Concert of band on book-market near Rotterdam

With our band we played on a book-market in Dordrecht near Rotterdam.

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Andre Rieu in soccerstation Arena Amsterdam 13-6-2011

With a lot of people I saw the biggist show of Andre Rieu, the most popular violinist in the world, in soccerstation Arena Amsterdam on 13-6-2011 with the Schoenbrunn castle of Vienna, 650 windwoodplayers, dancers and icedancers form Vienna, foutains, bagpipeplayers, balloons, a Dutch folksinger, singersoloists and a lot of eldery people with rollators and wheelchairs in the public. He played not only waltzes but also Ben Hur, Verdi + Resphigi:

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