'Classical Babe' Comes To Santa Rosa

[sarongsong]

November 3, 2006
...Violin Concerto No. 1 by Max Bruch (1838-1920)...this nicely burnished chestnut...starts with an ominous timpani roll...the violin introduces its bag of tricks, from double-stops to trills, along with soaring melodies...Sparks fly in the finale, as the violin scales the work’s virtuosic heights with gypsy-like flair. Everyone from Jascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein to Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell has recorded this popular piece...
Nicola Benedetti (http://srimg.us.publicus.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=SR&Date=20061103&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=61103005&Ref=AR&MaxW=228) [19]...picked up her first violin at age 4...will play "The Bruch" on a Stradivarius..."These instruments have a certain class to them...they will only let you play to a certain standard..."... Press Democrat (http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061103/NEWS/61103005/-1/SPECIAL&THEMES=ENTERTAINMENT) 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Nov. 12 and 8 p.m. Nov. 13
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California
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[Maksutov]

She's nice.

Then there's a lot to be said for Hilary Hahn (http://www.hilaryhahn.com/index.html) playing Brahms and Stravinsky.

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6452/hilaryhahnbrahmsstravinskyyi7.th.jpg (http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hilaryhahnbrahmsstravinskyyi7.jpg)

Even better with Schoenberg and Sibelius.

And let's not forget Anne-Sophie Mutter (http://www.elusivedisc.com/products.asp?dept=1013&pagenumber=2&sort_on=&sort_by=).

:clap:

[soylentgreen]

Then there's a lot to be said for Hilary Hahn playing Brahms and Stravinsky. Even better with Schoenberg and Sibelius.


I agree on the Stravinsky and certainly the Sibelius...but, ahhh Brahms...for myself, I must say that so far no one beats Nigel Kennedy on the Brahms.
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When an artist achieves what he does on that incredible opening of the third movement, it's hard to top.