Heifetz Videos of the Week
Video of the Week: A Staunton Harmonium Comes Home to Heifetz
Staunton’s storied musical past and vital present come together through a century old organ in a performance of The Bagatelles Op. 47 by Antonín Dvořák
Video of the Week: Dissonance by Design
The Heifetz Ensemble in Residence (HEIR) marks the return of live performances to Staunton with a stunning interpretation of Mozart’s landmark first movement of the “Dissonance” Quartet.
Video of the Week: Viva Italia…Viva Vivaldi!
Heifetz faculty member Mark Kaplan kicked off the Grand Finale of Heifetz2017 by leading an all-star ensemble in a fiery performance of Vivaldi’s Concerto in B minor for four violins. Bravissimo!
Video of the Week: The Sea-Shell’s Song, from Three Titans
Breezy on the surface, this rendition of “Sea-Shell” is actually a product of three titans of early-20th-century American arts and letters: Amy Lowell, Carl Engel, and Efrem Zimbalist
Video of The Week: Mozart’s “Lost Paradise of Music”
What’s in a name? Among the hundreds of works by Mozart you’ll see lists of Divertimentos, Cassations, Serenades, and other titles. Modern-day scholars suggest calling them all one thing: “Party Music”
Video of the Week: Shall We Gather?
“As I see it, music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.” – Aaron Copland As the nation prepares to inaugurate Joe Biden as the 46th President of…
Video of the Week: A Parade of Rain from Johannes Brahms
From a July 2019 Stars of Tomorrow concert violinist Sophia Steger and pianist Beilin Han play the first movement of the so-called “Rain” Sonata by Johannes Brahms.
Video of the Week: Postcard from the Past: Nobuko Imai Plays Bruch
Bruch crafted his Romance for viola and orchestra, an affectionate “postcard from the past” that could easily have come from the pen of Mendelssohn, Brahms, or Schumann.
Videos of the YEAR: 20 Picks from 2020
Yes, it was a Year Like No Other, but through it all, Heifetz was there to share some truly magical music moments! Now we've reviewed the tapes, run the numbers, and had the arguments: From the...
Video of the Week: A Christmas Concerto from the Kreeger
Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher, impresario, and Roman Catholic priest Antonio VivaldiThe Mystical Nativity, from the turn of the 16th century by the Italian...
Video of the Week: Thank You For the Miracles
Tomorrow night, the first candles will glow for Hanukkah 2020, which starts on the evening of Thursday, December 10, 2020, and ends with the final candle being lit for the Festival of Lights on the...
Video of the Week: Finding the Pulse in Paganini
“In the three variations, in the main theme, and in the introduction…each section has a heartbeat that keeps it alive,” say violinist Pierce Wang about Paganini’s ultra-tricky Variations on “I Palpiti….”