Heifetz Videos of the Week
Video of the Week: Moving Pictures
Artist Lyndi Angermeier’s paintings provide the perfect backdrop to Julia Angelov’s performance of by Eugène Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 3 in D minor, “Ballade” at Staunton-Augusta Arts Center
Video of the Week: Celebrating The Thaw, with Dvořák
“This is one of the most joyful pieces of Dvořák to me… In this piece I hear the joy of the first thaw. That we can start moving again and life starts blossoming.“ – Bassist Sam Suggs
Video of the Week: A Moment of Hope
A glimmer of hope in the otherwise mournful Adagio makes this a fitting piece for out times, as Heifetz Institute Ensemble in Residence members Jared Blajian and Jingxuan Zhang play von Weber’s Adagio & Rondo
Video of the Week: An American in Staunton
Heifetz Ensemble in Residence (HEIR) members Julia Angelov and Yezu Woo, violin, Matt Cohen, viola, and Coleman Itzkoff, cello, perform the String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, the “American” quartet by Antonín Dvořák.
Video of the Week: A Symbiotic Sonata
Violinist Julia Angelov, a member of the Heifetz Ensemble in Residence program, and pianist Miki Aoki perform the “Sonatensatz” by Johannes Brahms, a work originally composed for the Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim
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: Brahms’ “Parade of Rain”
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.