Heifetz Videos of the Week
Video of the Week: A “Souvenir de Francis”
In the early 1850s, Henryk Wieniawski was an unknown teenage violinist just starting out on his many years of wandering across Europe, giving concerts wherever there seemed to be anybody to listen....
Answering the Call, with SoHyun Ko
On May 1 and 2, spiritual leaders, front-line workers, storytellers, artists, activists all came together in a 24-hour global livestream titled “The Call to Unite.“ Guests included three former US...
Video of the Week: Remembering Lynn Harrell
Those who delight in the music; in never failing to find refreshment in it; who rejoice in their gift… those are the musicians who have lasted, whose way has been lit by this special lantern of our art.” – Cellist Lynn Harrell
Video Of The Week: A Terzetto in Triplicate
Our Video of the Week is the first of our Virtual Heifetz era, with our Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen modeling the way. As part of a step-by-step demonstration of what Nick describes as “checkerboard chamber music,”
Video of the Week: A Bernstein Ballad
“The fourth movement of [Bernstein’s] concerto, dedicated to Agathon, contains some of the most beautiful music of any 20th-century score.” – Leonard Bernstein biographer Humphrey Burton
Video of the Week: Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór
With the world in the midst of the “Coronavirus Cancellation” St. Patrick’s Day 2020 is more of a day for contemplation than celebration, and we’ve got just the musical prescription to take your...
Video of the Week: An Evergreen from Evermay
“Yesterday I heard—would you believe it?—Bizet’s masterpiece, for the twentieth time. Again I stayed there with tender devotion, again I did not run away. This triumph over my impatience surprises...
Video of the Week: A Leap Year Birthday for Rossini!
"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I’ve no desire to be disloyal,Some person in authority, I don’t know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,Has decided that, although for such a...
Beethoven, Right Side Up and Righteous
Beethoven completed this concerto in such close proximity to when it was supposed to premiere that the soloist had almost no time to prepare it. The same violinist also performed one of his own...
Visions of Love, from Classic to Contemporary
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we’ve got twice the love to share on our weekly video feature, both souvenirs from our December tour. First is literally a Salute to Love – or, in its original title, Liebesgruss –…
Video of the Week: Leave It To Biber!
"Historical performance is like Live-Action Role Playing, or LARPing. We get to be musical time-travelers…going back to the periods of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and on, and we get to re-create the...
A Fitting Grand Finale, with a Bass Boost
Here it is, the end of January. A time when we not only celebrate the Jan. 31 birthday of the incomparable composer Franz Schubert – he of the the searing string quartets and superb symphonies – but...