Thu, 22 January 2009 ![]() Episode 53: The beautiful science of strings Upcoming events: January 24 - private performance in West Palm Beach, Florida, January 28 - private soiree in Chicago, January 30 - master class at Virginia Commonwealth University, January 31 - recital at Virginia Commonwealth University (works of Dvorak, Brahms, Corigliano, Bauer, Gilbert, and Sousa) Inquiries from my Inbox: A neighbor in my elevator asks, "Who is your dressmaker?" You can contact my wonderful dressmaker, Julia Needlman, at 773-750-2180 or julianeedlman@sbcglobal.net.Random Musical Thought: If I had to make an unbreakable vow, I would place my hand on the Bach Six Sonatas and Partitas.A conversation from November 3, 2008, with two representatives of Thomastik-Infeld in Vienna, makers of Vision strings: Wolfgang Weiss, Head of Marketing, and Franz Klanner, Head of Research and Development and Material Science.For more information about Thomastik-Infeld strings, please visit http://www.thomastik-infeld.com.total playing time: 49:09 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES!Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Comments[19] |
Mon, 12 January 2009 ![]() Episode 52: Getting the scoop on Franz Clement from a renowned British musicologist Upcoming events: January 10 - recital at the El Paso Festival, January 15 - master class at Centerville High School in Dayton, Ohio, January 16 and 17 - Roque Cordero Concerto with the Dayton Philharmonic Inquiries from my Inbox: Vicki writes, "Later next month I am performing 'Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso' by Saint-Saens with my youth orchestra. However, I cannot find any information about the piece itself, only a biography of Saint-Saens. Could you please direct me to a source?" Random Musical Thought: Composer Ned Rorem says, "Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist." A conversation about Franz Clement and the classical period with British musicologist Clive Brown, editor of the modern performing edition of the Clement's Violin Concerto in D Major. The Clement Concerto is on my new CD, "Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos" with Maestro Jose Serebrier and the Royal Philharmonic. Clement's beautiful concerto was written one year before Beethoven's. The two concertos share the same key, instrumentation, length, aesthetic and many of the exact same figurations. To purchase this CD, please visit www.rachelbartonpine.com. To learn more about Professor Clive Brown, please visit http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/staff/cb/#. To purchase Clive Brown's book, "Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900," please visit http://www.amazon.com/Classical-Romantic-Performing-Practice-1750-1900/dp/0195166655/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231454720&sr=8-1 total playing time: 35:43 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Comments[39] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 ![]() Episode 51: Writing your own cadenza - don't be scared, it's fun! total playing time: 16:09 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com
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Tue, 30 September 2008 ![]() Episode 50: Fantasies on Beethoven's Violin Concerto (a.k.a. my cadenzas) Upcoming events: October 3 - private event honoring Augusta Read Thomas, October 9 – Ravel Tzigane and Sarasate Zigeunerweisen and Carmen Fantasy with the Iceland Symphony, October 11 – children"s concert with the Iceland Symphony Inquiries from my Inbox: Will asks, "Do you ever hang out with other soloists?” Random Musical Thought: Verdi says, “I adored and I adore this art; and when I am alone and am wrestling with my notes, then my heart pounds, tears stream from my eyes, and the emotions and pleasures are beyond description." My cadenzas to the Beethoven Violin Concerto – a complete walkthrough of my construction with musical examples. Includes the first and last movement cadenzas from my new CD “Beethoven and Clement Violin Concertos” with Maestro Jose Serebrier and the Royal Philharmonic. To purchase this CD, please visit www.rachelbartonpine.com. total playing time: 27:49 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for your answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.rachelbartonpine.com Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Comments[5] |
Wed, 17 September 2008 ![]() Episode 49: The Beethoven Violin Concerto's forgotten origins - introducing Franz Clement and his concerto - Upcoming Events: September 21 - unaccompanied multi-genre recital for Performers of Westchester in New York, September 25 - fundraiser for at-risk youth in Chicago suburbs, September 26 and 28 - Italian baroque music with the Callipygian Players in Chicago - Random Musical Thought: Music journalist Ken Smith says, "If playing a piece of music is like walking through the composer's world, then contemporary music offers you a chance to let the composer point the way. If you're particularly adventurous you can even have the composer take you down a fresh path." Conductor Christoph Eschenbach says, "Living composers are not monsters. What we get in the theater, museums and books is new. Why should it be the opposite in music?"
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Tue, 2 September 2008 Episode 48: Woodworms
and the Three S’s? Luthier Paul Becker discusses violin maintenance,
restoration, and tonal adjustment
- Upcoming Events: September 7 – master class for the PeakHarmonic Youth
Orchestra in Colorado Springs, September 9 – Beethoven Concerto with the
Colorado Springs Philharmonic, September 12 and 13 – Tchaikovsky Concerto with
the Boise Philharmonic - Random Musical Thought: composer Paul Dukas says “There is no such thing as
new music – there are only new musicians” and composer Igor Stravinsky says
“Modern music does not exist. We speak
in a different language from that of our ancestors but say the same thing – or
express them differently.” total playing time: 54:22 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for you answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.myspace.com/rachelbartonpine Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com Comments[4] |
Wed, 20 August 2008 ![]() Episode 47: The second coolest family of string instruments - all about the viola da gamba. total playing time: 33:07 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for you answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! visit Rachel online: www.rachelbartonpine.com Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios Comments[6] |
Wed, 13 August 2008 ![]() Episode 46: More about the d'more: the fascinating 14-stringed cousin of the violin and its enthusiasts - Inquiries from my Inbox: Alise Svoboda asks: Do you do master classes in the Chicagoland area for violinists that are interested in exploring jazz and rock? - Random Musical Thought: James R. Gaines writes, "A world without a sense of the transcendent and mysterious, a universe ultimately discoverable through reason alone, can only be a barren place, and the music sounding forth from such a world might be pretty but it could never be beautiful." - A conversation with Dan Thomason, co-president of the Viola d'Amore Society of America, www.violadamoresocietyofamerica.org.
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Tue, 29 July 2008 ![]() Episode 45: The arts as a catalyst for American democracy - Exploring the world of arts policy SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for you answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.myspace.com/rachelbartonpine www.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com
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Tue, 22 July 2008 ![]() Episode 44: Bringing sound to life - the violins of Jan Van Rooyen total playing time: 39:45 SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON I-TUNES! Would you like to be featured on Violin Adventures? Just send your question via text or as an MP3 attachment to rachelbartonpine@aol.com and listen for you answer on Inquiries From My Inbox! Thanks for listening! www.myspace.com/rachelbartonpine www.youtube.com/RachelBartonPine Violin Adventures with Rachel Barton Pine is produced by Windy Apple Studios www.windyapple.com
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