Combining elements of Bach, the circus, Spanish rhythms and milonga, this insistent tango captures the ambition of a man for the woman he desires.Performers:Guitar - Christopher CaliendoFlute - John BarcellonaCello - Ian FlattRun Time - 2:36 [ More Detail ]
Steven Galloway's new book "The Cellist of Sarajevo" follows the lives of some ordinary people trying to cope with life in the besieged city. One, a cellist, refuses to be afraid, giving a daily concert in remembrance of people killed in a mortar attack. [ More Detail ]
Andrew BishopJunior Trumpet RecitalWiedemann Recital HallWichita State UniversityFebruary 22, 1996At the end of the spring semester before the year I gave this Junior Recital at WSU, my trumpet instructor Bob Grim told me that he thought I should start working on and conditioning for Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and perform it the next school year. I was excited that he believed I had the ability to perform the famous (infamous!) masterwork, and eagerly began working on it. I had originally thought of asking the top violinist, oboist, and flautist at WSU at the beginning of the year if they would consider doing it as a audition for the WSU Concerto/Aria contest later that spring. But before I did that, I thought I'd ask Dr. Jay Decker, director of the orchestral program if that unusual audition piece would be allowed. So the first week of school I made an appointment and presented my idea to him. To my astonishment, he informed me that he had already programmed the piece on a future concert that year! I was very excited, especially after the GTA of the trumpet studio wanted no part of playing it. The unfortunate thing about performing Brandenburg 2 on the orchestra concert, was that Dr. Decker insisted on having the whole WSU string section play on the piece, because the Bach was one of only two pieces on the concert (the other, incredibly, was Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring!") Both WSU Conducting GTA Anthony Arnone (who was conducting the piece) and I lobbied voraciously for a much more appropriate and authentic performance using a small baroque orchestra instead, but to no avail. It was a fine first Brandenburg performance of my career, but as you can imagine, not an ideal balance between soli and tutti. HOWEVER, to remedy the situation somewhat, I decided to program my Junior Trumpet Recital just two days after the orchestra concert, and by doing so, have executive decision on the instrumentation numbers for the Bach. Little did I know that absolute disaster was awaiting me when I arrived at school the morning of my recital. As I walked into the music office, someone asked me if I was going to go ahead with my recital that afternoon. Having absolutely no reason why I wouldn't, I said of course, to which the reply came, "who is going to play oboe on the Brandenburg?" At that moment I knew something horrendous had happened, and sure enough, Oboe GTA Andrea Banke (who, BTW, is now the oboe professor at WSU) had smashed her hand in a car door the night before and broken her finger(s). Mercifully, my utter panic subsided quickly after learning that she had already contacted top undergraduate oboist David Jordan to play the part on my recital. David basically sight read the part without any rehearsing, and truly saved the day with a remarkably fine job under those circumstances.Program:Let the Bright Seraphim (G.F. Handel)From "Samson"Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (J.S. Bach)I. AllegroII. AndanteIII. Allegro assaiAir for Erin (1992) -- Phil SnedecorCousins (H.L. Clarke)Musicians:Marla Fogderund -- SopranoThomas C. Grubb -- PianoIan Schwindt -- TromboneGenevieve Bishop -- Piano, OrganBrandenburg Soloists:Chastity Spencer -- FluteDavid Jordan -- OboeJeffrey Parry -- ViolinWSU Brandenburg Orchestra -- Anthony Arnone, ConductorViolin I: Loralyn Staples, Angela Scalise, Valene GoldenbergViolin II. Keith Redpath, Malin Huffman, Elizabeth BirgerViola: Vannia Phillips, David MarsdenCello: Marcia Chase, Mary LindsayBass: Kathleen ZellerHarpsichord: Julie BarnesPlease visit me at:www.myspace.com/andrewbishoptrumpet [ More Detail ]
Andrew BishopJunior Trumpet RecitalWiedemann Recital HallWichita State UniversityFebruary 22, 1996At the end of the spring semester before the year I gave this Junior Recital at WSU, my trumpet instructor Bob Grim told me that he thought I should start working on and conditioning for Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 and perform it the next school year. I was excited that he believed I had the ability to perform the famous (infamous!) masterwork, and eagerly began working on it. I had originally thought of asking the top violinist, oboist, and flautist at WSU at the beginning of the year if they would consider doing it as a audition for the WSU Concerto/Aria contest later that spring. But before I did that, I thought I'd ask Dr. Jay Decker, director of the orchestral program if that unusual audition piece would be allowed. So the first week of school I made an appointment and presented my idea to him. To my astonishment, he informed me that he had already programmed the piece on a future concert that year! I was very excited, especially after the GTA of the trumpet studio wanted no part of playing it. The unfortunate thing about performing Brandenburg 2 on the orchestra concert, was that Dr. Decker insisted on having the whole WSU string section play on the piece, because the Bach was one of only two pieces on the concert (the other, incredibly, was Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring!") Both WSU Conducting GTA Anthony Arnone (who was conducting the piece) and I lobbied voraciously for a much more appropriate and authentic performance using a small baroque orchestra instead, but to no avail. It was a fine first Brandenburg performance of my career, but as you can imagine, not an ideal balance between soli and tutti. HOWEVER, to remedy the situation somewhat, I decided to program my Junior Trumpet Recital just two days after the orchestra concert, and by doing so, have executive decision on the instrumentation numbers for the Bach. Little did I know that absolute disaster was awaiting me when I arrived at school the morning of my recital. As I walked into the music office, someone asked me if I was going to go ahead with my recital that afternoon. Having absolutely no reason why I wouldn't, I said of course, to which the reply came, "who is going to play oboe on the Brandenburg?" At that moment I knew something horrendous had happened, and sure enough, Oboe GTA Andrea Banke (who, BTW, is now the oboe professor at WSU) had smashed her hand in a car door the night before and broken her finger(s). Mercifully, my utter panic subsided quickly after learning that she had already contacted top undergraduate oboist David Jordan to play the part on my recital. David basically sight read the part without any rehearsing, and truly saved the day with a remarkably fine job under those circumstances.Program:Let the Bright Seraphim (G.F. Handel)From "Samson"Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (J.S. Bach)I. AllegroII. AndanteIII. Allegro assaiAir for Erin (1992) -- Phil SnedecorCousins (H.L. Clarke)Musicians:Marla Fogderund -- SopranoThomas C. Grubb -- PianoIan Schwindt -- TromboneGenevieve Bishop -- Piano, OrganBrandenburg Soloists:Chastity Spencer -- FluteDavid Jordan -- OboeJeffrey Parry -- ViolinWSU Brandenburg Orchestra -- Anthony Arnone, ConductorViolin I: Loralyn Staples, Angela Scalise, Valene GoldenbergViolin II. Keith Redpath, Malin Huffman, Elizabeth BirgerViola: Vannia Phillips, David MarsdenCello: Marcia Chase, Mary LindsayBass: Kathleen ZellerHarpsichord: Julie BarnesPlease visit me at:www.myspace.com/andrewbishoptrumpet [ More Detail ]
Andrew BishopJunior Trumpet RecitalWiedemann Recital HallWichita State UniversityFebruary 22, 1996While at WSU I was very lucky to befriend Soprano GTA Marla Fogderud while singing in the Concert Chorale. We stood next to each other, though the chasm that represented her vocal talent next to my own was (and still is) nothing short of infinite. But, where my vocal talent lacked, my abilities on the trumpet must have been the reason for her reciprocating the musical respect I had/have for her. We became fast friends, and after this first collaboration, have performed together many times since. Program:Let the Bright Seraphim (G.F. Handel)From "Samson"Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major (J.S. Bach)I. AllegroII. AndanteIII. Allegro assaiAir for Erin (1992) -- Phil SnedecorCousins (H.L. Clarke)Musicians:Marla Fogderund -- SopranoThomas C. Grubb -- PianoIan Schwindt -- TromboneGenevieve Bishop -- Piano, OrganBrandenburg Soloists:Chastity Spencer -- FluteDavid Jordan -- OboeJeffrey Parry -- ViolinWSU Brandenburg Orchestra -- Anthony Arnone, ConductorViolin I: Loralyn Staples, Angela Scalise, Valene GoldenbergViolin II. Keith Redpath, Malin Huffman, Elizabeth BirgerViola: Vannia Phillips, David MarsdenCello: Marcia Chase, Mary LindsayBass: Kathleen ZellerHarpsichord: Julie BarnesPlease visit me at:www.myspace.com/andrewbishoptrumpet [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
22-year-old classical cellist Sian Evans has four weeks to transform herself into a club DJ before working the crowd at prestigious nightspot The Cross. [ More Detail ]
Tribute presented at Carnegie Hall. Special Guest Borislav Strulev performing jazz solo "Sweet Lorraine." Roger Kellaway, American composer, arranger, pianist, Jazz guitar virtuoso Russell Malone. Christian McBride on double bass. [ More Detail ]
Today I decided to do some recording with this really cool hand recorder I have. This is one of the three Irish tunes that I recorded. I hope you like it and as the title says I played this tune on the . . . CELLO! [ More Detail ]
Der Berliner Cellist Alban Gerhardt stellt sich den ungewöhnlichen Fragen von Moderator Jan Holthaus im Bayern 4 Klassik-Interview "Das Verhör", live aufgezeichnet in München am 31. Mai 2008. [ More Detail ]
Chopin Nocturne played by cellist Nathaniel Rosen, Gold medalist at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in 1978. the piece transcribed by Mr. Piatigorsky. [ More Detail ]
Ashraf Hakim is a solo cellist virtuoso who astounds audiences with his broad musical range and soulful sounds from ancient Arabic quarter tone variations, sweeping orchestral concertos and improvisations that transcend the soul bridging peace from East to West. He has played on six continents for Kings, Queens, Sheiks, Ambassadors, Presidents, and Prime Ministers. Ashraf is the only musician featured on the Pyramids and Sphynx of Egypt by the Mena House Oberoi. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington. [ More Detail ]