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 ]
The infamous cello sound that debuted on the M400. It was fairly popular, and King Crimson took a particular liking to it. The cello was also used, oddly enough, in "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight" (Genesis, SEBTP), albeit through some sort of distortion. The story goes that the cellist refused to tune his instrument down for the lowest notes in this bank, fearing damage. In a pinch, a double bassist was brought in for those final five notes, hence the extreme difference in timbre and why I tended to avoid these notes in my example.The first part is just some improvised chords and melodies. Imagine how many cellos that would take to play! The next part is that bit from "Dancing With The Moonlit Knight." The third part is just a little more improvising.The tone of the upper ranges of this instrument is very harsh and unmusical. The lower ranges sound much better. Overall, I didn't do much post work on this sound. There's a touch of reverb, and I dialed back the Tone wheel a bit from the default in order to soften up those higher notes. When I did this example I was stuck by just how beautiful this sound is--even for all its flaws.Comments and suggestions, as always, are welcomed!-Squonk [ More Detail ]
Performance of the last movement of Haydn's Cello Concerto in D Major. June 2008. I am the cellist in this video. Even though I usually embrace constructive criticism, I have already extensively analysed my errors in this recording and would therefore appreciate it if you could refrain from negative comments this time around. Thanks, and enjoy!But first, for anyone who is interested, here is some background information on the piece:Some fun background info: For some time, music historians were unsure whether or not Haydn actually wrote this concerto; some scholars believed that the composer of the piece was Anton Kraft, Haydn's friend and the world's first cello virtuoso. It was later verified that the piece was, in fact, composed by Haydn, who intended for it to be performed by Kraft, accompanied by an orchestra of only about fourteen people. The concerto, however, was deemed too difficult to be played and as a result, it was not performed until about 180 years after its composition. It is still regarded as the most difficult cello concerto in the repertoire. Haydn himself was known for having a good sense of humour and I find that this movement in particular really exemplifies this. I find it profoundly ironic that one of the only light-hearted concertos written for the instrument is also the most challenging. The contrast between the blithe "maggiore" section and the melodramatic "minore" section borders on comical. The recurring section of the rondo comes back in one of the variations written upside-down. And the jocosity of the recurring theme bears an optimistic message of happiness prevailing. [ More Detail ]
First take, like or dislike, it was fun playing. The cello is of course out of tune. But I just wanted to be the first to feature a cellist. Hehe.Do you think you can do a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious awesome astonishing speechless job on the cello? Prove it, it'd be an honor to listen to.Key of Ab Major...go improvise!Voice, range: Eb4-Ab5Chords, Db, Absus/Eb, Ab, FmHave fun =)http://myspace.com/tekfireViva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is the fourth studio album by British band Coldplay. It is scheduled to be released on 12 June 2008 in the UK and 17 June 2008 in North America. [ More Detail ]
When It Rains. Live performance of When It Rains by The Builders and The Butchers playing with 12 cellists from The Portland Cello Project in front of a sold-out crowd at The Aladdin Theater, in Portland, Oregon, April 11, 2008. [ More Detail ]
This is the first exercise in the Suzuki Cello Book I. It is for proper D-string posture. Use a short bow stroke. The D-string posture is fundamental and should be completely mastered. Hope this video helps beginning cellists. [ More Detail ]
Not the best recording available but I thought I'd upload it to see what the response would be.This is Nathan Haley playing for a recital Fall 2007. Please note that the end of the movement is cut off since it leads into movement IV.This cadenza is incredibly beautiful in a rather dark way. It shows off what a cellist can do technically and it's also very transparent what the performer is thinking.In this recording the cellist uses a rather darker mood, keeping the vibrato to a slight quiver rather than a wide lumpy jerk. Physical body movement is also kept on the conservative side, probably to keep the sense of coldness and wandering.There are a few things that irk me about this performance - the intonation and the rushed beginning, to name a couple.Please leave [preferably constructive] criticism and comments if you feel so inclined!Thanks for viewing :) [ More Detail ]
Again, this is a piece for cello and piano off of Finale MusicMaker. It is in 6/8 and D Minor, yet the tonality switches quite a bit. It has two sections in minor (D and E Minor) and two sections in major (E-flat and F Major). I am only a young cellist and have not taken any formal theory or composition classes. So please dont't expect the Dvorak Concerto hahaha.Please leave comments and suggestions for improvement. [ More Detail ]
Back at the Battersea household, drunk playing Martins Cello. He had to be drunk to let me play it. On guitar is Fyfe Guillemot Dangerfield, I completely ruin his version of a Neil Young song....apologies ;) [ More Detail ]
Martin Sklar playing the Sterling edition which is a version transcribed for the double bass. It lies on the instrument in a range that the cellist enjoyes playing the original. [ More Detail ]
REUPLOADED WITH SOUND, might want to watch this again because it cuts off at a different point from the previous oneThe story is about a woman named Mi-ju who used to be a really good cello player but due to a car accident that killed her best friend, Mi-ju was scared and had to quit and became a cello teacher instead. So she leads a normal life but as the movie progresses her life becomes more and more tragic due to different events happening. She also has this somewhat slow daughter that she's trying to teach the cello to which just doesn't go the way it should, a new housekeeper that is really creepy and memories that haunts her. [ More Detail ]
The Capriccio cello is a very good option for the beginner cellist. It is made of solid timbers, has ebony fittings and offers great value for money. www.animato.com.au [ More Detail ]
I've decided to post this Polonaise for Cello and Piano. It is one of my favorites Chopin works. With an Introduction and then the Polonaise. Cello: Pieter WispelveyPiano: Dejan Lizic [ More Detail ]
Mstislav Rostropovich plays the Courante and Sarabande from Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012. Filmed at the Basilique Sainte Madeleine, Vézelay, Yvonne, France in 1991. On YouTube you can compare Rostropovich's romantic, older-style interpretation of Bach to the more classical original-instrument approach by Mischa Maisky.1. Prélude2. Allemande3. Courante4. Sarabande5. Gavotte I - Gavotte II - Gavotte I6. Gigueaccording to Wikipedia:t is widely believed that the sixth suite was composed specifically for a five-stringed violoncello piccolo, a smaller cello, roughly the size of a 7/8 normal cello that has a fifth upper string tuned to E, a perfect fifth above the otherwise top string. However, some say there is not substantial evidence to support this claim: whilst three of the sources inform the player that it is written for an instrument "a cinq cordes", only Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript indicates the tunings of the strings and the other sources do not mention any intended instrument at all.Other possible instruments for the suite include a version of the violoncello piccolo played on the arm like a viola, as well as a five-stringed normal sized cello, called a viola pomposa. As the range required in this piece is very large, the suite was probably intended for a larger instrument, although it is conceivable that Bach—who was fond of the viola—may have performed the work himself on an arm-held violoncello piccolo. However, it is equally likely that beyond hinting the number of strings, Bach did not intend any specific instrument at all as the construction of instruments in the early 18th century was highly variable.Cellists wishing to play the piece on a modern four-string cello encounter difficulties as they are forced to use very high positions to reach many of the notes, though modern cellists regularly perform the suite on the 4-string instrument. Performers specialising in early music and using authentic instruments generally use the 5-string cello for this suite, including Pieter Wispelwey, Anner Bylsma and Jaap ter Linden.This suite is written in much more free form than the others, containing more cadenza-like movements and virtuosic passages. It is also the only one of the suites that is partly notated in the various C clefs, which is not needed for the others since they never go above the note G4 (G above middle C.Mstislav Rostropovich called this suite "a symphony for solo cello" and characterised its D major tonality as evoking joy and triumph.Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič [ More Detail ]
Me playing Beethoven Virus from DDR on my Cello. I have NO SHEET MUSIC (which I'm rather proud of)and did this completely be ear...Yay for me :) It took me a few minutes to learn and a lot of time to perfect...despite the middle part being a little wierd. But, yeah, ENJOY. [ More Detail ]