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Alexander Glazunov composed the Violin Concerto in A minor Opus 82 in 1904–5 when he was at the height of his fame in Russia. It was premiered on 15 February 1905 in St Petersburg at a concert of the Russian Music Society, conducted by the composer, with the great violinist Leopold Auer (to whom it is dedicated) as the soloist. It was Auer’s fourteen-year-old pupil Mischa Elman who gave the first performances outside Russia in the same year, helping to build the work’s international reputation. Hans Keller claimed that Glazunov’s treatment of the solo violin’s character made the work ‘something
2022-01-17 15:47:10
Josef Hofmann, 2022
This Week in Classical Music: January 17, 2022. Hofmann and Elman. A whole bunch of composers were born this week, but none of them are of the very first rank. Johann Hermann Schein, our recent “discovery,” who was born on January 20th of 1586, but he was outshone by his good friend Heinrich Schütz. Ernest Chausson, born on January 20th of 1855 and mostly known for his Poème for violin and orchestra, may have developed into a more interesting composer had he not died at the age of 44 after hitting a brick wall while riding a bicycle. Muzio Clementi probably isn’t much liked by anybody who has studied piano as a kid for his rather unimaginative, simple Sonatinas that were part of the obligatory school repertory. Clementi, the Italian who spend much of his life in England, had a very interesting life (and also wrote some pretty good music). We […]
2021-11-01 17:37:24
Born in Russia, Shindarov began his violin studies with Piotr Stolyarsky — who also taught Misha Elman, Nathan Milstein, and David Oistrakh. Shindarov later received his master's degree in violin from the Moscow Conservatory under Oistrakh’s tutelage. Before he left the USSR for America in 1975, Shindarov served as concertmaster of the Bolshoi Opera […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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