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Join Us From Home
The Stamford Symphony Channel
for a variety of online events on your computer, tablet or smartphone
Join Us From Home
The Stamford Symphony Channel
for a variety of online events on your computer, tablet or smartphone
Welcome to the Stamford Symphony Channel. Your place to access a variety of content and there is so much to explore, so keep scrolling down. For your convenience, click on the categories of interest to you on your right. Happy watching, listening and reading.
Akiko Hosoi and Andrew Trombley discuss life together and play a rendition of Florence Price's "Ticklin' Toes."
Violist, Adria Benjamin shares a 4th of July Playlist. Watch her video first and the playlist will follow.
Stamford Symphony musicians reinterpret the J.S. Bach Cello Suites for our BACH: 6 WAYS online event. Watch the full event and hear our musicians talk about these pieces here: https://youtu.be/JEaDaKSg1_Y
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Eliot Bailen plays Bach Cello Suite No. 4, Prelude - BACH: 6 WAYS
Stamford Symphony musicians reinterpret the J.S. Bach Cello Suites for our BACH: 6 WAYS online event. Watch the full event and hear our musicians talk about these pieces here: https://youtu.be/JEaDaKSg1_Y -
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Melanie Feld, English horn, plays Bach Cello Suite No. 1, Gigue - BACH: 6 WAYS
Stamford Symphony musicians reinterpret the J.S. Bach Cello Suites for our BACH: 6 WAYS online event. Watch the full event and hear our musicians talk about these pieces here: https://youtu.be/JEaDaKSg1_Y -
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Maureen Strenge, bassoon, plays Bach Cello Suite No. 1, Courante - BACH: 6 WAYS
Stamford Symphony musicians reinterpret the J.S. Bach Cello Suites for our BACH: 6 WAYS online event. Watch the full event and hear our musicians talk about these pieces here: https://youtu.be/JEaDaKSg1_Y
Cheryl and Ed's matching gift offer ends today, June 30, 2020. Stamford Symphony will use funds to compensate our musicians who are currently out of work. Watch the video and then click the link below to give. Call 203.325.1407 x 10, if you would prefer to give over the phone.
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Fam Jam: Hamburger Ostinato! with Janey Choi - Stamford Symphony
Print or download this cheat sheet: https://bit.ly/2MNbxSf
Jam along with the quarantined Juilliard community, the NY Philharmonic, or another recording of Ravel's Bolero!
Juilliard Remote Bolero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzkn-jX-JU
NY Philharmonic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3UW218_zPo
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhhkGyJ092E
Play around with making your own melodic ostinato in the lab here:
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Melody-Maker/
...Or rhythmic ostinato here:
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Bolero Juilliard | April 2020
"What can we do together even while we are alone?" With 100+ Juilliard students and alumni, at home together. Read more about the creation of 'Bolero Juilliard': https://www.juilliard.edu/news/146351/creating-bolero-juilliard
Directed and choreographed by Larry Keigwin with associate Nicole Wolcott, featuring a reimagining of Ravel’s score, conducted by David Robertson, and produced by Kurt Crowley. Featuring Juilliard dancers, musicians, and actors, with alumni Emanuel Ax (music), Christine Baranski (drama), Jon Batiste (jazz studies), Renée Fleming (voice), Isabel Leonard (voice), Laura Linney (drama), Patti LuPone (drama), Yo-Yo Ma (music), Andrea Miller (dance), Bebe Neuwirth (dance), faculty member Itzhak Perlman (music), Susanna Phillips (voice), Bobbi Jene Smith (dance), Davóne Tines (voice), and Bradley Whitford (drama).
'Bolero Juilliard' is at the center of the many projects and initiatives the school is undertaking during this time of remote learning, supplementing the online lessons, classes, activities, and student- and faculty-generated collaborations and creativity. These collaborations embrace the ethos of #JuilliardThrives, which showcases the creativity, flexibility, and resilience that define the Juilliard community as we are at home, together.
Belong to something brilliant: http://www.juilliard.edu/we
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheJuilliard...
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JuilliardSchool
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A Boléro from New York: NY Philharmonic Musicians Send Musical Tribute to Healthcare Workers
With this performance of Ravel’s “Boléro,” Musicians of the New York Philharmonic send a message of gratitude to the healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
Video / Audio Editing by New York Philharmonic bass Isaac Trapkus
Audio Editing by Assistant Principal Timpani / Percussion Kyle Zerna
For more information visit http://nyphil.org
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Then, play around with making your own melodic ostinato in the lab.
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Melody-Maker/
J.S. Bach's 6 Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Please join us for Sunday Brunch as we explore them both in their original format, and 5 other ways: transcribed and re-imagined through the viola, english horn, bassoon, trumpet and bass trombone. Just click the "play" button below to watch a replay of the event from Sunday, June 28th.
The Symphony's Acting Concertmaster Deborah Buck appears on WNYC's podcast Radiolab, playing Beethoven at an unusually fast tempo. Hear her just after 6:22 and at 20:34.
Donate now to the Symphony's COVID-19 Relief Fund, and Cheryl and Ed will match your donation! Click the donate button below or call 203.325.1407 x10.
Stamford Symphony Principal Percussionist Dan Haskins recorded this daring performance of Khachaturian's Sabre Dance with his colleagues in the American Ballet Theatre Orchestra. Watch for the sharp objects—don't try this at home, kids!
Eugene Ysaye, "The King of the Violin," dedicated his Sixth Sonata to Manuel Quiroga, a noted Spanish violinist of the early 20th Century. Nazig Tchakarian performs the Sixth Sonata, Op. 27.
Stamford Symphony French Hornist, Eva Conti talks about Flamenco and horn -- two things that seem quite different, but manage to mesh together into one eclectic mix.
Big yet versatile, the double bass anchors the string section. Stamford Symphony bassist Troy Rinker gives a demonstration.
Stamford Symphony harpist Amy Berger answers questions about the harp, its amazing intricacies and unique techniques!
A quick introduction of choral music history from the Cincinnati May Festival. Make sure to listen to all the selections and hear the evolution for yourself!
Sarah Carter gives a history of Mozart contemporary Maria von Paradis before performing her Sicilienne.
Check out these three selections plus an introduction from Stamford Symphony bassist Peter Weitzner.
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Peter Weitzner introduces his recordings with the Berkshire Bach Society
Stamford Symphony bassist Peter Weitzner introduces some of his archive of recordings with the Berkshire Bach Society. Watch and listen here: https://youtu.be/Z93-PeHPH6s https://youtu.be/76JymsdzMdM, https://youtu.be/BexGl1GUe28
and more at http://peterweitzner.com/bbs/ -
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Brandenburg Concerto #6
Berkshire Bach Ensemble
December 31, 1996
Consolati Performing Arts Center
Sheffield, MA
Eufrosina Raileanu and Daniel Panner, violas
Roberta Cooper, cello
Lucy Bardo and Ben Harms, gambas
Peter Weitzner, double bass
Kenneth Cooper, director/harpsichord
Still photos are replaced with video at about 1:35". -
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Bach: Harpsichord Concerto #1 in D Minor
Berkshire Bach Ensemble
Stockbridge, MA
October 10, 1998
Kenneth Cooper, director/harpsichord