Post by julesd68 on Apr 27, 2016 18:38:55 GMT
Included in the recent Virtuoso Violinists programme on BBC Four was Maxim Vengerov playing ‘Dance of the Goblins’.
I thought I would share this piece here as it’s one of those wonders that some of the very finest virtuosos choose to play for their encores.
Bazzini was a composer but was best known as a top-flight concert violinist who was favoured by some of the top composers of the day like Mendelssohn. At an early age he met Paganini and fell under his spell, with the influence very clear in his work. You really cannot overestimate how difficult this piece is to play. It’s not really the break-neck speed, it’s the total and utter mastery of technique with its myriad of bowing techniques that make this piece so special and demanding.
First of all we have Itzhak Perlman from his historic visit to Moscow in 1990 and then Vengerov from the Proms I believe …
Enjoy!
I thought I would share this piece here as it’s one of those wonders that some of the very finest virtuosos choose to play for their encores.
Bazzini was a composer but was best known as a top-flight concert violinist who was favoured by some of the top composers of the day like Mendelssohn. At an early age he met Paganini and fell under his spell, with the influence very clear in his work. You really cannot overestimate how difficult this piece is to play. It’s not really the break-neck speed, it’s the total and utter mastery of technique with its myriad of bowing techniques that make this piece so special and demanding.
First of all we have Itzhak Perlman from his historic visit to Moscow in 1990 and then Vengerov from the Proms I believe …
Enjoy!
