Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending. We couldn’t do a list of violin music without including The Lark Ascending.It’s become a beacon of English classical repertoire, as demonstrated in the Classic FM ...

A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G, D, A ...

The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

Notes A gift of the Jacques Francais Collection. Contents Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. ... Material and thickness of string, pitch, tension, volume of ...

Master Violin Maker Feels Economy's Sour Notes Artists and musicians often take the first hit when the economy takes a turn for the worse. Host Michel Martin speaks with writer Amanda Abrams about ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by We asked Hilary Hahn, John Adams, André Rieu and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. In the past, we’ve asked ...

The Violin Alone. Episode 1 | 55m 43s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Two modern visionaries, an extreme concerto, and a quest to push musical boundaries. The unlikely pairing of two modern ...

THE VIOLIN CONSPIRACY By Brendan Slocumb. Classical music stars lead surprisingly monotonous lives. They practice every day. They travel; they endure passport control; they check in to hotels.

Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung.