“We finally did it, by sheer dint, rehearsal all afternoon the day of the concert, after which I rushed around Genoa looking for a set of chimes, of all things…. And then there was the concert, and the report is that never before has Genoa seen such a success. Imagine, with my funny modern music!…" - Leonard Bernstein, September 1954 So wrote Leonard Bernstein to his wife Felicia in 1955, … [Read more...]
Video Of The Week: Finding the Softness In the Human Heart in Bernstein’s Serenade
The fourth movement of [Bernstein's] concerto, dedicated to Agathon, contains some of the most beautiful music of any 20th-century score." - Leonard Bernstein biographer Humphrey Burton Our Video Of The Week celebrates both a great moment from our recent Heifetz history, and looks ahead to a couple of milestones we'll mark this summer of 2020. First, the world will observe the 100th … [Read more...]
Videos of the YEAR: The Top Ten of 2019!
And more of the world is discovering us, too! In 2018, the views on our YouTube channel topped 1 million (it's over 1.5 million now!), and we tripled the number of our subscribers. In December alone, we had more than 100,000 views to our channel - more than the entire year when we began producing videos in earnest in 2015. Heifetz Institute - "The Top Ten of Twenty Eighteen" - January 1, … [Read more...]
Video Of The Week: Bach’s “Strong Statement of Positive Energy” from Beiliang Zhu
Bach begins his brilliant C Major suite with a simple descending scale, a strong statement of positive energy. From those very 1st opening notes we feel a sense of excitement and anticipation. One of the most distinctive and appealing features of the cello as an instrument is its rich deep bass qualities, epitomized by the purity and substance of the open low C string. - Cellist Christopher … [Read more...]
Video of the Week: Old-School Sibelius from a Living Legend
For financial expediency, Sibelius composed many short pieces for the violin during the First World War (orchestras struggled, as musicians were called to the front). However, these inventive miniatures are sadly neglected nowadays. - Brendan Carroll, Hyperion When the name Jean Sibelius appears on a Heifetz Institute concert program, it's invariably in connection with his totemic Violin … [Read more...]
