Resources
Concert Repertoire Listening:
LGPE 2023
Concert Orchestra:
Mussorgsky (arrangement): https://www.alfred.com/pictures-at-an-exhibition-selections-from/p/00-20299/
Mussorgsky (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7Qd9PSmR0
Dabczynski: https://www.jwpepper.com/Musik-of-Shakespeare%27s-Daye/10015190.item#.Y5dZhHbMI2w
Brahms (arrangement): https://www.tempopress.com/shop/serenade-no-1-in-d-major-op-11-scherzo/
Brahms (original): https://youtu.be/aAZt-f13CdQ?t=2091 (Scherzo begins at 34:50)
Sinfonia:
Stephen: https://www.jwpepper.com/Variations-on-a-Well-Known-Sea-Chantey/2253110.item#.Y5d4oHbMI2w
Newbold: https://www.fjhmusic.com/orchestra/display.php?item=ST6223
Smith: https://www.jwpepper.com/Prelude-on-an-Early-American-Folk-Hymn/4964235.item#.Y5d5L3bMI2w
Chamber:
Beethoven (arrangement): https://www.fjhmusic.com/band/display.php?item=ST6034
Beethoven (original): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83vYInZLuGs
Rutter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4akzjsy4U
Dello Joio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrsEIUr7eM
Other listening:
Can you name a handful of great players (past and present) on your instrument? This is not a comprehensive list, but rather a jumping off point in case you don't know where to start...Who would you add?
Listening to these and other players will help you improve in every way as a musician!
Violin
Itzhak Perlman, Hilary Hahn, Joshua Bell, Randall Goosby, Nicola Benedetti, Jascha Heifetz*
Viola
Tabea Zimmermann, Roberto Diaz, Helen Callus, Paul Neubauer, William Primrose*
Cello
Yo-Yo Ma, Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, Mike Block, Pablo Casals*
Double Bass
Gary Karr, Xavier Foley, Edgar Meyer
Jazz-specific: Charles Mingus, Christian McBride, Esperanza Spalding, Paul Chambers
*Recordings by musicians with an asterisk may be a little more dated than the others but are still well worth checking out.
Technique, etc.
http://stringtechnique.com/chapters.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYHB2p1Np0G3ucNaCfXg5NA/playlists (Huthmaker Violins Playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpKffHOzsdGYzjkUF4NplQpeXToy9qs9I (With Nicky Playlist)