Sessions

In our latest Strings Sessions in Place, violist Jesus Rodolfo performs Kaija Saariaho’s Vent Nocturne for viola and electronics against a backdrop of artist Daniela Astone’s “SUNRISE” series. Vent Nocturne has a “strong connection” with the art, as Rodolfo notes,…

Cellist Zuill Bailey stopped by the Strings studio to perform J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007, and Gluck’s Dance of the Blessed Spirits for solo cello. Watch Bailey’s latest Strings Session above.

Violinists Elena Urioste and Melissa White stopped by the Strings studio to perform their own arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The pair also shared tips from their Intermission program, which encourages a union of yoga, meditation and music-making. Watch…

The Martin Hayes Quartet, made up of fiddlers Martin Hayes and Liz Knowles, guitarist Dennis Cahill, and bass clarinetist Doug Wieselman, stopped by the Strings studio to perform a few reels: “Oisin/Bold Doherty” and “Frank Keane’s Reel/Brennan’s Reel.”

Kittel & Co., made up of violinist Jeremy Kittel, guitarist Quinn Bachand, and mandolinist Joshua Pinkhan, stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces off of their latest album Whorls. Watch the trio perform “The Boxing Reels” and “Pando”…

Violinist Francisco Fullana stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces. Watch the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner perform J.S. Bach’s Violin Partita No. 3 in E major, prelude and Fritz Kreisler’s Recitativo und Scherzo in our latest…

Violinist Ben Beilman stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces by Bartók and Bach. Watch the 28-year-old violinist perform Béla Bartók’s Sonata for Solo Violin, Fuga and J.S. Bach’s Partita for Violin No. 3 in E major, BWV…

Violinist Christian Howes stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces: Herbie Hancock’s Chameleon and Postlude, a Howes original inspired in part by Bach’s Preludio (available for download).

Cellist Mike Block stopped by the Strings studio last fall to perform music with the Hanneke Cassel Band. But before he left, the multi-styles cellist had one last request: to film Bach in the Bathroom. Watch Block perform in Strings…

“About three years ago, I had a need to focus inward because I was starting to doubt my own voice a little bit,” violinist Johnny Gandelsman says of his decision to record Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for the first time.…

Cellist Amit Peled stopped by the Strings studio to perform what he likes to call “when Bach met Bloch.” Watch him perform (on Pablo Casals’ former 1733 Goffriller cello)  three pieces by Bloch and two by Bach, in addition to…

Brooklyn Rider, made up of violinists Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen, violist Nicholas Cords and cellist Michael Nicolas, stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces. The first: the andante cantabile movement from Mozart’s String Quartet No. 14, K. 387.…

The Miró Quartet stopped by the Strings studio for a recent Strings Session. Watch the quartet perform two movements from Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130.

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine stopped by the Strings studio to perform three pieces from her latest album Bel Canto Paganini. Watch Pine perform Paganini’s Caprice No. 9 in E major, “La chasse” (Allegretto), his Caprice No. 5 in A minor,…

Violinist Tessa Lark stopped by the Strings studio to perform two pieces. Watch the Avery Fisher Grant recipient perform Eugène Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 5, G major, L’Aurore and her own composition, Appalachian Fantasy.