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The poignant 'Agnus Dei' from Bach's Mass in B Minor, with the alto part performed here on virtual trumpet ("The Trumpet" from Samplemodeling). Other instruments include 4 violins (solo violin playing duet with trumpet + 3 other violins playing in unison during trumpet tacits), cello, contrabass, and Baroque organ.

Bach:  Mass In B Minor, BWV 232 - Agnus Dei - Trumpet (updated 2016.06.03)

Hear Anna Polonsky's live performance from WQXR's Greene Space, included in the show "Discovering the Cosmology of Bach." 

Computer scientist Bernard Chazelle has an original take on what music works in us — especially the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Just as mathematicians talk about discovering rather than inventing great equations, so, he says, Bach set out to “discover” the musical rules behind the universe. After hearing this conversation, you may never listen to any piece of music — whether Bach or Jay-Z — in quite the same way again.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/bernard-chazelle-discovering-the-cosmology-of-bach/7026

Anna Polonsky — "Sinfonia" from Partita No. 2 in C Minor for Solo Piano by Johann Sebastian Bach

Ingo Goritzki, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmut Rilling

J.S. Bach: Oboe concerto in g-Moll BWV 1056R - II. Adagio, III. Presto

Kjell Fagéus, clarinet Hans Samuelsson, bassoon Stefan Bojsten, piano (Early recording 1979)
Presto - Andante - Allegretto grazioso


Felix Mendelssohn-Bartoldy Concert Piece nr 2 op. 114

THOMAS GOULD Live in Riga
Sinfonietta Riga

1-3. Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61 - Ludwig van Beethoven
	I. Allegro ma non troppo
	II. Larghetto
	III. Rondo (Allegro)

4. The Lark Ascending - Ralph Vaughan Williams  

Produced by Raphaël Mouterde
Executive producer Dave Stapleton

‘Live in Riga’ is the major new album from the celebrated 31 year old British violinist Thomas Gould.  Recorded live in concert with Sinfonietta Riga on April 11th 2014 at the Great Guild Hall in Riga, Latvia, it confirms Gould’s enormous potential as one of the most inventive and colourful instrumentalists of his generation.  Gould is no ordinary classical musician but one of a new generation who refuse to be defined by a single genre.  He has developed impressive jazz credentials, but it is in this environment as soloist/director of classical repertoire where he really excels.  The Times recently described Gould as “intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation”.  Gould, however, is incomparably his own musician.  Bold and courageous enough to forge his own path and follow his singular vision, he steps outside the footsteps of the greats.

‘Live in Riga’ is a defining album for Gould, his first disc of a three-album deal with forward-thinking British jazz and classical record label Edition Classics.  Over the last decade he has been in demand as a soloist with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Hallé Orchestra and LA Phil New Music Group.  He is also much in demand as a leader/director, working with Britten Sinfonia, Aurora Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s ACO2, but it’s when he brings these disciplines together that the magic happens.  As Gould explains, “It means that everyone plays in a more engaged way. There is a group commitment to making it work, so the process is much more collaborative than when working with conductor.”

Sinfonietta Riga is an orchestra with a story to tell.  Formed in 2006, their vision is as bold as Gould’s.  Equally happy to play in concert dress or T-shirts they are intent on building new audiences for the music while reaching for the highest artistic standards.  Their collaboration is a perfect match and a unique experience for both the orchestra and for Gould.  This live concert recording bears witness to this special musical symbiosis.

To release an album featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending is a bold decision.  As two cornerstones of the violin repertoire, there are plenty of performances to compare, but Gould’s versions demonstrate a brilliance of tone and colour that demands attention.  His flexibility and breadth of musical interests is fully evident.  Gould’s playing has the clarity you would expect from any major performer but radiates a freedom in its expression as though improvised with an immediate elegance and poise.

For Gould it’s all about achieving the right balance.  Whether it’s jazz or classical, written or improvised, as soloist or director, Gould is right in the eye of the storm.  If the dark clouds gathering in the wider music world imply that the days of the single-minded virtuoso are coming to an end; if to succeed in that brave new world we need to attract more diversity and brighter colours, then in Thomas Gould we may have found the lightning conductor to spark a new generation.


THOMAS GOULD Beethoven - Violin Concerto In D, Op.61 - II. Larghetto

Mendelssohn Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81

Artea String Quartet
Thomas Gould, violin I
Rhys Watkins, violin II
Benjamin Roskams, viola
Ashok Klouda, cello

Champs Hill Records, 2014

04 Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81  IV. Fugue In E - Flat Major, MVW. R 25

03 Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81  III. Capriccio In E Minor, MVW. R 32

02 Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81  II. Scherzo In A Minor, MVW. R 35

01 Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81  I. Andante In E Major, MVW. R 34

Track 7 Les Eaux Royales de Versailles – Ouverture

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41-c7jgX0Gc

Rediscovering the beauty of the classical music. I played this very piece on my exams back then when I was in the 8th grade of a musical school. It was long-long-long time ago and I haven't played this piece ever since... until about a month ago when I decided to learn it again. Enjoy my performance of Edvard Grieg 's "Butterfly". I appreciate your subscribing to my YouTube channel :)

"Butterfly" E. Grieg (Acoustic+Video) performed by Milana

Classical Collections The Masters, Vol. 5

Suite No.4 In D Major BWV 1096

Second movement of the original Boccherini B-flat major concerto.
Performed on October 21, 2016 for my final DMA recital in Katzin Concert Hall.

Yeil Park, cello
Mark Alpizar, conductor

Recorded by Justin Rollefson

Boccherini Cello Concerto in B-flat (original) II. Andantino gracioso

Johann Sebastian Bach - Air

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3.Vivace non troppo

Maria Angelica Carlsen, violin, 
FFWW, cello, 

Ole Kristian Ruud, conductor, Norwegian Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. 
30 january 2010

Brahms: Concerto For Violin, Cello & Orchestra In A Minor, Op. 102

"Violinist Thomas Gould is one of a new generation of classical musicians who refuses to be defined by a single genre" – The Guardian

"The young British violinist Thomas Gould seems intent on becoming the Nigel Kennedy of his generation... Scythingly scintillating playing from a young virtuoso with a magpie mind" - The Times

02 Four Pieces For String Quartet Op. 81 II. Scherzo In A Minor, MVW. R 35

Thomas Gould

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