Heifetz master classes [videorecording] / producer, Nathan Kroll ; director, Alexander Hammid ; National Educational Television and Radio Center in cooperation with The Institute for Special Musical studies at the University of Southern California.
Title from container. Instructor: Jascha Heifetz ; featuring violin students, Varoujon Kodjian, Erick Friedman and others ; Brooks Smith, piano. Recorded live at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California in 1962. "8 complete programs on 2 DVDs"--Container. Picture format: 4:3, full screen, NTSC.
Contents:
Vol. 1. Polonaise brillante no 2 / Wieniawski ; Ao pe da fogueira / Valle (Varoujon Kodjian) -- Concerto in D major, op. 77. 1st movement / Brahms ; Double concerto in D minor. 3rd movement / Bach (Erick Friedman) -- Etude no. 5 / Dont ; Poeme : op. 25 / Chausson (Claire Hodgkins) -- Concerto no 1 in A minor (1st movement) / Bach (Carol Sindell) -- Concerto in D major, op. 35 (3rd movement) / Tchaikovsky (Robert Witte) Vol. 2. Sonata in G minor. Adagio and fugue ; Double concerto in D. 2nd movement / Bach (Erick Friedman) -- Sonata in A major. 1st movement / Franck (Erick Friedman) -- Sonata in D minor. 3rd & 4th movements / Brahms (Adam Han-Gorski) -- Partita no. 2 in D minor. Chaconne / Bach (Varoujon Kodjian) -- String quartet, op. 18 no. 5. 1st movement / Beethoven (Carol Sindell, Erick Friedman, Nathaniel Rosen) -- Sonata in D minor. 1st movement / Brahms (Adam Han-Gorski) -- Caprice no. 17 / Paganini (Friedman) -- String quartet, op. 18 no. 3 4th movement / Beethoven (Carol Sindell, Varoujon Kodjian, Nathaniel Rosen) -- Collector's item : Jascha Heifetz in a rare, humorous parody of an untalented violin student giving an audition.
Summary:
Violinist Jascha Heifetz makes a rare television appearance, sharing his technical wizardry and performance wisdom in the acclaimed Master Class Series filmed at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles in 1962.
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