Tag: violin

Violins

Post date 12 December 2020
Categories In Meet the Ensemble, Subscribers only, Video library
Tags countermelody, melody, pitch, timbre, vibrato, violin

Just why are there two violinists in the Berkeley Ensemble? Sophie and Fran explain how they work together and why the second violinist's role is like mayonnaise.

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Tags countermelody, melody, pitch, timbre, vibrato, violin

Elements of Music Video library

Ernst von Dohnányi’s Serenade

Post date 24 November 2020
Categories In Elements of Music, Video library
Tags arco, cadential trill, canon, cello, chromatic, dotted rhythm, melodic inversion, melodic shape, ostinato, pizzicato, rhythmic augmentation, sequence, ternary form, violin

Explore elements of the first movement from Dohnányi’s Serenade for String Trio.

Tags arco, cadential trill, canon, cello, chromatic, dotted rhythm, melodic inversion, melodic shape, ostinato, pizzicato, rhythmic augmentation, sequence, ternary form, violin

Through Time Video library

Melody

Post date 12 November 2020
Categories In Through Time, Video library
Tags balanced phrases, chromatic, col legno, conjunct motion, countermelody, disjunct motion, imitation, imperfect cadence, melodic shape, melody, perfect cadence, pitch, pizzicato, serialism, texture, timbre, violin

Trace melody through time with music by Bach, Haydn, Dohnányi and Schoenberg.

Tags balanced phrases, chromatic, col legno, conjunct motion, countermelody, disjunct motion, imitation, imperfect cadence, melodic shape, melody, perfect cadence, pitch, pizzicato, serialism, texture, timbre, violin

News

#MusicBox – bringing live music back to Little Venice

Post date 29 June 2020
Categories In News
Tags chamber music, duos, violin

The Berkeley Ensemble is delighted to announce #MusicBox, a series of ‘pop-up’ 20-minute garden performances from duos within the ensemble. We kick of this new series during the afternoon of Saturday 11 July, when Sophie Mather (violin) and Dan Shilladay (viola) will be bringing an eclectic mix of repertoire including Halvorsen’s arrangement of Handel’s Passacaglia, and […]

Tags chamber music, duos, violin