Fantasie released in 2009 was the fourth studio album by which Scottish violinist?
"has put aside the concerti to explore some of the recital greats, including Vaughan Williams’ ""The Lark Ascending"", one of the greatest works for violin which was, for several years, voted Classic FM’s favourite piece of classical music in their Hall of Fame. Fantasie (Nicola Benedetti album) Fantasie is the fourth studio album by Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti. Benedetti's fourth album, ""Fantasie"", was released on September 7, 2009. It features the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexei Grynyuk, Vasily Patrenko and Andrew Litton. ""Fantasie"" is made up from a selection of well-loved violin pieces that form her fourth violin showcase. The"
"Jonathan Manson Jonathan Manson is a Scottish cellist and viol player. Born in Edinburgh, he studied cello with Jane Cowan and later went on to the Eastman School of Music in New York City, where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studied viola da gamba with Wieland Kuijken in The Hague. While a student, he was a founding member of Phantasm, a consort of viols. In 1999 he was appointed principal cellist of Ton Koopman's Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra (of which his sister Catherine is principal violinist), with which he has performed and recorded more than 150 of"
"Scottish Fantasy The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46, is a composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. Completed in 1880, it was dedicated to the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate. It is a four-movement fantasy on Scottish folk melodies. The first movement is built on ""Through the Wood Laddie"". This tune, with its prominent Scots snap, also appears at the end of the second and fourth movements. The second movement is built around ""The Dusty Miller"", the third on ""I'm A' Doun for Lack O' Johnnie"", and the fourth movement includes a sprightly arrangement of ""Hey Tuttie"
"member of Symposia, he toured in the UK, US and South Africa, promoting specially composed and recorded music, ""The Farmer's Cheese"", for young people with cochlear implants. In 2013/2014 he was invited by the Scottish Ensemble to assist in their Music for Change programme in prisons. He has held seminars and concerts in various educational institutions including Napier University and The University of Edinburgh. Feargus Hetherington Feargus Hetherington (born 1979 in Scotland) is a violinist and violist based in Glasgow. He has performed from an early age throughout Scotland and abroad. He arranges music, teaches and presents music workshops and"
"Phantasm (music group) Phantasm is a viol consort based in England. It was founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus. It catapulted into international prominence when its debut CD won a Gramophone Award for the Best Baroque Instrumental Recording of 1997. Since then, they have released seventeen further recordings, won several awards, and in the words of their website, ""have become recognised as the most exciting viol consort active on the world scene today"". In 2005 Phantasm were named Consort-in-Residence at Oxford University, where they regularly appeared at the Holywell Music Room and other University venues. In 2010, Phantasm became Consort-in-Residence"
"consists of the following movements: The work is scored for the following instruments: Scottish Fantasy The Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46, is a composition for violin and orchestra by Max Bruch. Completed in 1880, it was dedicated to the virtuoso violinist Pablo de Sarasate. It is a four-movement fantasy on Scottish folk melodies. The first movement is built on ""Through the Wood Laddie"". This tune, with its prominent Scots snap, also appears at the end of the second and fourth movements. The second movement is built around ""The Dusty Miller"", the third on ""I'm A' Doun for Lack"
"performed by Williamson & Gerrard. Her musical style is subtle, evocative and original and has been compared to Carole King and Joni Mitchell. Astrid Williamson Astrid Williamson (born 28 November 1968) is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter, born in Shetland. Growing up in Shetland, she enjoyed playing the piano from an early age and The Shetland Folk Festival provided early experience both of local music tradition and stagecraft. She went on to graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) as a classically trained pianist, where she also studied under composer Judith Weir. Astrid formed the"
"Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, the Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch) with, and ""Autumn"" from Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"". Hetherington had first performed this with the Scottish Bach Consort in 1996. Hetherington has collaborated with a number of pianists. During a short tour in October 2014 he was interviewed and performed on ""Classics Unwrapped"" on BBC Radio Scotland. A much earlier review of the same duo noted that Hetherington could spin ""a most beautiful tone ... floating a soft high note as pure and delicate as a thread of goassamer"". A review of the Brahms Viola Sonatas at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in"
"music career. The family returned to Scotland between 1984 and 1999 but then again emigrated to Australia. While in Scotland in 1994, a violin belonging to Powrie, made by the famous 18th century Scottish violin maker Matthew Hardie, was destroyed when a lorry rear-ended Powrie's car at Bridge of Cally. The tune ""The Matthew Hardie"" by Bert Murray is a reference to this violin. Powrie died on 5 October 2011 in Perth, Australia. Ian Powrie Ian Powrie (26 May 1923 - 5 October 2011) was a Scottish country dance musician and fiddle player best known for his performances on the"
"The Phantom Band The Phantom Band are a Scottish indie rock band based in Glasgow, consisting of Duncan Marquiss (guitar), Gerry Hart (bass), Andy Wake (keyboards), Rick Anthony (vocals and guitar), Iain Stewart (drums) and Greg Sinclair (guitars). They are often generally described as indie rock but are known to utilize a variety of genres and styles. The band's debut album ""Checkmate Savage"" was released in January 2009 and the follow up ""The Wants"" in October 2010. In June 2014, the band released their third record, ""Strange Friend"". The band initially performed and released material under various names, never sticking"
"Gomez, Marc Johnson, Jack DeJohnette, and Peter Erskine dividing time, plus Nana Vasconcelos on percussion, with Lins helping out on vocals."" Fantasia (Eliane Elias album) Fantasia is seventh studio album by Brazilian jazz artist Eliane Elias. The record was released in March, 1992 via Blue Note label. The vocal parts were performed by herself, her daughter Amanda Elias Brecker, and Ivan Lins. This record is one of her most acclaimed albums; Allmusic gave it 4½ stars out of five. Ron Wynn of Allmusic wrote ""Eliane Elias continues exploring Brazilian music on this latest release, doing both classics such as ""The"
"with great stylistic integrity and personal flair - definitely a joy to listen to! Go Hanneke, and gie it laldie!"""" Hanneke Cassel Hanneke Cassel (born April 14, 1978) is an American folk violinist. She was raised in Oregon and graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at Berklee College of Music in 2000. Hanneke is the 1997 United States National Scottish Fiddle Champion, and she has performed and taught across the United States, Scotland, Sweden, China, New Zealand, France, England, and Austria. Her debut album, ""My Joy"", received the following feedback from Alasdair Fraser:""""A great debut album by"
"secondly he married Jean Beckwith. Watson Forbes Watson Douglas Buchanan Forbes (16 November 1909 in St Andrews – 25 June 1997 in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire) was a Scottish violist and classical music arranger. From 1964 to 1974 he was Head of Music for BBC Scotland. Watson Forbes was born in St Andrews, where his parents kept a jewellers shop. He first learnt the violin from his father, who was a Scottish country fiddler. Showing promise, at the age of 16 he was sent to the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he studied violin and viola. He gradually specialised on"
"Astrid Williamson Astrid Williamson (born 28 November 1968) is a Scottish musician, composer and songwriter, born in Shetland. Growing up in Shetland, she enjoyed playing the piano from an early age and The Shetland Folk Festival provided early experience both of local music tradition and stagecraft. She went on to graduate from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) as a classically trained pianist, where she also studied under composer Judith Weir. Astrid formed the band Goya Dress in the 1990s with Terry De Castro & Simon Pearson, releasing EPs & only one album, ""Rooms"" (produced by The"
"to which works like the Phantasie trios and quartets by William Hurlstone, Armstrong Gibbs, John Ireland, Herbert Howells and Frank Bridge owe their existence , as does Benjamin Britten's Phantasy in F minor for string quintet written in 1932, the year in which he also composed a Phantasy Quartet for oboe and strings . According to the musicologist Donald Francis Tovey, ""the term Fantasia would adequately cover all post-classical forms of concerto"" . Fantasia (music) The fantasia (; also English: ""fantasy"", ""fancy"", ""fantazy"", ""phantasy"", , ""Phantasie"", ) is a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation. Because"
"the Gramophone Award in Early Music, and for the MIDEM Classical Award in Early Music.] Their 2012 Lawes disc was a Finalist for a Gramophone Award in the Baroque Instrumental category. They have also recorded on the Channel Classics Records, GMN, Simax, and Avie Records labels. Phantasm (music group) Phantasm is a viol consort based in England. It was founded in 1994 by Laurence Dreyfus. It catapulted into international prominence when its debut CD won a Gramophone Award for the Best Baroque Instrumental Recording of 1997. Since then, they have released seventeen further recordings, won several awards, and in the"
"Scottish idioms, in recent years, with cellist Natalie Haas, he has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing traditional music on violin and cello (""wee fiddle"" and ""big fiddle""). Fraser lives in northern California with his wife and two sons. In December 2011, Fraser was inducted into the into the Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame. Alasdair Fraser Alasdair Fraser (born 14 May 1955, Clackmannan, Scotland) is a Scottish fiddler, composer, performer and recording artist. Fraser operates Culburnie Records and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded five summer fiddling programs: the Valley of the"
"most beautiful, stirring, exciting and difficult words in the repertoires. Isaiah Aram Minasian Isaiah Aram Minasian ( Isaiah/aɪˈzaɪ.ə/(Hebrew name)| in Armenian Եսայիա Մինասյան | in Persian اشعیا میناسیان) born 28 February 1986), is a British violinist and cellist. Minasian was born in 1986 Brighton, United Kingdom to a musical family. His mother Maria Salari, is a violinist /cellist and his grandfather was a pianist. Minasian began playing the violin at the age of five on the training of his mother and afterward continued educating with well-known violinist as Arsalan Kamkar, in Iran. He participated in some classical performances with Tehran"
"Feargus Hetherington Feargus Hetherington (born 1979 in Scotland) is a violinist and violist based in Glasgow. He has performed from an early age throughout Scotland and abroad. He arranges music, teaches and presents music workshops and seminars. Hetherington studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Ohio, supported by a Cleveland Institute of Music Scholarship and a Caird Trust Travel Scholarship. He attended summer short courses abroad including the Starling-DeLay Symposium on Violin Studies at the Juilliard School and the Aria International Summer School. In 2001/2002 he was leader of the National Youth Orchestra of"
"In 2007, Hudeček received the ""National Award for Achievement in the Area of Culture and the Arts"" from Czech President Václav Klaus. Hudeček is married to actress Eva Hudečková. Václav Hudeček Václav Hudeček (born June 7, 1952 in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech violinist. A former student of David Oistrakh, Hudeček's records have sold many copies in the Czech Republic, especially a 1992 recording of Vivaldi's ""The Four Seasons"", certified platinum. Hudeček also runs an annual academy for promising young Czech violinists. Hudeček studied at the Prague Conservatory. On 11 November 1967, aged 15, he performed with the"
"— violins Viacheslav Ponomarev — cello Matthew Schubring — transcription and viola Jorge Luis Gaytan — country violin Tomas Wade — mixing Christian Besson — photography Eduardo Arias — make up Beatriz Calles — fashion coordination Harley Davidson — Sueño de Fantasía Sueño de Fantasía is the second album from Mexican singer Erik Rubin. It was released in July 1995, and included the singles ""Sueño de fantasía"" and ""Mi niña"". Erik Rubin — main performer, background vocals, guitar Marianne — background vocals Analy — background vocals Raal — background vocals, guitars, string arrangements, organ, piano, mixing, producer Armando Montiel —"
"Festival in Bridlington. The third EP ""Recession Proof"" was released on Sonic Vista Music in November 2009. Fraser opened for British comedian Phil Cool at two shows in November and December 2009. In 2010, she left Sonic Vista Records and embarked on a new path. Steph Fraser Stephanie Fraser (born 29 November 1992), is an English folk rock, singer-songwriter from Lancashire, England. Fraser has toured extensively in the UK and Canada including 2007 performances at the BBC Radio 2 Blackpool Illuminations Switch On Event, where she played in front of 19,000 people and shared the bill with McFly, Natalie Imbruglia"
"still tours today throughout the world and has released 23 albums to date. He is well known through the tales told by fellow Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham as part of his stage act. He released his autobiography in 2003, ""Fergie: Memories of a Musical Legend"". It's Scotland's Music - Fergie MacDonald and his Highland Band Shona SH 7001 Fergie MacDonald Fergie MacDonald (born c. 1940s, Glasgow) is a Scottish accordionist who specializes in ceilidh music and plays the button key accordion. A trained physiotherapist and an international clay pigeon shooter, MacDonald is considered to be the man who popularised the"
"commissioned by Thomas Hampson with Wiener Virtuosi Sylvie Bodorová Sylvie Bodorová (born 31 December 1954, České Budějovice) is a Czech composer. During a career spanning from the late 1970s to the present day she has composed a large number of works for various instruments, both solo and orchestral pieces, and produced commissions for cities, festivals and organisations around the world. She was a founder (and only surviving) member of the Czech classical group ""Quattro"", formed in 1996. Bodorová studied composition at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (JAMU) in Brno and later as a post-graduate at the Music"
"Tori Freestone Victoria (""Tori"") Freestone is a British saxophonist, flautist, violinist and composer. She has performed at the vanguard of British jazz since 2009 as highly respected band leader and sidewoman, known for her robust tenor sound and melodic invention. Her Trio albums, released in 2014 and 2016, have both been awarded at least 4 stars. The Guardian critic John Fordham described her first album ""In The Chop House"" as ""an imposingly original sound"". In 2017 Freestone was shortlisted for a Fellowship in Jazz Composition supported by PRS for Music Foundation, UK Arts Foundation. Freestone started performing in folk clubs"
"(mainly Duncan Marquiss, Andy Wake and Greg Sinclair) perform occasionally at art-related events as an improvisational ensemble called Omnivore Demon. The Phantom Band The Phantom Band are a Scottish indie rock band based in Glasgow, consisting of Duncan Marquiss (guitar), Gerry Hart (bass), Andy Wake (keyboards), Rick Anthony (vocals and guitar), Iain Stewart (drums) and Greg Sinclair (guitars). They are often generally described as indie rock but are known to utilize a variety of genres and styles. The band's debut album ""Checkmate Savage"" was released in January 2009 and the follow up ""The Wants"" in October 2010. In June 2014,"
"Shona Mooney Shona Mooney is a fiddle player and composer originally from Scotland. Since winning the prestigious BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2006 she has appeared at international festivals such as Tønder (Denmark), gone on tour with Scottish Folk orchestra The Unusual Suspects and recorded two albums (Heartsease and Sensing the Park). ‘Heartsease (viola tricolour)’ was released on Footstompin’ Records earlier this year and has captured the imagination of listeners and reviewers alike. It fuses musical agility with thematic concept, traditional Borders style with contemporary flair, and it’s no surprise that it has gone on to"
"Fantasies"", alternating similarly titled pieces (with similar keys as well) by Chopin and Scriabin; ""Bee Flat"", featuring the two Sonatas in B-flat (Op.22 and Op.106) by Beethoven; and ""Chopin without Chopin"", featuring some of Leopold Godowsky's Studies on Chopin's Études, the Skryabin Polonaise and the Busoni and Rachmaninov Variations on the same C-minor Prelude. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with violinists Pierre Amoyal, Cho-Liang Lin, Robert McDuffie, Kam Ning and Qian Zhou, violist Nobuko Imai, cellist Li-Wei Qin, the T'ang Quartet, the St. Lawrence Quartet, the Australian String Quartet, and in duo-piano concerts with Thomas Hecht. In January"
"Francis MacDonald Francis Macdonald (born 11 September 1970) drums with Teenage Fanclub. He makes music for filmmakers and TV and manages Camera Obscura and The Vaselines. On March 30, 2015 he released ""Music For String Quartet, Piano And Celeste"" described by Classic FM as ""sublime, minimalist classical music"". It debuted at Number 12 in the Official Classical Artists Album Chart and ad Number 3 in the Official Specialist Classical Chart. The album was recorded at Mogwai's Castle Of Doom Studios in Glasgow and features a quartet from Scottish Ensemble. Macdonald recorded a solo album called ""Sauchiehall & Hope - A"
"and America. The band is formed of four main members, all graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Alistair Paterson on piano, harmonium and backing vocals, Ainsley Hamill on lead vocals and step-dance, Eddie Seaman on whistle and highland and border bagpipes, and Eilidh Firth on fiddle and backing vocals. In 2017, Alistair joined the traditional Scottish band Skipinnish as their pianist. Alistair has worked with a number of musicians from across the traditional music scene, and most recently featured on Patsy Reid's newest album 'A Glint o' Scottish Fiddle' which was released in February 2018. He predominantly works with"
"2009. The concert was performed by the WDR Radio Orchestra Cologne and the WDR Radio Choir Cologne under conduction from Arnie Roth, with guest performers Rony Barrak and Benyamin Nuss joining the orchestra. ""Symphonic Fantasies"" was broadcast over radio on the WDR4 station and streamed live video online. In 2012, four new performances were scheduled, taking stage in Tokyo, Stockholm, and a reprise in Cologne. These performances featured slightly modified versions of the original arrangements, and like the original concerts, were sold out. Another performance was held in London in October 2016 by the London Symphony Orchestra. The original concert"
"Steph Fraser Stephanie Fraser (born 29 November 1992), is an English folk rock, singer-songwriter from Lancashire, England. Fraser has toured extensively in the UK and Canada including 2007 performances at the BBC Radio 2 Blackpool Illuminations Switch On Event, where she played in front of 19,000 people and shared the bill with McFly, Natalie Imbruglia and Natasha Bedingfield. This was after she had won the ""Blackpool Evening Gazette"" young talent contest. In March 2008, she was invited to perform at Canadian Music Week at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Her label provided her with the opportunity to record"
"Lorna McGhee Lorna McGhee (born 1972) is a Scottish flutist and teacher, currently serving as Principal Flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 2012. In addition, she is an Artist Lecturer in Flute at Carnegie Mellon University. Past positions include co-principal flute of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and associate professor of flute at the University of British Columbia. She is currently a member of a flute, viola, and harp ensemble, 'Trio Verlaine' with her husband, violist David Harding and harpist Heidi Krutzen. McGhee is known for her ""luscious tone colors and dynamics."" Lorna McGhee was born in 1972 and grew"