Composed for string orchestra, Jazz Pizzicato was completed as a work for String Orchestra in May of 1938. It is 1 minute and 45 seconds long. It was first performed on May 23, 1938 as an extra at ...

Classical bass players do play pizzicato parts in orchestra, but these parts generally require simple notes (quarter notes, half notes, whole notes), rather than rapid passages. - The tone is deeper ...

Violist Tabea Zimmermann, in her role as artistic partner of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, delivers an intriguing look at ...

When Benedetti returns to the stage after her virtuosic performance in the MacMillan, she addresses the audience in her surprising Scottish lilt and tells us that her encore will be a piece by ...