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Extractions: Friday, October 4, 2002 and Monday, October 7, 2002 Both the Barbican and Symphony Hall are packed, all seats sold and the anticipation is palpable you can feel it and, if you stretch out a hand, you can touch it. From my seat, in the Circle at the Barbican and in the front stalls at Symphony Hall, I gaze around ; I'm struck by the number of children in the audience. For some reason, that makes me want to stand up and cheer before the concert has even started ! Fast forward: the Polish Chamber orchestra is seated, all instruments tuned and ready, and Nigel appears to ecstatic applause that suggests he doesn't even need to play a note in order to have us all eating out of his hand. For that is the way of it all through the performance. Nigel gives a good impression of someone not entirely with it as far as the program is concerned. "Now what?" he mutters, as they come to the end of one piece, and "Has anybody got a program?" he demands, and "This looks a bit familiar," when someone hands him one. But it is just an act . He is always in total command and we are his willing victims; he teases us, he torments us, he plays with us, and we delight in it, because when he's good and ready, he gives us exactly what we want and gives it with his whole heart and soul. At first I'm a little startled by the way the audience applauds completely at random, right in the middle of a piece. After all, I'm a politically correct Canadian, aren't I ?! But by the time we get to the end of the Bach concertos which open the concert (Concerto for Violin in A Minor and Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor) I begin to understand. I had been prepared for a live performance to be more exciting than listening to a CD, but I'm absolutely unprepared for the energy level, the sheer intensity of Nigel's playing and the matching intensity he evokes from the orchestra. The air is electric; I do believe I can actually see the sparks. I want to leap up and applaud in the middle of things too. After all, I paid enough for my ticket, didn't I ? Why shouldn't I clap when I feel like it ? And Nigel truly doesn't seem to mind !
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Extractions: Ananova: Nigel Kennedy and Vanessa Mae inspiring musical children Violinist Nigel Kennedy is the biggest musical influence on schoolchildren wanting to learn to play instruments. A survey found stars such as Vanessa Mae and The Corrs are also helping to make the violin trendy. Classic FM Magazine polled 1,000 parents to find which artists are inspiring children to take up music. Singer Charlotte Church and pianist Jools Holland are also seen as inspirations to youngsters. The survey followed a three-month campaign aimed at encouraging youngsters to learn to play a musical instrument, the Daily Express reports. The piano proved most popular, followed by the recorder, violin, flute and clarinet - but the selections were more likely to reflect the limited choice offered by schools rather than outside influences, the survey found. Classic FM editor John Evans said: "A guitar might look fashionable, but artists such as Kennedy, Vanessa Mae and The Corrs are inspiring a new generation." Story filed: 08:47 Wednesday 11th July 2001 Check for more on:
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Guardian Unlimited | Special Reports | Bravo, Serbs Tell Nigel Kennedy Rory Carroll in Belgrade Monday June 28, 1999 The Guardian nigel kennedy shuffledon State media hailed the violinist for making the visit in spite of friends http://www.guardian.co.uk/Kosovo/Story/0,2763,207783,00.html
Extractions: Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home UK Business Online ... Quiz Nigel Kennedy shuffled on to a Belgrade stage and into controversy last night when he became the first international celebrity to perform in Yugoslavia since its war with Nato and said ordinary Serbs had done nothing to provoke bombing. State media hailed the violinist for making the visit in spite of friends' warnings that it would be twisted into a propaganda victory by Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's regime.
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Extractions: Nigel Kennedy, the English violin virtuoso whose punk persona has made him one of classical music's most visible figures, has recently made it a little easier for people to talk about him: He's dropped the "Nigel." Will he take the next step in pop iconography and adopt an unpronounceable cipher as his name, as Prince has done? "No," he replies, "but I thought I might pinch his symbol and change a line to see if I could get into a legal dispute with him." The most image-savvy of instrumentalists is joking, of course; he knows the publicity value of such a stunt, but he has better things to do. With his spiky, two-tone hair, his quirky retro-fop wardrobe and his rock-star anticshe once laid waste to a luxury hotel room in BerlinKennedy's public demeanor is an implicit challenge to the staid character of the classical music establishment. But he's really more Puck than punk; he's not out to destroy anything but the rigid attitudes that pigeonhole music and musicians. And while he maintains a defiantly unpolished image in order to deflect labels and confound critics, his primary focus is on playing music and having a good time doing it.
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Extractions: Home News Reviews Spotlight ... Who Is RedLudwig? RedLudwig looks at CDs, Books, DVDs and more CD Review: Cininnati Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Jarvi (cond.): Stravinsky: Petrouchka, The Firebird Suite, Scherzo a la Russe (Telarc) With the exception of a few works such as Les Noces and L'Histoire du Soldat , Stravinsky never surpassed the energy and intensity of his early ballets. On this CD, Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony offer lustrous, ebullient accounts of two of them. Jarvi's version of Petrouchka bristles with forceful rhythms that propel that piece - particularly its grand opening - at a remarkably brisk tempo. Even Stravinsky himself did not articulate the piece's folk-based themes and rhythms with such gusto as does Jarvi at the head of the charging Cincinnati players. On The Firebird Suite , the energy level subsides somewhat, but only to allow Jarvi to elucidate the shimmering textures and grand orchestrations that the young Stravinsky borrowed from his mentor, Rimsky-Korsakov. In both - and the splendid Scherzo a la Russe - the irrepressible Jarvi brings a new and welcome fervor to these familiar works.
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Extractions: Always Playing ", and then after that, we'll have all my experiences with the great fiddler himself in words...! Nigel Kennedy has become a cult figure, a virtuoso violinist whose 'punk' style, musical passions and love of the soccer team Aston Villa have drawn him to the hearts of millions. His uncompromising love of life and good music have broken down both class and intellectual barriers. With classical masterpieces selling roughly 10,000 a year, Nigel has now entered the Guinness Book of Records for a million sales in the same period. Country by country, they are falling for his unbridled love of music. Famous concert halls are reaching into 1994 in order to attract him for his sell-out performances - many now with the proportions of major rock events. Kennedy writes of his approach to life: his childhood, rebelliousness, attitudes and styles - the very things which have driven him to a position of such fierce independence. It's an intensely personal account of make-believe friends, frustration with conventions - even standing on a chair to try and punch God! It's a provocative account of one man struggling to find a musical niche and in fact ending up creating his very own. Award after award, even the Royal Variety Club's Show Business Personality of the Year, confirm his powers to communicate. The classical world is still reeling from his fresh attitudes. As Nigel puts it: "We may play dead composers' works, but we don't have to look as if we're still at the funeral."
BBC - Hereford And Worcester Music, Clubs And Gigs - Kennedy get in contact. Lucky listeners at The Lamb in Malvern were treatedto a surprise performance from virtuoso violinist nigel kennedy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/music/2002/11/kennedy.shtml
Extractions: Kennedy plays surprise gig in local pub Nigel Kennedy World famous violinist, Nigel Kennedy, popped into his local pub to perform an impromptu gig with fellow Malvern musician, singer/songwriter Caleb Clarke. Dan Johnson was there. WATCH and LISTEN BBC Hereford and Worcester's Web Producer Dan Johnson talks to Nigel Kennedy and Caleb Clarke (56k) BBC download guide The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites. FACTS As a child, Kennedy was Yehudi Menuhins most famous protégé, studying first at the Menuhin School - following Lord Menuhins death, it emerged that the legendary violinist had personally paid the young Kennedys fees throughout his education at the school - before moving to the Juilliard School of Music in New York to study under the celebrated teacher, Dorothy DeLay During his career, Kennedy has undertaken major tours throughout Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe and the USA, performing with the worlds major orchestras and conductors; he has made appearances at the most important festivals in Europe and the United States
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Kennedy Plays Hendrix Classical violinist kennedy the artist formerly known nigel - has given the rockguitarist a complete makeover with the release of an album of Hendrix covers http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_368000/368573.stm
Extractions: By Mark Coles of BBC Radio 4's Today programme Jimi Hendrix may have been crowned the "Wild Man of Pop" but almost 30 years after his death, it is in the world of classical music that he is causing a stir. Classical violinist Kennedy - the artist formerly known Nigel - has given the rock guitarist a complete makeover with the release of an album of Hendrix covers. The Kennedy Experience, says the musician, is "an album of music inspired by Jimi Hendrix. It is an extended instrumental work in six movements - each movement a classical interpretation of a Hendrix song". It features such Hendrix greats as Third Stone From The Sun, Little Wing, Purple Haze, Fire And Drifting. Nigel Kennedy: Hendrix is on a par with Bach
BBC News | Entertainment | Kennedy Sounds Note For Belgrade violinist nigel kennedy says he hopes his concert in Belgradewill help people feel more optimistic about the future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_379000/379126.stm
Extractions: Violinist Nigel Kennedy says he hopes a performance he is due to give in Belgrade will make people in the bomb-ravaged city more optimistic. Mr Kennedy - the first Western musician to go to Yugoslavia since the Kosovo war - will appear with the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday. "I think it can help reconciliation, and hopes and aspirations," he said after Saturday's rehearsals. "I mean obviously I'm not that egocentric to think that music that I make is going to enhance everyone's life standard in any way whatsoever, except as a friendship gesture, and by playing the music of great composers (so) the visions of these composers can maybe give people a little bit more optimism." Mr Kennedy has played a benefit concert for Kosovar refugees He will not be accepting a fee for the performance at the city's Sava arts centre, describing his visit as a "non-political" gesture of support to the orchestra, with whom he last performed in December 1997. The musician travelled to Belgrade at his own expense, flying from Zurich because civilian flights to Belgrade have yet to resume from Britain.
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Programming In The 21st Century British violinist nigel kennedy has been a jazz enthusiast for yearsand often includes jazz standards on his concert programs. http://farben.latrobe.edu.au/mikropol/volume7/carlson_a/carlson_a.html
Extractions: Mikropolyphonie - The Online Contemporary Music Journal, Volume 7, 2001 Programming in the 21 st Century By Andrew Carlson , D.M.A. Assistant Professor of Music Denison University To most classically trained musicians, a mixed recital program would include western European Art music from a variety of historical periods arranged chronologically in order from oldest to most recent. For instance, a typical violin recital presented at a university might possibly include some Bach, some Mozart or Beethoven, some Brahms, and perhaps a selection from the 20 th century (probably written no later than 1945). By most musicological standards, this would be considered an acceptable program with great variety. As the 21 st century unfolds, I believe that the mixed recital program will be expanded to include musics from outside the realm of Art music. This will challenge the 21 st century musician to become fluent in a variety of musical languages (classical, folk, jazz, blues, etc.) and to select repertoire that will combine to provide the audience with a musically satisfying event. In recent years, soloists throughout the world have begun to mix genres and styles within a single program. To help predict the future of recital programming, both current trends and historical attitudes must be examined. The current model of a musicologically correct recital has certainly not always been the standard. Musicians of the past were generally allowed greater freedom both in constructing programs and in the manner of their performance. Arguably the most serious composer of classical music, Beethoven would regularly include improvisations based on popular and folk themes in his performances
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Extractions: Important Note: all entries in the Knowhere Guide are the opinions of its users. see What is Knowhere for more info about the Guide. Cringing Cult of Celebrity (Famous residents and ex-residents.) nigel kennedy and theatre types Jeremy Paxman, Denholm Elliot, Satan Nigel Kennedy... Erm... Some others. Probably. That bloke that did that "Umm... would you go to bed with me?" song. Well along, and down a street of West Malvern Rd Nigel Kennedy lives...not too interesting though... NIGEL KENEDY OZZY OSBOURNE CROMWELL VAUGHN BAKER AND THAT CRAPPY TRENDT TEENY BOPPER CHARTMUSIC WHICH I CANT REMEBER THEIR NAME (um....will you go to bed with me) Jeremy Paxman and Denholm Elliot (actor) went to school here Nigel Kennedy (Violinist) Lofty from It Ain't Half Hot Mum That bloke what did the "umm...I noticed you around" song -Edward Elgar (Composer) -Jenny Lind (Singer) -Nigel Kennedy (fiddler) -Radclyffe Hall (Writer) -Caratacus (anti-Roman revolutionary) Probably not true... -Aliester Crowley (Magician) Went to private school here. -Barry Jackson (Theatrical worthy) -The Queen (drinks only Malvern Water where ever she goes) Elgar was here. They invented the first programmable computer here, and als the liquid crystal display. My friend Tim Garrard was pushed into a hedge by my ex-wife, but survived to become Lord Chief Justice of Nigeria.
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All Things Strings: Cover Story continue apace, and, evidence is, one preternaturally cheerful violinist is laughing itclear he still refers to himself, at least offstage, as nigel kennedy. http://www.stringsmagazine.com/issues/Strings84/CoverStory.shtml
Extractions: Excerpted from Strings Magazine, February/March 2000, No. 84 Photo by Rankin. Live Kennedy The Comeback Kid by Timothy Pfaff Its a good thing that Kennedys playing speaks for itself, because its a difficult phenomenon to discuss sensibly. Both the playing and the player divide opinion, and not just in two. Virtually all the possible positions one could take have already been staked out and articulated. Sides have been taken. Meanwhile, the bad-boy behavior and angelic playing continue apace, and, evidence is, one preternaturally cheerful violinist is laughing all the way to the bank. Whatever the case, its not every artist who could achieve increased visibility by disappearing, which is precisely what Kennedy did in the early 90s. Easily the most attention-getting thing hes donein a career that often seems to be about little elsewas vanish. But even today, more than two years after his much-vaunted return, Kennedys five-year "sabbatical" from the classical concert stage is a move about which hes notably circumspect. "I was stepping back from all other considerations and revisiting in my mind the reasons I wanted to be a musician in the first place," he says in a recent interview in San Francisco, where he is performing the Brahms Concerto with the Symphony. "I think music should be a spiritual experience, and if it gets taken over by a kind of technical formula of interpretation, or professional formula of presentation, then youre no longer being the artist you wanted to be in the first place.
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Extractions: The following web sites all have pages listing details of the recordings of the artist to which the link refers. Many researchers will find these lists invaluable. Alas, no two discographies are alike. Many discographers compile lists of only the recordings and the catalogue numbers. But some also list recording dates and a very few include matrix numbers. The occasional list will supply recording details including location information. Very few follow the conventions for writing discographies, but never the less provide the required information. We may never achieve uniformity on these pages, but so long as they are available, the information will be available for future use. Violin Land would like to thank every hard-working and diligent discographer, for, without them it would be a sadder world. A B C D ... Z A ACCARDO, Salvatore Select Another Letter B BARTON, Rachel Rachel Barton
