With December 25th only five days away here are my suggestions for Christmas gifts for string music lovers:
- God’s Fiddler – Jascha Heifetz: a fascinating and sometimes moving dvd with some historic recordings and insight into Heifetz’s life
https://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/classical/products/8006184–jascha-heifetz-gods-fiddler?country=GB¤cy=GBP&gclid=CjwKCAiAsejRBRB3EiwAZft7sEVcWtYMvne2XAhTm - An Actor Prepares by Stanislavsky – although written for actors this book suggests imaginative ways to develop and interpret character and much of this works in music performance too.
http://www.samuelfrench.co.uk/p/46943/an-actor-prepares - A Performer’s Guide to Baroque Music by Robert Donington – a passionately written book focusing on the freedom baroque performers had and their confidence in improvisation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Performers-Baroque-Professor-Robert-Donington/dp/0571097979/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1513767070&sr=8-12&keywords=a+performers+ - Huffnung Little Books – if you think the above are too heavy these cartoon books by the greatest music cartoonist who ever lived should help music lovers de stress!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-Gerard-Hoffnung/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3AGerard%20Hoffnung
Finally, if you’re searching for a present for a string player sometime next year we now have a gifts and dedications’ page where we custom write music. Find out more here:
https://www.fedorastrings.com/gifts-dedications/
