from the
@Jack MeHoff Joe Maphis thread...
musing...
My Dad was a violinist and worked in violin and guitar luthier shops when I was growing up. I loved hearing the sound of his playing resonating throughout the house as he practiced, tested luthierie ideas, and just for enjoyment. After he passed, we discovered his instruments weren't anything special, but he used to get a spectacular tone out of them with (what I refer to as having) "
the touch" on the bow. Jascha Heifetz was his favorite artist. I have Dad's boxed set of 33 1/3 vinyl "Heifetz Plays Bach Unaccompanied Sonatas and Partitas" that he used for tonal study. (After listening to these three videos I need to spend some time listening to the Heifetz set again!)
Mark O'Connor's performance is awesome! Just Wow! The description said the Caprices (changes of mood) were inspired by O'Connor's study of Paganini.
When the O'Connor video was complete one of the recommendations was for "In Mo Yang" (30 yrs old) performing the Paganini Violin Concerto No.1. Another Wow! performance. The Concerto vs the Caprice style is completely different. It is fun to watch the facial expressions of the orchestra 2nd chair violinist during Yang's cadenza beginning at 16:55. I love listening to incredibly gifted artists.