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Video: Zoltán Kodály: Duet op. 7

First movement:

 

Second movement:

 

Third movement:

 

Kodaly’s beautiful hungarian style duet is undoubtedly one of the most important contributions to the repertoire for the duo violin/cello. Here you can hear and watch it as my wife Paula Novoa (violin) and myself (cello) play it in Fribourg.

Live Recording Fribourg Centre le Phénix 17/2/2012

Paula Novoa, violin

Sebastian Diezig, cello

 

 

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Video: Hugo Wolf: Italian Serenade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_0zZEDZwNE

During rehearsals we played this piece also at very slow speeds. That’s when I realized that the amount of harmony changes is staggering – Wolf must have been more than just your ordinary workaholic composer.

Members of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Keiko Yamaguchi, Violin 1
Christina Gallati, Violin 2
Markus Wieser, Viols
Sebastian Diezig, Cello
Live Recording 17/3/2013

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Video: Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco: Quintet op. 143 for Guitar and String Quartet

 

Recorded in Lucerne, March 17, 2013

This music is amazing and yet relatively unknown. My orchestra colleagues Christina Gallati (first violin), Keiko Yamaguchi (second violin) as well as my chamber music friends Markus Wieser (viola) and Maria Efstathiou play the colorful masterpiece.

 

Maria Efstathiou, Guitar
Christina Galati, Violin I
Keiko Yamaguchi, Violin II
Markus Wieser, Viola
Sebastian Diezig, Cello

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Video: Luigi Boccherini: Quintet with Guitar G 448 D-Major

 

Luigi Boccherini stands for tasteful and elegant classical music italian style.

Members of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
Maria Efstathiou, Guitar
Christina Gallati, Violin I
Keiko Yamaguchi, Violin II
Markus Wieser, Viola
Sebastian Diezig, Cello

Recorded in Lucerne, March 17, 2013

 

 

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Video: Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto third movement (practise)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzKD8sDzImw

In this video you can see me as I run through the last movement of the beautiful Dvorak Cello Concerto. I am getting ready for my concert with the Orchestre de la Ville et de l’Université de Fribourg under the baton of Alexandru Ianos on May 5 at 17h in the Aula Magna, Avenue de l’Europe 20, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. Still some minor things to fix but I think I will be fine on the great day.
Hope to see all of you there!
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5.5.2013, 17h, Fribourg, Aula de l’université

Orchestre de la ville et de l’uiversité de Fribourg (OVUF)
Alexandru Ianos, direction
Sebastian Diezig, violoncelle

Dvorak: Danse slave no. 4, op. 46: Tempo di Minuetto (Sousedská)
Dvorak: Concerto pour violoncelle en si mineur, op. 104
Dvorak: Symphonie no. 8 en sol majeur, «l’anglaise», op. 88

 

 

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Video: Jean-Marie LeClair: Sonata No. 8

Recorded live in Blitzingen, December 30, 2012

This sonata by Jean-Marie LeClair is a beautiful piece of music and I had the great pleasure to play it with my wife Paula Novoa (violin) and my aunt Silvia Nowak (harpsichord) in a packed church in Blitzingen for our traditional christmas concert. This christmas concert has become a big event over the years and myself as a citizen of Blitzingen am very happy to be able to contribute to the tiny village’s cultural calendar.

 

Paula Novoa, violin

Sebastian Diezig, cello

Silvia Nowak, harpsichord

 

 

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Video: Sebastian Diezig: Top Gun Variations for cello solo (2012)

This is so far my largest work as a composer. I wrote the piece in 2012.
Inspiration is obviously the great “Top Gun Anthem” that genius composer Harold Faltermeyer composed as the soundtrack for the Hollywood Blockbuster “Top Gun” from which i adapted the original theme to the cello. All the following variations are my own work. I hope Harold Faltermeyer doesn’t mind the use of his “Top Gun Anthem” as the theme for my “Top Gun Variations”. I tried to contact him to know for sure but didn’t get an answer. Please let me know if I violate a copyright and I will take this video down immediately.
Concert took place in Fribourg, Centre le Phénix on January 13, 2013.

Sebastian Diezig, Cello

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