PBS

The Violin in the String Family of the Orchestra

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...
WFAE

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Updated January 19, 2024 at 5:04 PM ET Abrasive, intense and about to erupt at any moment. So begins "Flow," a new piece by Nokuthula Ngwenyama for the Takács Quartet. Coaxing peculiar sounds out of ...
The Columbian

Sound of Battle Ground: Luthier says the climate is ideal for making world-class stringed instruments

BATTLE GROUND — One day in December 2016, during a rail journey into same northern Italian countryside where the legendary luthier Antonio Stradivari made his stringed masterpieces, Mark and Sharon ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression

Nokuthula Ngwenyama's Flow is on a 13-city tour of performances by the celebrated Takács Quartet. What did the beginning of time sound like? A new string quartet offers an impression Abrasive, intense ...