Ursula Bagdasarjanz plays Schoeck
On the occasion of the Othmar Schoeck Festival in Brunnen (September 1 to 11, 2016), Swiss violinist Ursula Bagdasarjanz has uploaded a video production with historical footage.
Over the course of her career, the Swiss violinist Ursula Bagdasarjanz (*1934 in Winterthur) has performed the complete violin works of Othmar Schoeck in numerous concerts and on radio stations in Switzerland and abroad. The three sonatas that Ursula Bagdasarjanz has always performed with Gisela Schoeck, the composer's daughter, at the piano are a particular rarity. On the CD recordings below and in the following video with the Allegretto from Schoeck's Violin Concerto in B flat major op. 21, the outstanding interpretations are still vivid and tangible today.
In 2013, Ursula Bagdasarjanz was honored with a "Special Tribute Treasury Show" from Stanford University in California for her renditions of her own and others' works, including her interpretation of Othmar Schoeck's Violin Concerto.
Othmar Schoeck: Variations Sonata for Violin & Piano
in D Major WoO 22 - Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano
in D Major op. 16 - Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano
in E Major op. 46.
Ursula Bagdasarjanz, violin - Gisela Schoeck, piano.
VDE-Gallo 1249
At the suggestion of Christian Busslinger (see comment below), we are pleased to publish here a photo showing the two performers Gisela Schoeck (left) and Ursula Bagdasarjanz in Berlin. The picture was taken in 1961 on the occasion of radio recordings. It comes from the archive of Ursula Bagdasarjanz. The SMZ editorial team would like to thank her for her permission to publish this photo.
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- Photo: Provided by Ursula Bagdasarjanz
- Gisela Schoeck (left) and Ursula Bagdasarjanz in Berlin in 1961
Othmar Schoeck: Violin Concerto "Quasi Una Fantasia"
for Violin & Orchestra in B-Flat Major op. 21
Francesco d'Avalos, dir.
Alexander Glasunov: Violin Concerto in A Minor op. 82
Ursula Bagdasarjanz, Violin - Lugano Radio Orchestra,
Leopoldo Casella, dir.
