Jascha Heifetz Master Classes

Ms. Sindell, a native of Cleveland, Ohio, is only 15 years old. She performs Bach Concerto in A Minor First Movement with Mr. Heifetz at the piano. Mr. Witte is a Swiss national who is in this country especially to study with Mr. Heifetz. He performs Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin Third Movement. Concerto in D, Op.35. On this program we hear only the last movement of this famous violin warhorse, Tchaikovskys Concerto for Violin. It is worthwhile to point out, however, that like the Brahms and Beethoven Concertos, which preceded Tchaikovsky, it too is the only work for the violin Tchaikovsky wrote. It is also interesting to note that as with the Brahms Concerto, Tchaikovsky showed the work upon completion to his good friend, the distinguished violinist, Leopold Auer, who was the teacher of Jascha Heifetz. History repeats itself again here as it did with the Brahms Concerto. Auer considered the work unplayable on technical grounds...