Music wants to reach out an touch you
Music lifts the soul
A violist comes home late at night to discover fire trucks, police cars, and a smoking crater where his house used to be. The chief of police comes over to him and tells him, “While you were out, the conductor came to your house, killed your family, and burned your house down.”
The violist replied, “you’re kidding!! The conductor came to my house?”
Craig Stratton studied violin performance in London and in Prague, with professor Ivan Straus. He has attended courses in Bechyne, Czech Republic and spent numerous summers at the master courses in Semmering, Austria.
Craig has given solo recitals in the UK, France, Czech Republic and Florida and has also performed extensively on Fred Olsen, Page and Moy and Noble Caledonia cruises.
Craig has performed duo recitals with pianists, Sholto Kynoch, Simon Howat and Liz Rossiter
He has appeared on countless film and TV productions including, Star Wars Episode 1, Bridget Jones, Die Another Day, Holby City, Miss Marple, Foyles War, and Midsomer Murders.
As a session player, Craig has performed on Julian Cope’s album Interpreter and appeared on the Jools Holland Show with Tindersticks. He is a member of the Bergersen String Quartet which specialises in spectral music and contemporary works by living composers. The quartet performed on the recent “Songs to Save a Life” album for the Samaritans with James Morrison.
In 2004, Craig released From the Homeland which is now available online. The CD was featured on the Classic Fm Evening Concert and given three stars in the Classic FM magazine. From the Homeland has also been broadcast on Lyric FM, Dublin.
Album available from itunes ; http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/from-the-homeland/id440015423
www.craigstratton.co.uk
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