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These video clips are available from the International Draeseke Society and YouTube. Click on any of the links to watch excerpts of performances or the North German television documentary on Draeseke and his music (opens new page).

From the June 2011 IDG Conference:

• Ritter Olaf op 19: III. Herr Olaf, es ist Mitternacht
• Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & horn in B-flat op 48: Finale
• Little Suite for English Horn and Piano op 87: 1. Menuett and Trio
• Sonata in B-flat Major for Clarinet & Piano op 38: 1st Movement: Allegro moderato
• Der Mönch von Bonifazio op 74

From the June 2009 IDG Conference (Including the Premiere of Draeseke's Violin Concerto):

• Violin Concerto in e: 1st Movement (Allegro appassionata)
• Violin Concerto in e: 2nd Movement (Adagio)
• Violin Concerto in e: 3rd Movement, start (Allegro con brio e vivace)
• Violin Concerto in e: 3rd Movement, middle (Allegro con brio e vivace)
• Adagio for Violin & Piano (Arr. Hans Benda)
• Draeseke Violin Concerto: Lecture with Musical Examples

From the June 2005 IDG Conference:

• Quintet in A for Two Violins, Viola, Violotta, and Cello, 'Stelzner-Quintett', WoO 25 (1897): Scherzo

NDR3 documentary portrait of the composer Felix Draeseke: "Ein Schicksal Zwischen Liszt und Brahms (A Destiny between Liszt and Brahms)"; complete in seven parts:

• Part 1: includes excerpts of Draeseke's Christus oratorio and scenes of Coburg, the place of his birth
• Part 2: includes excerpts of Draeseke's Viola Sonata nr 1, and an interview with Udo Follert and scenes of Coburg
• Part 3: includes excerpts of Draeseke's String Quartet nr 2, and interviews with conductor Udo Follert and pianist Alfred Brendel
• Part 4: includes excerpts of a performance of Draeseke's Piano Sonata (performed by Claudius Tanski)
• Part 5: includes excerpts of Draeseke's Piano Sonata and an interview with pianist Alfred Brendel, a proponent of the Sonata
• Part 6: includes excerpts from Draeseke's Piano Sonata
• Part 7: concluding segment includes excerpts of Draeseke's Piano Sonata, Draeseke's Christus Oratorio, and closing credits

Videos from others:

• Draeseke - Beati quorum via integra est (Cappella Musicale Pontificia Sistina; Thomanerchor, Leipzig) Papal Mass with Pope Francis; The Vatican 29 June 2013.
• Draeseke - Piano Sonata in c#: I. Introduzione e Marcia funebre (Video of the Piano Score with Claudius Tanski recording)
• Draeseke - Piano Sonata in c#: III. Finale (Video of the Piano Score with Claudius Tanski recording)
• Draeseke - Piano Sonata in c#: I. Introduzione e Marcia funebre (Andreas Benend, andreas-benend.de)
• Draeseke - Piano Sonata in c#: II. Intermezzo/Valse-Scherzo (Andreas Benend, andreas-benend.de)
• Draeseke - Piano Sonata in c#: III. Finale (Andreas Benend, andreas-benend.de)

Featured Video:

 
Opening of Draeseke's Adagio for Violin and Piano (arr. Hans Benda)
Julia Röntz (violin), Wolfgang Müller-Steinbach (piano)

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