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Janine Jansen and Gustavo Dudamel on the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
‘For me it is the perfect piece – it has everything in it,’ says Janine Jansen in this video, in which she and conductor Gustavo Dudamel talk about Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra launches activities for older people in care home settings
Cuppa Concerts: At Home is a series of filmed concerts, specially designed for older people living in care settings, to watch from home
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December
We examine the ‘Willemotte’ violin of 1734 – a masterpiece of Stradivari’s late period, now owned by Leonidas Kavakos. There’s an article on a newly discovered cadenza to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto by Vieuxtemps, and a look at the history of the viola d’amore..
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The Dover Quartet on the idea of the ‘hypermetre’
The ensemble discusses a concept that is not often taught or discussed in musical circles
The Strad Calendar 2021: Giovanni Battista Rogeri cello 1695
The arching of the Rogeri is flat, unlike the bulbous forms of most of his contemporary makers
Cello varnish badly damaged in calamitous hand sanitiser spill
The repair job on the instrument’s coating took more than 80 hours
Auner Quartett violinist plays ‘ex Rouse-Boughton’ Stradivari
the Auner Quartett from Vienna recently received two more Instruments from the National Bank of Austria, a Giovanni Grancino cello (‘ex Piatti’, - ‘ex Dunlop’, Milano 1706); and an Antonio Stradivari violin (‘ex Rouse-Boughton’, Cremona 1698).
The Strad Calendar 2021: Carlo Bergonzi ‘Kreisler’ violin 1735
The ‘Kreisler’s characteristically thin yet intensely coloured varnish is in abundance
Soundpost: Letters to the Editor December 2020
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: December 2020 issue
In Focus: A 1939 viola by Igino Sderci
Written by Paolo Sorgentone
Opinion: Being conscious
Developing musical potential requires a real sense of critical awareness as students grow, writes cellist Cecilia Radic
Masterclass: Alban Gerhardt on Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no.1
In the first of two articles, the German cellist shows the importance of pulse, planning and precision in the first two movements of this underestimated Romantic concerto
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Janine Jansen and Gustavo Dudamel on the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
‘For me it is the perfect piece – it has everything in it,’ says Janine Jansen in this video, in which she and conductor Gustavo Dudamel talk about Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.
Janine Jansen and Gustavo Dudamel on the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Xuanhan Xu, winner of Pablo Casals International Award 2020, performs for competition audition
Irish cellist Patrick Dexter gives lockdown performance against scenic backdrop
Nicola Benedetti and friends play Ernest Bloch’s Prayer
Grand Teton Music Festival on location: New York
Teyber Trio plays Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Auner Quartett violinist plays ‘ex Rouse-Boughton’ Stradivari
Hilary Hahn singing and playing violin
Kanneh-Masons play Carnival of the Animals
‘I’ve certainly never had musicians disrobe down to their skin in rehearsals’ – Marin Alsop
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Book review: House of Music: Raising the Kanneh-Masons
Janet Banks reviews a memoir by the matriarh of the multitalented Kanneh-Mason household
Book review: Violin Technique in Practice
Alex Laing reviews an innovative new technique book aimed at all ages
Book review: Easy Concert Pieces for string quartet or string orchestra
Anne Inglis reviews the latest collection for young players by Peter Mohrs
Concert review:Tabea Zimmermann, members of the Berlin Philharmonic
Carlos María Solare hears a performance at the Berlin Philharmonie on 23 September 2020
Concert reviews: Dreamstage
Bruce Hodges tunes in to a new live streaming platform co-founded by cellist Jan Vogler
Spektral Quartet: Experiments in Living
A collection of contrasting music that’s more than just a game of chance
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