All Bridge articles
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Timothy Ridout: A Lionel Tertis Celebration
A viola legend is celebrated by a star of a new generation
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ReviewConcert review: Gildas Quartet
Edwrd Bhesania heads for London’s Kings Place on 10 December 2023 for a recital featuring Britten and Bridge
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Blogs‘The piece depicts the war in all its brutality’: cellist Gabriel Schwabe on Bridge Cello Concerto ‘Oration’
The cellist makes a case for why this work should enjoy more time in the spotlight, ahead of a performance in Belfast on 12 January 2024
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ReviewConcert review: Lawrence Power (viola/violin) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Rebecca Clarke, Palestrina, Tallis, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Ravel, Martinů and Bartók at London’s Wigmore Hall on 31 May 2023
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Focus7 tips on adjustments to get the best out of your instrument
The finest Stradivari in the world will sound poor if it is badly set up. Here are some points to consider sourced from our archive
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Fitting a bridge to a violin belly
A detailed account of a process that revisits a fundamental skill for luthiers
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bridge and Britten at the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore on 1 May 2022
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FeatureAsk the Experts: how to correct a violin bridge position
Three top luthiers answers a reader's query on preserving the correct instrument geometry after changing strings, in this feature from 2014
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ReviewElena Urioste: From Brighton to Brooklyn
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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ReviewAdrien La Marca: Chanson Bohème
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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ReviewGabriel Schwabe: Elgar, Bridge
Nuanced playing in works that muse on the losses of the First World War
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the sibling duo perform at London’s Barbican on 4 July 2021
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ReviewSinfonia of London: English Music for Strings
File under B, but it’s an A-plus for this superb collection of British music
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ReviewClare Howick, John Paul Ekins: British Music for Violin and Piano
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gorgeous musical miniatures spark to life in the hands of experts Musicians: Clare Howick (violin) John Paul Ekins (piano) Works: ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor op.82; Three Characteristic Pieces; and works by Bridge, ...
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BlogsVideo: violinist Hilary Hahn knocks bridge over during a concert - and is helped by two luthiers in the audience
Hilary Hahn has posted video footage on her Twitter page of luthiers Peter and Wendela Moes re-fitting her bridge after a concert. The violinist managed to collapse the bridge while pushing her mute back on stage before her final encore. The two luthiers of Munich violin shop ...
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ReviewBritish Violin Sonatas, Volume 2. Bridge: Violin Sonata in E flat major; Ireland: Violin Sonata no.1; Bliss: Violin Sonata in F major; Vaughan Williams: Two Pieces; W. Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eas
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: More sonatas from Little and Lane, and some delightful discoveries Musicians: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano) Composer: Bridge, Ireland, Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Lloyd Webber Catalogue number: ...
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ReviewEnglish Delight. Bridge: Pensiero; Allegro appassionato. Britten: Lachrymae. Clark: E Viola Sonata. Dowland: Flow my tears; If my complaints. Harvey: Chant. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies on English Fo
The Strad Issue: May 2016Description: Vivid viola sounds in La Marca’s thoughtfully conceived programmeMusicians: Adrien La Marca (viola) Thomas Hoppe (piano)Composer: Bridge; Britten; Clarke; Dowland; Harvey; Vaughan Williams; PurcellFrom the opening fanfares of Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata, Adrien La Marca lays down his credentials as a sophisticated player ...