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From the Archive: the 'Adam' Guarneri 'del Gesù' violin, 1738
This illustration of a violin by Guarneri 'del Gesù' was published in The Strad, December 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: Guarneri 'del Gesù' drew together all the strands of Cremonese and Brescian makers, and with great force of character, created ...
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Glass: Violin Concerto no.1; Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato’s ‘Symposium’)
These two 20th-century violin concertos make uneasy bedfellows
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Fauré: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in D minor op.109, no.2 in G minor op.117; Romance in A major op.69; Au bord de l’eau; Après un rêve, Saint-Saëns: Romances: op.36, op.51; Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor op.32
Eloquent, balanced performances that both sparkle and sing
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Elgar: Introduction and Allegro op.471, Symphony no.1 in A flat major op.55
Elegant Elgar, given shape and depth by quartet and orchestra
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Violinist Renaud Capuçon performs solo Bach
French violinist Renaud Capuçon performs the Allemande from Bach's Second Partita for solo violin in D minor BWV 1004 in a performance recorded in October 2016 for Le Temps. Watch: Renaud Capuçon rehearses Beethoven’s Violin Concerto 2017 Watch: Renaud Capuçon performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto
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Exiles - Bloch: Schelomo, From Jewish Life (arr. Cyrille Lehn); Korngold: Cello Concerto in One Movement in C major op.371, Tanzlied des Pierrot from Die tote Stadt; Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Them
Impassioned, expressive playing in music filled with aching longing
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Violinist Rachel Podger on matching technique and musicality
Often you find that technique and musicality marry quite well. Something that works musically will so often also work from a technical perspective. And the opposite is also true - that if you change a passage for technical reasons it suddenly makes more musical sense too!' Baroque ...
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Violinist Joanna Frankel named Columbus Symphony concertmaster
The first female to be appointed to the role in the orchestra's history, Frankel has served as the Symphony's acting concertmaster since September 2016
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Bloch: Cello Sonata, Suite for cello and piano (transc. Rejto/Baller), Nigun (arr. Schuster), From Jewish Life, Méditation hébraïque
Sympathetic performances of Jewish-inspired cello music
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Conductor Riccardo Muti to lead joint Italian and Iranian orchestral concerts
Celebrating 20 years of Muti's 'Roads of Friendship' initiative, the performances by Italian and Iranian musicians take place in Tehran on 6 July and in Ravenna on 8 July
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Tips for touring musicians - by Cincinnati Symphony concertmaster Timothy Lees
The violinist gives advice on staying grounded and rested, adjusting to different halls, and keeping each performance fresh during an orchestral concert tour
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Ray Chen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Ray Chen rehearses Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko for performances that took place on 22 and 23 June 2017. The video features commentary and insights from Chen about the concerto - the first work he ever played with an ...
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John Adams: Violin Concerto, Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major op.35
A pair of violin concertos linked by their striving for melody
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Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini's Caprice no.2, aged 16
Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini's Second Caprice at the age of 16 as an encore at the Gasteig Philharmonic Hall in Munich, Germany in 1990. Read: Paganini, the great violinist, is taught a lesson Watch: Violinist Maxim Vengerov performs Paganini’s Caprice no.24
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From the Archive: a cello by Joseph Rocca, Turin, 1838
This illustration of a cello by Joseph Rocca was published in The Strad, November 1987. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photograph: What is it about the month of November that brings out the sellers? Ever since November 1978 and the big Sotheby event that began ...
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13-year-old violinist NaKyung Kang gives winning Sibelius performance at Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
South Korean violinist NaKyung Kang, aged 13, performs Sibelius's Violin Concerto in the Violin Division of the 2017 International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians - which she won alongside 14-year-old violinist Eugene Kawai from Japan. The contest was held last month in Kazakhstan, also featuring Piano and ...
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Can a flawed performance hold more meaning than a perfect one?
A recent flawed but exhilarating solo violin recital at London's Barbican Hall spoke a greater truth about the human experience because of its imperfections, says Charlotte Smith
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Violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis perform Brahms's Double Concerto
Violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Steven Isserlis perform Brahms's Double Concerto with the Academy of St Martinuin the Fields at the Bravo! Vail 2017 Music Festival in Colorado. The performance was recorded live on 24 June 2017 with Bell conducting from the violin. Read: ‘I often have ...
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Tarisio Trust Young Artist Grants 2017 awarded to string players and ensembles
Online instrument and bow auction house Tarisio has announced four of the recipients of its 2017 Tarisio Trust Young Artists Grants - with a fifth to be chosen by the public
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Haydn's music is much more unpredictable than Mozart's - the Chiaroscuro Quartet
For their new release the players of the Chiaroscuro Quartet have put their gut strings and period bows to work on Haydn's kaleidoscopic op.20 'Sun' quartets - the second of two recordings. Helen Wallace meets the musicians during rehearsals.