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ArticleLekeu: Molto adagio, String Quartet, Méditation, Minuet
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The complete music for string quartet from a short-lived acolyte of FranckMusicians: Debussy Quartet Composer: LekeuBy the time of his death in 1894 at the early age of 24, Guillaume Lekeu had created sufficient to ...
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ArticleBiber: Rosary Sonatas
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A worthy contender in a crowded market for Biber’s Biblical sonata cycleMusicians: Daniel Sepec (violin) Hille Perl (viola da gamba) Lee Santana (archlute/theorbo) Michael Behringer (harpsichord/organ)Composer: BiberDaniel Sepec uses three matching Stainer violins in original condition (but of contrasting vintage) to ...
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ArticleTim Key With a String Quartet. On a Boat.
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Absurdist comedy meets the string quartet on a disc of music and poetryMusicians: Tim Key, Tom Basden (voice) Vicky Sutherland, Amy May (violin) Nat Jones (viola) Katy Wright (cello)Composer: VariousAdmittedly, this is not primarily a musical disc. Tim Key is a British comedian ...
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Violinist Maxim Vengerov launches UNICEF campaign
Violinist Maxim Vengerov has launched UNICEF’s campaign in Armenia, ‘Every Child Needs a Family’. He kicked off the campaign during a masterclass for members of UNICEF’s Children’s Chamber Orchestra in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan.The campaign hopes to get public support to return around 4,000 children in special boarding schools and orphanages ...
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ArticleCorelli's Legacy. Sonatas by Corelli, Carbonelli, Mossi, Visconti, Castrucci, Locatelli & Montanari
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Mixed rewards in a collection exploring rarities of the Baroque sonata repertoireMusicians: Musica Antiqua RomaComposer: Corelli, Carbonelli, Mossi, Visconti, Castrucci, Locatelli & MontanariMusica Antiqua Roma showcases some of the legacy of Corelli’s Sonatas op.5, which served as models for numerous subsequent examples ...
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ArticleHonegger: Complete Violin Sonatas
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A unique collection of Honegger’s chamber music for violinMusicians: Laurence Kayaleh (violin) Paul Stewart (piano)Composer: HoneggerLaurence Kayaleh and Paul Stewart follow up their fine two-disc Medtner survey for Naxos with the only single disc of Honegger’s four violin sonatas currently available. It ...
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ArticleThe Road to Damascus
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Folk fiddling explores music from both sides of the AtlanticMusicians: Notorious Composer: VariousThe Notorious central duo of fiddler–singer Eden MacAdam-Somer and guitarist–banjo-player Larry Unger are joined by mandolin, percussion and bass here in a collection of traditional and original American folk ...
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ArticleFlight Mode
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Jazz violin playing that experiments with boundaries of the mediumMusicians: Chris Garrick (violin) ?David Gordon (keyboards) Ole Rasmussen (double bass) Tom Hooper (drums)Composer: VariousChris Garrick’s first release as a bandleader for five years finds the British jazz violinist on fine form. As ...
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ArticleSoli
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A treat for fans of Norwegian fiddle playingMusicians: Synnøve Bjørset, Šse Teigland, Anne Hytte (Hardanger fiddle)Composer: VariousA hardcore Hardanger album in the best sense, this disc will appeal both to devotees of the instrument and those new to the distinctive sound of ...
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Japanese violinist and teacher David Takeno wins ABO award
Tokyo-born violinist and teacher David Takeno is the winner of this year’s Association of British Orchestras (ABO) Award. The presentation was made at the Derby Assembly Rooms on 17 February as part of the ABO annual conference. Takeno, who holds the post of Eugène Ysaÿe international chair of violin ...
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Violinist Nicola Benedetti warns against arts funding cuts
Violinist Nicola Benedetti has warned that the UK government’s spending cuts could stop arts students from poorer backgrounds from going to university. Speaking at the launch of the Nicola Benedetti Scholarship Fund, which will support students taking Italian Studies at Edinburgh University, she is reported by Deadline News as commenting, ...
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ISM fights for music in schools
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has launched a campaign to get music included on the new English Baccalaureate. The society is asking its members and those working in the music sector to write to the Education Select Committee of the House of Commons, urging the government to include the ...
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Polish cellist Tomasz Daroch wins Lutos?awski Cello Competition
Tomasz Daroch has won first prize in the 8th Witold Lutos?awski International Cello Competition. The 22-year-old Pole, who studies with Michael Flaksman at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Mannheim, Germany, was awarded €6,000. Second prize went to fellow Pole Magdalena Bojanowicz, third prize to ...
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Jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding beats Justin Bieber to Grammy
In an major triumph for the string world, jazz bassist Esperanza Spalding beat Justin Bieber – the teenage pop artist with millions of fans worldwide – to win as Best New Artist at the 2011 Grammy Awards. The ceremony took place on 13 February at the Staples Center, Los Angeles. ...
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The New York Philharmonic Orchestra archive goes live
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has launched the first phase of an ongoing digital archive project. The International Era 1943–1970 is the first tranche of the orchestra’s extensive archives to go online, and thousands of documents are now available to view. These include conducting scores marked by Leonard Bernstein, André ...
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Violinist and violist Philipp Naegele dies aged 83
Violinist and violist Philipp Naegele has died aged 83. Born in Stuttgart in 1928, he fled the Nazi regime, going first to England on the Kindertransport in 1939, and then settling with his family in New York City in 1940. Violin lessons and academic studies there led to a doctorate ...
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Violist Paul Laraia wins Sphinx Competition
Violist Paul Laraia has won first prize in the senior division at the Sphinx Competition for Black and Latino string players. The 21-year-old, who studies with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory in Boston, received $10,000, a series of concert engagements and a CD recording opportunity with Naxos. ...
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Two new concertmasters for Dallas Symphony Orchestra
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has appointed a concertmaster and co-concertmaster to share the leader's chair left vacant since Emanuel Borok retired last August. The two new leaders will join the orchestra for the start of the 2011–12 season. Kerr, who has held concertmaster positions at the Cincinnati, Charleston and ...
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British violinist and concertmaster Raymond Cohen dies aged 91
British violinist Raymond Cohen, the last leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to be appointed by Thomas Beecham, has died aged 91. Cohen won a scholarship at 14 to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music, and at 15 began playing with the Hallé Orchestra as its youngest ever ...
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Violin making drama seeks funding
A UK filmmaker has launched an appeal via campaigns website IndieGoGo for funding for his next project, a film about a reclusive young man with a passion for violin making. Writer-director Dan Smyth from Manchester has secured financing from the UK Film Council, but needs to part-match it to the ...
