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Auditions open for 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney
YouTube has launched its second international orchestra project. Musicians have until 28 November to submit their audition videos for the chance to be part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra performing in Sydney next March. The first YouTube Symphony Orchestra brought together more than 90 musicians from 30 countries for ...
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Violinist Sarah Chang pulls out of Detroit recital
Violinist Sarah Chang has cancelled a recital at Detroit's Orchestra Hall scheduled for tonight, citing intimidating emails she had received from supporters of striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) musicians.Chang had been due to perform as soloist with the orchestra in its season-opening concert. But after the players began strike action ...
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ArticleHaydn: Cello Concertos in C major Hob.VIIb:1 & D major Hob.VIIb.2, Minuets nos.1, 6 & 11 Hob.IX:16
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Ivan Monighetti (cello/conductor) Polish Sinfonia Iuventus OrchestraComposer: Haydn As a former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, and Rostropovich’s last pupil, Ivan Monighetti has an unassailable cellistic provenance, and yet despite the diversity of his interests, which incorporate both period ...
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British bow maker Peter Oxley suffers major theft on train
A bow box containing eleven bows, including several examples by top-quality French makers, has been stolen from a train in southern England. Leading British bow maker Peter Oxley was travelling with the collection from London to Norwich when the theft occurred. Among the bows stolen were two nickel-mounted violin ...
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Hundreds of Dutch orchestral jobs at risk
The new Dutch government is proposing to scrap the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre. If the plans are passed by the Dutch parliament, the decision could bring the closure of three radio orchestras – the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Metropole Orchestra. The Netherlands Radio Choir ...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra bassist retires after 49 years
Joseph Guastafeste has retired from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after 49 years as principal bass. Hired in 1961 by the orchestra's then music director, Fritz Reiner, the Brooklyn-born Guastafeste had previously been principal in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. His retirement in Chicago will be marked by an onstage ceremony later ...
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Visitor numbers at Mondomusica instrument fair beat all previous years
Newly released attendance figures for this year's Cremona Mondomusica trade fair offer encouraging signs for the health of the stringed instrument industry. The three-day fair, which closed on 3 October, received a record 11,624 visitors, up 4.5 per cent on last year. The event hosted 280 exhibitors, an increase of ...
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ArticleSerebrier: Double Bass Concerto ‘Nueve’, Violin Concerto ‘Winter’, Symphony no.1, Tango en azul, Casi un tango, They Rode in the Sunset – music for an imaginary film
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Gary Karr (double bass) Philippe Quint (violin) Simon Callow (narrator) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/José SerebrierComposer: Serebrier ‘Even whilst we speak new notes arise. What is that awful sound?’ The soloist in José Serebrier’s Double Bass Concerto ‘Nueve’ ...
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ArticleWalton: Violin Concerto, Symphony no.1
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Kurt Nikkanen (violin) New Haven Symphony Orchestra/William BoughtonComposer: Walton This disc is the first fruit of a project to record Walton’s music with an eye on the manuscript sources held at Yale University, where the New Haven Symphony Orchestra performs. As ...
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ArticleDragonetti: Quartet no.1, Quintets nos.13, 18 & 31
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Dragonetti’s New Academy: John Feeney (double bass) Loma Mar QuartetComposer: DragonettiDomenico Dragonetti is best known for the reputation he made for himself as a double bassist in London. His music, here represented by string chamber works with bass, is charismatic and quirky ...
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ArticleMartinu: Cello Sonatas nos.1, 2 & 3, Variations on a Slovak Theme, Variations on a Theme of Rossini
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Paul Watkins (cello) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Martinu Of all 20th-century composers, Martinu was one of the most generous to the cello and indeed both sets of variations as well as the Second Sonata are firmly established in the repertoire. ...
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ArticleDebussy: String Quartet in G minor op.10. Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit. Ravel: String Quartet in F major
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Arcanto Quartet Composer: Debussy, Dutilleux, RavelIn many ways the whole notion of composers in the French tradition choosing to express themselves through the profoundly Germanic medium of the string quartet seems somewhat unlikely. Yet it is the typically ...
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ArticlePaganini: La Campanella from Violin Concerto no.2 in B minor op. 7, Introduction and Variations on ‘Non più mesta’ from Rossini’s La cenerentola op.12 etc
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Philippe Quint (violin) Dmitriy Cogan (piano)Composer: PaganiniThis disc brings together two of the most famous violinists of all time. Kreisler’s arrangements of Paganini are mainly confined to providing piano accompaniments and they cohesively complement the original works.Philippe Quint, ex-Juilliard School and nominated ...
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ArticleSchumann: Cello Concerto in A minor op.129 (arr. Schumann), Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor op.121. Clara Schumann: Three Romances op.22
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) Claire Désert (piano) German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Christoph PoppenComposer: R Schumann, C SchumannIt’s strange that violinists haven’t hijacked Schumann’s own violin version of his Cello Concerto, for it makes a more readily attractive work than his subsequent D minor ...
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ArticleMozart: String Quintets in B flat major K174, C minor K406, C major K515, G minor K516, D major K593 & E flat major K614
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes (viola)Composer: MozartMozart’s complete string quintets comprise four extraordinary works from his maturity alongside two early pieces that probably would not have survived had they not had his name attached. The Nash Ensemble players, however, persuade us that the ...
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ArticleGrieg: Suite From Holberg’s Time op.40, Two Nordic Melodies op.63. Amper: Abrégé. Larsen: Diplom
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Gjermund Larsen (fiddle) Emilia Amper (nyckelharpa) Trondheim SoloistsComposer: Grieg, Amper, LarsenA selection of Grieg’s string music is here played by a crack Norwegian chamber orchestra. The results virtually take my breath away, but I have enough left to report that the playing ...
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ArticleHandel: Concerti Grossi op.6
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Avison Ensemble/Pavlo BeznosiukComposer: Handel These are urbane performances, constantly engaging, fascinating in the minutiae of the playing, the sharing of prominence between parts, and in the conversational ebb and flow of counterpoint. The Avison musicians produce a rich, legato sound, with ...
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ArticleViolin Faces. Zimmermann: Sonata. Hartmann: Second Sonata. Berio: Sequenza VIII. Kee-Yong Chong: For Another Better World
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Wibert Aerts (violin)Composer: Zimmermann, Hartmann, Berio, Kee-Yong ChongThere’s often a danger of discs of contemporary solo violin music being a bit indigestible for one sitting, particularly if the music is relentlessly percussive, but Belgian player Wibert Aerts has crafted this disc to ...
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ArticleMetcalfe: Tracing the Outline, Constant Filter, Kite*, Lonely Bay, As She Fell, The Appearance of Colour
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Matthew Barley (cello/electronics) Ashley Wass (piano)*Composer: Metcalfe This disc was something of a labour of love for Matthew Barley – he recorded it at home on his own equipment after over the years building up a repertoire of pieces by ...
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ArticleThe Mosaic Nomad. Works by Gurdjeff & de Hartmann (arr. Solaris Quartet)
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Solaris QuartetComposer: Gurdjeff & de Hartmann (arr. Solaris Quartet)Greek–Armenian mystic George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff travelled extensively through Central Asia, Russia and Egypt, collecting sacred, monastic and tribal music and then transcribing and arranging it with the help of Russian composer Thomas de Hartmann ...
