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ArticleCello Journey. Walton: Theme for a Prince. Hussey: Three Interludes. Parsons: Dove l’anima riposa. Rathbone: When all is said and done. Saxton: Sonata for solo cello. Holdsworth: Lost Time
The Strad Issue: January 2010Description: Cello Journey. Walton: Theme for a Prince. Hussey: Three Interludes. Parsons: Dove l’anima riposa. Rathbone: When all is said and done. Saxton: Sonata for solo cello. Holdsworth: Lost Time Musicians: Tony Woollard (cello)Composer: Walton, Hussey, Parsons, Rathbone, Saxton, HoldsworthTony Woollard should ...
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ArticleAlto/Multiples. Works by Hindemith, Zimmermann, Berio, Grisey, Nunes, Carter, Binchois (arr. Kröll), Boulez, Ockegham (arr. Maderna), Rihm, D. Gabrieli, Harvey, Gesualdo (arr. Desjardins) & Fedele
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Christophe Desjardins (viola)Composer: Hindemith, Zimmermann, Berio, Grisey, Nunes, Carter, Binchois (arr. Kröll), Boulez, Ockegham (arr. Maderna), Rihm, D. Gabrieli, Harvey, Gesualdo (arr. Desjardins) & Fedele Christophe Desjardins is a long-time member of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, so this set’s title – ...
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ArticleViolinguistics. Beavers: Violin Sonata. Bolcom: The Graceful Ghost Rag. Ching-chu Hu: Snow Ash. Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows. Puckett: Colloquial Threads. Puts: Aria
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Scott Conklin (violin) Alan Huckleberry (piano)Composer: Beavers, Bolcom, Ching-chu Hu, Bright Sheng, Puckett, PutsScott Conklin’s brilliance of tone and charismatic delivery bring a burnished gleam to this disc of American music from the last 30 years. Stylistically it wanders through ...
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ArticlePassion & Division. Hume: The First Part of Ayres – Captain Humes Musicall Humors
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Susanne Heinrich (viola da gamba)Composer: HumeThis disc comprises selections from Tobias Hume’s The First Part of Ayres – Captain Humes Musicall Humors (London, 1605), which challenged the lute’s preeminence as a solo, ensemble and accompanimental instrument and added an expressive, emotional dimension ...
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ArticleKhachaturian: Cello Concerto in E minor, Concerto–Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) Moscow City Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Fedotov Composer: KhachaturianKhachaturian’s Cello Concerto (1946) was the last of his triptych of concertos to be written but remains the least known of the three, chiefly as a result of being one ...
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European violin makers dominate prize board at Mittenwald competition
The winners of the sixth Mittenwald International Violin Making Competition have been announced. The leading maker in the violin category was Haiko Seifert from Germany, although no first prize was awarded, so he took second place. The viola first place went to French maker Philippe Mahu. Peter Goodfellow from the ...
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RPS and BBC Radio 3 launch hunt for unjustly neglected British music
The UK's Royal Philharmonic Society is searching for British chamber music pieces that deserve a second hearing. Its new Encore project will select twelve works to be performed and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 2011 and 2012. The pieces must have been written by a living British composer, have ...
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Cellist Martin Lovett to receive lifetime achievement award from London Cello Society
Cellist Martin Lovett will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Royal Academy of Music on 10 October. The presentation is part of a day of concerts and workshops organised by the London Cello Society. The evening concert honouring Lovett features Guy Johnston and the Sacconi Quartet in a programme ...
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Violinist and pedagogue Eric Rosenblith dies
Violinist and teacher Eric Rosenblith has died at the age of 90. Formerly the head of strings at Boston's New England Conservatory, he had most recently taught at the Longy School. Born in Vienna, Rosenblith studied with Jacques Thibaud in Paris and Carl Flesch in London. After fleeing Paris ...
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Violin artwork pushes boundaries of taste and smell
An Ethiopian artist whose works explore themes of death and decay has put a violin at the centre of his latest installation. Mack Eshete's The Shepherd with the Violin is being exhibited at the Goethe-Institut in Addis Ababa, and features a figure with a violin surrounded by skinned sheep. According ...
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Violinist Jack Liebeck named young British classical performer of the year
London-born violinist Jack Liebeck won the award for best young British classical performer at the Classical BRITs. Liebeck's first CD for Sony Classical - a recording of Dvorak's Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata and Sonatina - was released last year.
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Volans and Saariaho string works win RPS Music Awards
Composers Kevin Volans and Kaija Saariaho were among the winners of the UK's Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards. Volans, who was born in South Africa, won the chamber-scale composition award for his piece viola:piano. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho's Notes on Light, for cello and orchestra, won the large-scale composition category. ...
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Luthiers from Germany and Italy win at Beijing violin making competition
Two of the three top awards at the first China International Violin Making Competition have gone to makers based in Europe. Ulrich Hinsberger from Biberach, Germany, won first prize in the violin category. South Korean-born Min-Sung Kim, who works in Cremona, took the top award in the cello category. The ...
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Dudamel pulls muscle during performance of Dvorák Cello Concerto
Los Angeles Philharmonic maestro Gustavo Dudamel pulled a muscle in his neck while conducting the orchestra and Alisa Weilerstein in a performance of Dvo?ák's Cello Concerto. The orchestra's associate conductor Lionel Bringuier had to step in for the second half of the concert last Thursday, but Dudamel was back on ...
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Schermerhorn Symphony Center out of action after basement floods
The Schermerhorn Symphony Center was one of the Nashville landmarks affected by heavy floods that hit the city and surrounding areas last weekend. The building, which is home to the Nashville Symphony, has been closed for repairs after its basement level was completely flooded. The orchestra is working to find ...
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King Henry IV' Brothers Amati to join violins at National Music Museum
A Brothers Amati violin made in 1595 for the king of France is to go on display at the National Music Museum in Vermillion, South Dakota. The violin is decorated with the coat of arms of King Henry IV, ruler of France and Navarre, who was assassinated 400 years ago ...
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Afiara Quartet receives Young Canadian Musicians Award
The Afiara Quartet has won this year's Young Canadian Musicians Award, worth $25,000. The all-Canadian group, which was formed in 2006, is the graduate resident string quartet at the Juilliard School. In 2008 the Afiara won second prize at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich and first prize in ...
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ArticleDvorák: Piano Quintets no.1 in A major op.5 & no.2 in A major op.81
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)Composer: DvorákThis coupling of Dvo?ák’s two piano quintets contrasts the composer’s somewhat discursive apprentice work with its?richly acclaimed successor. Australians Piers?Lane and the Goldner Quartet provide musically sensitive and carefully determined readings. They capture the moods and ...
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ArticleFauré: Piano Quartets no.1 in C minor op.15 & no.2 in G minor op.45, Nocturne no.4 in E flat major op.36
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Hermitage String Trio, Kathryn Stott (piano)Composer: FauréGabriel Fauré was an emotionally reserved figure of exquisite taste and eloquence, and always insisted that his music should be played absolutely straight if his immaculately crafted scores were to achieve their maximum effect. This is ...
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ArticleHaydn: Violin Concertos no.1 in C major Hob.XVIIa:1 & no.4 in G major Hob.XVIIa:4 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat major for strings op.20
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Gil Shaham (violin) Sejong SoloistsComposer: Haydn Gil Shaham can do what he likes with his own record label, but a decent?A&R man might have warned him off this unsuccessful coupling. We start with the two most popular Joseph Haydn violin concertos, ...
