All Bach articles – Page 12
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ArticleOAE violinist Helen Kruger discusses Baroque phrasing
Another element to consider is how to turn all these notes into musical sentences and to not be afraid to include more space within the music.'The National Centre for Early Music, working alongside string players from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, has launched a Baroque String ...
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BlogsTranscribing Bach's Air for solo violin
Violinist Roman Kim experimented with new and interesting techniques to arrive at his arrangement of the famous work, part of Bach's Orchestral Suite no.3
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ReviewOscar Shumsky: Legendary Treasures. Works by Bach, Beethoven, Buxtehude, Hindemith, Kreisler, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Tartini, Telemann and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Historic recordings from a great American violinistMusicians: Oscar Shumsky (violin) Nadia Reisenberg, Carroll Hollister, Mario Bernardi, Leo Barkin, George Schick, Earl Wild, Frank Maus (piano) Lois Marshall, Erna Berger (sopranos) Maureen Forrester (contralto) James Melton (tenor) Bach Aria Group, CBC Orchestra, Al ...
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ArticleViolinist Roman Kim performs his own arrangement of Bach's Air
Virtuosic violinist Roman Kim demonstrates some impressive left-hand pizzicato skills in his contrapuntal arrangement of Bach's Air on the G string for solo violin, published by Baerenreiter.Read The Strad's 7 pointers for perfect pizzicato and violinist Jennifer Pike's blog on pizzicato technique.Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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BlogsViolinist Nigel Kennedy on Bach, Hendrix, and why he thinks music students should skip college
Pauline Harding talks to the controversial musician after a rehearsal for three unusual concerts this week
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ReviewBach: Three Solo Partitas in B minor BWV1002, D minor BWV1004 & E major BWV1006
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Solo masterpieces up close and personal, warts and allMusicians: Gunar Letzbor (Baroque violin)Composer: Bach‘Bach in private’, promises Gunar Letzbor’s apologium for a recording so close, dry and frankly airless that you feel you might be standing a metre or two away from ...
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BlogsBach to Moog: recording Bach for violin solo, string ensemble and Moog synthesiser
Composer, arranger and producer Craig Leon describes working on Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 with violinist Jennifer Pike and Moog Modular synthesiser. Listen to the recording below:
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ReviewMoments of Youth. Bach: Cello Suite no.3 in C major BWV1009. Schumann: Fantasiestücke op.73. Fauré: Élégie. Haydn: Adagio from Cello Concerto no.2 in D major. Cassadó: Requiebros. Piazzolla: Le grand
Description: Debut recital from a teenage cellist – but has he been captured too early?Musicians: Brendan Goh (cello) Reinhard Schobesberger (piano)Composer: Bach, Schumann, Fauré, Haydn, Cassadó, Piazzolla, PaganiniBrendan Goh is clearly a cellist with some promise. At the age of 15 he is already in his first year ...
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ArticleDigital representation of Bach's First Cello Suite
One of a series of experiments by Magnatune, this animated video represents the cellist's bowing and its relationship to the musical line in the Prelude of Bach's First Cello Suite.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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ReviewJohanna Martzy Vol.3. Works by Vivaldi, Szymanowski, Martinu¯, Ravel, Bartók, Brahms, Falla, Mozart, Bach & Suk
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: Welcome exposure for the artistry of a neglected Hungarian virtuosoMusicians: Johanna Martzy (violin) Adolph Hallis, István Hajdu (piano) Stuttgart Radio Orchestra/Hans Müller-Kray, Netherlands Radio Orchestra/Willem van Otterloo, New York Philharmonic/André Cluytens, Cleveland Orchestra/George SzellComposer: Vivaldi, Szymanowski, Martinu¯, Ravel, Bartók, Brahms, Falla, Mozart, ...
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ArticleNikolaj Znaider performs Bach's Partita no.2 Sarabande
The Strad's March 2015 cover star, Nikolaj Znaider, performs the Sarabande from Bach's Solo Violin Partita no.2.The violinist talks about the importance of practising Bach and basics in his blog for The Strad.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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NewsViolinist Rachel Podger awarded Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize 2015
The UK period musician is the first female to receive the award, worth £10,000
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ArticleViolinist Nigel Kennedy performs Bach's Two-Part Inventions
Violinist Nigel Kennedy and cellist Juliet Welchman perform arrangements of Bach's Two-Part Inventions nos. 1, 6, 8 and 14, originally written for keyboard.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleViolinist Zakhar Bron gives masterclass on Bach's Partita no.2
We can play it faster or slower, but most important is to keep the dance-like feel in any speed'Respected tutor Zakhar Bron gives a violin masterclass on Bach's Partita no.2 at the Verbier Festival Academy. The full 104-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD ...
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ReviewBach: Six Cello Suites BWV1007–12
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Refreshingly understated accounts of Bach’s suitesMusicians: Viola de Hoog (cello)Composer: BachVersatile Dutch cellist Viola de Hoog offers substantially introverted accounts of Bach’s suites. Some characteristics of her mentor, Anner Bylsma, shine through her stylish interpretations, but her fertile musical imagination and detailed, ...
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ArticleViolinist Zakhar Bron gives Bach masterclass
The playing should never be cramped or colourless. The tutti sections shouldn't be colourless either, but the solo sections must prove † in competition with the ensemble † their sense of individuality'Respected teacher Zakhar Bron gives a masterclass on Bach's Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041.Bron is interviewed ...
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ReviewBach: Suites for solo cello nos.1—6 BWV1007—12
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: An idiosyncratic and sometimes rash take on Bach€™s cycle of suitesMusicians: Nina Kotova (cello)Composer: BachCatalogue Number: Warner Classics 0825646394111 (two discs)Baroque music has not hitherto loomed large in the career of Nina Kotova, and while there is much to enjoy here, a few more ...
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ArticleCellist Natalie Clein performs Bach
I feel in the back of my mouth that I have been speaking after I have performed Bach. There is a conversational element to his music, which taps into the language part of the brain'Natalie Clein plays an excerpt from Bach's Cello Suite in G major BWV1007 and ...
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ArticleAbbado's Orchestra Mozart performs Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto
Members of Orchestra Mozart, conducted by the late Claudio Abbado, perform Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no.3. Orchestra Mozart will be revived to perform at the Ravenna Festival in June 2014 under the baton of Riccardo Muti, following a temporary shutdown. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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FocusSix great performances of Beethoven's ‘Kreutzer' Sonata on film
Over the last two weeks we’ve been posting videos of some of the finest performances of Beethoven’s ‘Kreutzer’ Sonata available on YouTube. The playlist begins with precious 1926 footage of the Russian violinist Efrem Zimbalist performing the last movement of the sonata with the pianist Harold Bauer, ...