All Bach articles – Page 14
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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, ...
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FocusViolinist Isabelle Faust on finding a balance in Bach
The musician explains the challenges of interpreting the great master
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ArticleBach: Viola da gamba Sonatas in G major BWV1027, in D major BWV1028 & in G minor BWV1029, Flute Sonata in B minor BWV1030b (transcr. in G minor for gamba)
The Strad Issue: January 2006Musicians: Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)Composer: BachOne man’s Bach is another man’s poison, or, to put it another way, his music is capable of sustaining a rich variety of delivery. This is the case even within the parameters of period ...
