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Focus
7 tips on adjustments to get the best out of your instrument
The finest Stradivari in the world will sound poor if it is badly set up. Here are some points to consider sourced from our archive
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Premium ❘ Feature
Trade Secrets: Fitting a bridge to a violin belly
A detailed account of a process that revisits a fundamental skill for luthiers
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Review
Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Beethoven, Shostakovich, Bridge and Britten at the Shriver Hall Concert Series in Baltimore on 1 May 2022
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Feature
Ask the Experts: how to correct a violin bridge position
Three top luthiers answers a reader's query on preserving the correct instrument geometry after changing strings, in this feature from 2014
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Review
Elena Urioste: From Brighton to Brooklyn
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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Review
Adrien La Marca: Chanson Bohème
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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Review
Gabriel Schwabe: Elgar, Bridge
Nuanced playing in works that muse on the losses of the First World War
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Review
Concert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Isata Kanneh-Mason (piano)
Tim Homfray watches the sibling duo perform at London’s Barbican on 4 July 2021
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Review
Sinfonia of London: English Music for Strings
File under B, but it’s an A-plus for this superb collection of British music
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Review
Clare Howick, John Paul Ekins: British Music for Violin and Piano
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gorgeous musical miniatures spark to life in the hands of experts Musicians: Clare Howick (violin) John Paul Ekins (piano) Works: ELGAR Violin Sonata in E minor op.82; Three Characteristic Pieces; and works by Bridge, ...
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Blogs
Video: violinist Hilary Hahn knocks bridge over during a concert - and is helped by two luthiers in the audience
Hilary Hahn has posted video footage on her Twitter page of luthiers Peter and Wendela Moes re-fitting her bridge after a concert. The violinist managed to collapse the bridge while pushing her mute back on stage before her final encore. The two luthiers of Munich violin ...
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Review
British Violin Sonatas, Volume 2. Bridge: Violin Sonata in E flat major; Ireland: Violin Sonata no.1; Bliss: Violin Sonata in F major; Vaughan Williams: Two Pieces; W. Lloyd Webber: The Gardens at Eas
The Strad Issue: August 2016 Description: More sonatas from Little and Lane, and some delightful discoveries Musicians: Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano) Composer: Bridge, Ireland, Bliss, Vaughan Williams, Lloyd Webber Catalogue number: ...
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Review
English Delight. Bridge: Pensiero; Allegro appassionato. Britten: Lachrymae. Clark: E Viola Sonata. Dowland: Flow my tears; If my complaints. Harvey: Chant. Vaughan Williams: Six Studies on English Fo
The Strad Issue: May 2016 Description: Vivid viola sounds in La Marca’s thoughtfully conceived programme Musicians: Adrien La Marca (viola) Thomas Hoppe (piano) Composer: Bridge; Britten; Clarke; Dowland; Harvey; Vaughan Williams; Purcell From the opening fanfares of Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata, Adrien La Marca lays down his credentials ...
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Review
The English Phantasy. Works by Bridge, Holst, Goossens, Howells, Holbrooke and Hurlstone
The Strad Issue: April 2015 Description: Cobbett’s competition works in a useful collection Musicians: Bridge Quartet Composer: Bridge, Holst, Goossens, Howells, Holbrooke and Hurlstone This enterprising disc focuses on quartets written for the competitions held between 1906 and 1919 by amateur violinist and chamber music proponent Walter ...
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Article
Violinist performs while suspended upside down from bridge
Félix Analís performs his violin while suspended upside down from a bridge in Xalapa, Mexico.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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Article
Bridge: Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor. Howells: Piano Quartet in A minor op.21. Alwyn: Rhapsody for Piano Quartet. Scott: Piano Quartet op.16
The Strad Issue: January 2006 Musicians: Primrose Piano Quartet Composer: Bridge, Howells, Alwyn, Scott This is a most attractive programme, gathering together four little-known 20th-century British piano quartets. The performances place them in direct line from Elgar and bypass the German and French influences that fashioned the ...