All Bridge articles
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Emmanuelle Bertrand: Cello Dreams
A charm of lullabies that avoids the saccharine
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ReviewGerald Peregrine, Lynda O’Connor: Folk Tales Vol.2: British and Irish Miniatures
A second volume of folk music proves equally beguiling
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Laura van der Heijden: Earth, Sea, Air
Superbly intense readings from a young British cellist forging her own path
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Premium ❘ FeatureBridging the decades: Bridges from the archive
Instrument bridges have become pretty much standardised in the modern era, but in days of yore they came under as much scrutiny as strings, mutes and chin rests. These advertisements taken from the first half of The Strad ’s history testify to their designers’ ingenuity
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Timothy Ridout: A Lionel Tertis Celebration
A viola legend is celebrated by a star of a new generation
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ReviewConcert review: Gildas Quartet
Edwrd Bhesania heads for London’s Kings Place on 10 December 2023 for a recital featuring Britten and Bridge
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Blogs‘The piece depicts the war in all its brutality’: cellist Gabriel Schwabe on Bridge Cello Concerto ‘Oration’
The cellist makes a case for why this work should enjoy more time in the spotlight, ahead of a performance in Belfast on 12 January 2024
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ReviewConcert review: Lawrence Power (viola/violin) Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Rebecca Clarke, Palestrina, Tallis, Vaughan Williams, Bridge, Ravel, Martinů and Bartók at London’s Wigmore Hall on 31 May 2023
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Focus7 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 ❘ FeatureTrade 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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ReviewConcert 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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FeatureAsk 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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ReviewElena Urioste: From Brighton to Brooklyn
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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ReviewAdrien La Marca: Chanson Bohème
Glorious, wide-ranging recital of 20th-century violin miniatures
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ReviewGabriel Schwabe: Elgar, Bridge
Nuanced playing in works that muse on the losses of the First World War
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ReviewConcert 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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ReviewSinfonia 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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