Cello
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Debussy Cello Sonata, second and third movements
Cellist Thomas Demenga reflects on the importance of restraint next to the extremes of expressive detail to be brought out in this masterpiece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Cellist Raphael Wallfisch on Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme
Wallfisch explores why cellists should investigate the original version of this famous work, in this article from February 2015
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Lynn Harrell on Beethoven’s Cello Sonata no.4
Cellist Lynn Harrell considers challenges and contemporary concepts in the first movement of a sonata conceived entirely in the imagination of a deaf composer. From January 2019
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Torleif Thedéen on the Lalo Cello Concerto
Cellist Torleif Thedéen discusses how to give a rhythmic, characterful performance of the first movement of this often-neglected work
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Brahms Cello Sonata in F major
Cellist Gary Hoffman provides practical tips on interpreting this well-known piece, with reference to the composer’s Third Symphony — and his understanding of the human condition
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras provides a detailed guide to performing this classic of the English repertoire
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alban Gerhardt on Dvořák Cello Concerto, first movement
Alban Gerhardt provides practical tips to help you make the most of this popular audition piece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Jan Vogler on the Schumann Cello Concerto
Jan Vogler gives practical advice to help you tackle and perform one of the composer’s most daring and adventurous works
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Johannes Moser on Brahms Cello Sonata no.1 op.38
Cellist Johannes Moser takes a look at structure, character and speed, and explains why it is so important to honour the composer’s bowings, in the first and second movements of the E minor Sonata. From December 2017
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FocusMasterclass: Bach Cello Suite no.5, Prélude, by Jean-Guihen Queyras
Practical tips to help you master the challenges of this most fundamental of repertoire
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Premium ❘ FocusMasterclass: Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro op.70
Cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt discusses how to produce a true legato and varied tone colours appropriate to this tempestuous work. From February 2016
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: A lesson in performing short pieces by Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
The cellist gives advice on how to present Fauré’s Élégie, Elgar’s Salut d’amour, and Saint-Saëns’s ‘The Swan’ with colour, contrast and expression
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FocusMasterclass: Jan Vogler on Beethoven Cello Sonata op.69
Cellist Jan Vogler explores the first movement of the first-ever sonata to give equal weight to both piano and cello
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Natalie Clein on Haydn Cello Concerto in D major
The cellist discusses the improvisational freedom, humour and joy that are central to her own interpretation of the first movement of this popular audition piece
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alisa Weilerstein on Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor op.65
The American cellist explores how to bring out all the romantic charm of the first movement using fingerings and bowings, without over-reliance on vibrato, rubato or a sticky, sickly sound
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alban Gerhardt on Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no.1, part 2
Alban Gerhardt explains why it takes courage to fight tradition and forge your own interpretation – based not on what others play but on what the composer wrote – in the work’s third movement
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Alban Gerhardt on Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto no.1
In the first of two articles, the German cellist shows the importance of pulse, planning and precision in the first two movements of this underestimated Romantic concerto
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Haydn C major Cello Concerto
Red Priest’s Angela East discusses her approach to phrasing and sound in the first movement, and the influence of Baroque and early-Classical vibrato, bowing and style
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Henri Demarquette on Franck’s Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
The cellist looks at the conflicts of French atmosphere and German Romanticism in the first and second movements
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Daniel Müller-Schott on Franck Violin Sonata (Cello Version)
The German cellist looks at the importance of connection, colour and line in the work’s third movement