All cello articles – Page 8
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ReviewBartholomew LaFollette: Brahms – Works for Cello and Piano
The Strad Issue: November 2017 Description: High-quality Brahms in cellist’s debut recording Musicians: Bartholomew LaFollette (cello), Caroline Palmer (piano) Works: Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.37, no.2 in F major op.99; Four Serious Songs (arr. Shafran); Hungarian Dance no.20 in E minor ...
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Masterclass: Johannes Moser on Brahms E minor Cello Sonata no.1 op.38
The German-Canandian cellist 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
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Texas cello pedagogue Phyllis Young has died at 92
Cellist was on the Butler School of Music faculty for over 50 years and director of the UT String Project for 35 years
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Contact points: controlling your sound through the position of your bow on the string
New England Conservatory and Juilliard School cello faculty member Natasha Brofsky introduces a set of exercises for exploring the tone, colour and expressive potential of a well-controlled bow, plus three videos showing the techniques in action
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From the archive: a cello by Johann Öhberg, Stockholm 1770
These photos were published alongside an article on violin making in 18th-century Sweden in the June 1989 issue of The Strad. In the extract below, violin maker Roland Wiklund discusses Johann Öhberg
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Leonard Elschenbroich on Brahms's cello sonata no.1
For the German-born cellist, Brahms’s Cello Sonata in E minor op.38 brings back memories of childhood – and perhaps even further back than that
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Cellist latest to fall victim to incomprehensible airline treatment
KLM proves unable to re-book seat for cello after flight cancellation, claims cellist Jacob Shaw, leaving him to pick up €650 bill
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The Cellist Sol Gabetta – DW Documentary
Argentinean cellist Sol Gabetta is the subject of this English-language documentary. Filmed around 2012, it follows Gabetta through rehearsals and performances, featuring works by Elgar, Schumann, Shostakovich, Bloch, Vivaldi and Schubert, and culminating in the preparations for the premiere of Peteris Vasks’ cello concerto Presence.
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Rustem Khamidullin wins second Benyamin Sönmez Cello Competition
Russian wins competition in Fethiye, Turkey, named in honour of brilliant Turkish cellist who died aged 28 in 2011
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Zoë Keating reunited with cello after over 24 hours of it lost in airport luggage system
Drama plays out on Twitter for innovative cellist, travelling to London from Düsseldorf for Kings Place concert
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From The Strad Calendar 2018: Giuseppe Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello, c.1710
Based in Cremona, the Friends of Stradivari network brings together instruments owned by collectors and stringed-instrument enthusiasts from around the world. The Strad Calendar 2018 celebrates twelve of these treasures, starting in January with this cello. Text by John Dilworth
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The Strad October 2017 issue is out now
Frank Peter Zimmermann, Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra on learning to work as one in the Trio Zimmermann
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Alexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima's Lamentatio for solo cello
In this video, New England Conservatory educated Alexander Hersh plays Giovanni Sollima’s 1998 work Lamentatio. Hersh won the cello category of the 2017 New York International Artists Competition and will be performing Lamentatio at the competition winners’ showcase on 24 September at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. He also won ...
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From the archive: the 'Duport' Stradivarius cello played by Rostropovich
These photos were published in the October 1988 issue of The Strad in an article by Edward Sainati about 19th-century French cellist August Franchomme
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An Afternoon with Gregor Piatigorsky
Made not long before Piatigorsky’s death in 1976, this short film features him musing on life and music, and includes Raphael Wallfisch in his early twenties taking a lesson, as well as a close look at the 1714 ‘Batta’ Stradivari (now known as the ’Batta-Piatigorsky’). Filmed around the family ...
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From the Archive: the 1730 'De Munck-Feuermann' Stradivarius cello
This photograph was published in the April 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article:
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Bachianas Brasileiras no.1, Villa-Lobos, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Truls Mørk and cellists of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra perform the piece that defined the Brazilian Cello Ensemble tradition. The August 2017 issue of The Strad features an article by Lars Hoefs, leader of the Unicamp Cello Ensemble in São Paulo, on Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras no.1 and its legacy ...
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Cellist Steven Isserlis to receive €25,000 award in Germany
British cellist Steven Isserlis has been named as the winner of the 2017 Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at the Dresden Music Festival on 23 May, when Isserlis will perform Prokofiev's Cello Concerto in E minor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under ...
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Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos - no.1 in A minor op.33, no.2 in D minor op.119; Suite for cello and orchestra op.16; Allegro appassionato op.43
The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: A forgotten cellist's Saint-Saëns finally makes it on to CD Musicians: Christine Walevska (cello) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra/Eliahu Inbal Composer: Saint-Saëns Catalogue number: DECCA ELOQUENCE 482 2033 Born in Los Angeles in 1948, Christine Walevska ...
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas and Variations for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: March 2017 Description: Kirshbaum picks Romantic Beethoven for his 70th-birthday celebration Musicians: Ralph Kirshbaum (cello), Shai Wosner (piano) Composer: Beethoven Catalogue number: ONYX 4178 (2 CDs) These discs were recorded in London’s Wigmore Hall ...
