All Chamber articles – Page 3
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ArticleViolinist Maxim Vengerov performs Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins
In celebration of Maxim Vengerov's 40th birthday today (20 August 2014), here is the virtuoso violinist in a showstopping performance of Bazzini's The Dance of the Goblins and Khachaturian's Sabre Dance with pianist Itamar Golan in Amsterdam in 1994.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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NewsViolinist Kyung Wha Chung to make UK stage comeback
The return follows a five-year hiatus for the Korean artist and educator due to injury
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ArticleHenschel Quartet performs Beethoven's String Quartet no.9
The Henschel Quartet, which has contributed a masterclass feature on Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet to The Strad's August 2014 issue, performs the first movement of Beethoven's 'Razumovsky' String Quartet no.9 in Tokyo. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ArticleDouble bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations
Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleAnne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Anne Akiko Meyers and Vadim Gluzman play on the 'Vieuxtemps' Guarneri del Gesu, dated 1741 and the 'Auer' Stradivarius, dated 1690. Their performance of the Bach Double Concerto took place at the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago on 4 June 2014. Subscribe to The ...
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ArticleDidier Lockwood performs Tiger Rag
Jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, who is interviewed in The Strad's July 2014 issue, performs Stéphane Grappelli's arrangement of Tiger Rag with violinist Fiona Monbet, guitarist Biréli Lagrène and double bassist Diego Imbert at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris in November 2013. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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NewsChicago Chamber Musicians disband due to financial difficulties
The society of 13 musicians was founded in 1986
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ArticleJulia Fischer and Daniel Müller-Schott perform Halvorsen's Passacaglia
Violinist Julia Fischer and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott perform Halvorsen's Passacaglia on December 16, 2007 in Saarbrücken.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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BlogsPlaying chamber music in adverse conditions can be a useful rehearsal tool
The Strad's assistant editor Pauline Harding performed with her quartet as part of 'Musicircus' at the Aldeburgh Festival – and fought to be heard in a cacophony of whistling winds, brass bands and bongos
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ArticleWilliam Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Legendary violist William Primrose performs Paganini's Caprice no.24. The 2014 Primrose International Viola Competition recently took place in Los Angeles, won by 17-year-old Zhanbo Zheng from China. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticleGuarneri Quartet performs Beethoven's 'Rasumovsky' Quartet no.3
The Guarneri Quartet performs the Allegro molto from Beethoven's 'Rasumovsky' String Quartet, op.39 no.3 in 1986. The ensemble's former violist and founding member Michael Tree, who celebrates his 80th birthday this year, reveals his passions and interests in The Strad's June 2014 issue, out now. Subscribe ...
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NewsStrasbourg Music Festival 2014 cancelled due to poor ticket sales
The French festival was due to open next week with 15 events
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ArticleRachel Podger and Andrew Manze perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Andrew Manze and Rachel Podger perform the first movement of Bach's Double Concerto at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall. Podger has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's June 2014 issue and has also written 7 tips for successful practice. Subscribe ...
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NewsEbène Quartet violist Mathieu Herzog to leave the ensemble
The artist will devote himself principally to conducting
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ArticleQuatuor Ebène performs Pulp Fiction theme
Quatuor Ebène, which has announced the departure of its violist Mathieu Herzog, performs its own arrangement of the main theme from the movie Pulp Fiction at the 2008 Verbier Festival.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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BlogsClassical musicians should think more like a rock band
Break of Reality, a band of three classically-trained cellists and a percussionist, have forged a successful career by adopting the mindset and values of rock musicians, says co-founder Ivan Trevino
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NewsBozzini Quartet cellist told instrument not allowed in train carriage
The experimental ensemble had paid for an extra seat for the cello
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NewsPro Arte String Quartet detained by customs in Belgium over ivory concerns
Violist Sally Chisholm and cellist Parry Karp were denied entry for several hours when their instrument passports weren't recognised
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NewsTime For Three violinists denied access to US Airways flight with instruments
Two musicians left alone on the tarmac with no further direction
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ArticleTime for Three performs Brahms's Hungarian Dance no.5
String trio Time for Three, which was recently denied access to a US Airways flight with its instruments, performs a unique version of Brahms's Hungarian Dance no.5. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...