All Clarke articles
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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: Rose Wollman: Breaking Glass Ceilings: Music by Unruly Women
A new label more than lives up to its provocative title
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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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ReviewMarina Thibeault: Elles
Three centuries of lovely and effective music seen through the female gaze
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BlogsRaphael Wallfisch: Bloch vs Clarke, in concert
100 years after the composers came head to head in a competition, Wigmore Hall audiences are getting a chance to judge for themselves this week
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ArticleTrios from Our Homelands. Babadjanian: Piano Trio in F sharp minor. Clarke: Piano Trio. Martin: Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Three rousing trios from Armenia, England and SwitzerlandMusicians: Lincoln TrioComposer: Babadjanian, Clarke, MartinCatalogue number: CEDILLE CDR 90000 165 The Chicago-based Lincoln Trio has come up with a charming idea for this well-recorded project, combining pieces from its members’ countries of origin: England, ...
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ReviewClarke: Viola Sonata; Lullaby; Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune; Untitled Piece; Chinese Puzzle; Passacaglia on an Old English Tune; I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still; Morpheus; Dumka
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Italian sisters enter ably into Rebecca Clarke’s English idiomMusicians: Duo Rùnya: Diana Bonatesta (viola) Arianna Bonatesta (piano) with Gabriele Campagna (violin)Composer: ClarkeCatalogue number: ÆVEA AE16008 If you didn’t know that the first movement of Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata was marked ‘impetuoso’, it ...
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ReviewEnglish 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 2016Description: Vivid viola sounds in La Marca’s thoughtfully conceived programmeMusicians: Adrien La Marca (viola) Thomas Hoppe (piano)Composer: Bridge; Britten; Clarke; Dowland; Harvey; Vaughan Williams; PurcellFrom the opening fanfares of Rebecca Clarke’s Sonata, Adrien La Marca lays down his credentials as a sophisticated player ...
