Featured Stories – Page 106
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VideoFrancesca Dego plays Ravel’s Tzigane
The violinist plays Ravel’s Tzigane with pianist Francesca Leonardi. Read about Francesca Dego’s Life Lessons in the September issue of The Strad.
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VideoJerusalem Quartet plays Bartók
The Jerusalem Quartet plays the first movement of Bartók’s String Quartet No.6. Recorded live in the Daniel and Joanna S. Rose Studio on 4 February 2016. Our Session Report in the September issue focuses on the Jerusalem Quartet’s new Bartók album. Read it here.
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Focus‘He was a very gentle, introverted person, and you can hear that in his playing’ – Jerusalem Quartet on Bartók
The Jerusalem Quartet’s second instalment of Bartók string quartets brings a new delicacy and clarity to these works, which are so often portrayed as brutal. Violinist Alexander Pavlovsky and violist Ori Kam discuss their approach with Tom Stewart
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VideoBeethovenia: all nine symphonies reimagined
‘Beethoveniana’ composed by Iain Farrington, inspired by the 9 Symphonies of Beethoven, created with over 300 musicians from the 5 BBC Orchestras and the BBC Singers in lockdown and 2 dancers in a bubble. The live BBC Proms launch tomorrow (28 August). For more info: https://www.bbc.co.uk/proms Read: BBC Proms reveals ...
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Video‘Impossible Orchestra’ brings together 29 star players from 14 countries
The project, initiated by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, aims to raise money for worthwhile causes
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VideoHilary Hahn performs Bach’s Solo Violin Partita no.1 - Courante Double
Hilary Hahn performs the Courante Double (Presto) from Bach’s Solo Partita for Violin no.1 in B Minor, BWV1002. The video was recorded as part of the launch of Hahn’s Bach Solo Sonatas and Partia album, released on Decca in 2018, and reviewed by The Strad. Watch: Hilary Hahn plays ...
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VideoIda Haendel plays Bach’s Chaconne in 2002
In this video from 2002, Ida Haendel plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor. Her dog was called Decca. Read: ‘She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists’ – Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel Read: Ida Haendel: Grande dame of the violin ...
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Focus'It is not my duty to be liked and loved by everybody,' says violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja
The Moldovan-born violinist talks to Toby Deller about sound, vision and changing the world through music
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Hoe-down
Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis play the Hoe-down from Copland’s Ballet ’Rodeo’ (1943). Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter on fine and contemporary instruments Read: Sentimental Work: Anne-Sophie Mutter on Penderecki’s Metamorphosen Read: Anne-Sophie Mutter has tested positive for coronavirus
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FocusA video-gaming approach to practice will maximise your technical efficiency
How to use a competitive video gaming approach to plan out your practice, maximise your technical efficiency and play consistently accurately on stage
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VideoLockdown conversation with Leon Bosch
Wigmore Hall presents a special documentary featuring double bassist Leon Bosch, whose early anti-apartheid activism saw him jailed as a teenager in South Africa. Read: Leon Bosch awarded honorary Fellowship of RNCM Watch: Leon Bosch: clear and resonant harmonics on the double bass
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Focus'She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists' Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel
The British violinist speaks about Yehudi Menuhin, the importance of a good violin and meeting her hero - the late Ida Haendel
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VideoA comparison: Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn in 1983 and 2011
In this video, which cuts between live performances filmed in 1983 and 2011, violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor with the New York Philharmonic under David Zinman (1983) and the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas (2011). Watch: Juilliard students ‘do’ Bolero with guests including ...
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NewsFormer queen appears alongside youth orchestra at reopened Concertgebouw
The European Union Youth Orchestra was joined by the ex-monarch after their concert in Amsterdam
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VideoJanine Jansen performs Debussy’s Violin Sonata in G minor
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet perform Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor at Carnegie Hall, New York. Watch: Janine Jansen rehearses Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Orchestre de Paris Watch: Violinist Janine Jansen performs Brahms aged 13
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VideoPatricia Kopatchinskaja plays Beethoven at Gstaad Menuhin Festival
The Moldovan-born violinist gave this recital with pianist Joonas Ahonen at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy on August 15th. The programme included Webern’s 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7; Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’; and John Cage’s Nocturne. Read: ...
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The importance of unravelling towards our true height
In the second instalment of her 4-part article series about postural awareness, Gwendolyn Masin, concert violinist, author and educator, discusses how much easier playing can be if we allow our bodies to move freely
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Focus‘Ida Haendel was not a natural collaborator’
Tully Potter shares his insights into the late violinist’s distinctive personality
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VideoTasmin Little plays Enescu
Tasmin Little plays Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 ‘in Romanian Folk Style’ (Arr. for Orchestra by Valentin Doni) with the Orchestre De Chambre Pelléas Enescu Festival, conducted by Benjamin Levy. Read about Little’s Sentimental Work in our September issue.
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FeatureSentimental Work: Tasmin Little
The Brahms Violin Concerto has been at the heart of several of the British violinist’s most memorable performances
