Featured Stories – Page 129
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VideoBronislaw Huberman plays Air on the G String
Bronislaw Huberman’s playing style fell out fashion, and he is often brought up as the example of peak portamento - in our collection of quotes about portamento last week he was mentioned more than once, and not always admiringly. He is also remembered in the name of the Guarneri violin ...
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VideoMa, Kavakos, Ax - Brahms Piano Trio no.2 in C Major - third movement
Yo–Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Leonidas Kavakos performing Brahms’s Piano Trio no.2 in C Major, third movement ©2017 Sony Music Entertainment
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BlogsLeonard 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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VideoNicola Benedetti on the extremes of Mozart's Violin Concerto no.5
In this extract from the 2015 BBC documentary The Joy of Mozart, Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti talks about the surprises and sheer euphoria in the fifth violin concerto, often referred to as the ‘Turkish’.
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VideoRachel Barton Pine performs her Happy Birthday Variations
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine performs her own virtuoso arrangement of Happy Birthday - ‘Introduction, Theme and Variations on the Birthday Song’ - for the Lake Forest Symphony’s 75th anniversary gala in November 2007.
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FocusWhat I’d tell my younger self – Joel Krosnick
Two years after his 42-season career with the Juilliard Quartet came to an end, the American cellist reflects on lessons learned
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VideoChristoph Eschenbach presents Young Soloists of Kronberg Academy
This video features interviews and excerpts of the 3 December 2016 concert at the HR-Sendesaal Frankfurt featuring young soloists from Kronberg Academy with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. The soloists are Anna Lee, Marc Bouchkov (violins), Ziyu Shen (viola), and Ella van Poucke and Pablo Ferrández ...
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VideoNoa Wildschut: trailer for her first album for Warner Classics
Noa Wildschut, the dutch 16-year-old violinist who signed to Warner Classics last year, has released her first album for the label, including Mozart’s Violin Concerto no.5, the ‘Turkish’.
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VideoMidori plays the Bach Chaconne at Castle Köthen
Midori plays the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita no.2 in D minor, BWV 1004, at the Castle of Köthen, where Bach wrote the Sonatas and Partitas during the time he served as Kapellmeister (1717-1723). Midori plays on the 1734 Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ ‘Huberman’. Read The Strad’s 7 ways to play perfect ...
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VideoJacqueline du Pré - A Gift Beyond Words (Trailer)
A trailer for documentary maker Christopher Nupen’s new film for the BBC, marking the 30th anniversary of Jacqueline du Pré’s death. It will be broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday 22 October 2017 at 8pm.
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ReviewRussian Soul: Works for String Orchestra by Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, Koussevitzky, Rachmaninoff and Rimsky-Korsakov
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: Two exciting young soloists in the making – hear them here firstMusicians: LGT Young Soloists/Alexander Gilman Composer: Tchaikovsky, Arensky, Glinka, Koussevitzky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-KorsakovCatalogue Number: RCA RED SEAL 88985 43088 The LGT Young Soloists are essentially a very high-class youth string orchestra, ...
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NewsMenuhin Competition announces programme for 2018 event in Geneva
Taking place from 12 to 22 April 2018 the competition features 44 international entries as well as a festival of concerts and masterclasses
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NewsA new work for viola by Shostakovich discovered in Moscow State Archives
The short work for viola and piano, the discovery of which was announced on the composer’s birthday, appears to have been written in one sitting in 1931
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NewsZoë 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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NewsPatricia Kopatchinskaja awarded $100,000 Swiss music prize
Government-sponsored prize selects violinist for its top music honour, the Grand Prix suisse de musique
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ReviewProkofiev: Violin Concertos nos.1 and 2
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: Tremendously stylish versions of these acerbic Russian concertosMusicians: Matthew Trusler (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Grant Llewellyn Composer: ProkofievCatalogue Number: ORCHID CLASSICS ORC 100070 If it’s become fashionable in recent years to miniaturise and prettify the Prokofiev ...
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FocusTrio Zimmermann discuss how forming the group has changed them as musicians
A decade after its founding, Trio Zimmermann has put the string trio back in the spotlight. How does this all-star ensemble function, and can it save the string trio from obscurity? Andrew Mellor went to meet its members
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BlogsBecoming a better and happier musician through mindfulness and yoga
Violinists Elena Urioste and Melissa White’s musical lives have been transformed by yoga, finding both body and mind freer and more resilient against the rigours of life as a professional musician
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VideoHenning Kraggerud's Musical Calendar
In this video, recorded over the course of 2016, Norwegian violinist and composer Henning Kraggerud and his then nine-year-old daughter Alma play his Musical Calendar. Composed as a Christmas gift to friends and family in 1992, the Musical Calendar features a duet for each month of the year. All the ...
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VideoEivind Holtsmark Ringstad plays Vieuxtemps' Élégie
Norwegian violist Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad is a current BBC New Generation Artist and a former winner of the Eurovision Young Musician competition (2012). Here he plays Vieuxtemps’ Élégie op.30 with pianist David Meier. Holtsmark Ringstad plays a 1768 Guadagnini viola on loan from Dextra Musica, the musical instrument scheme ...
