Featured Stories – Page 97
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VideoLockdown commissions 4: Lawrence Power plays Cassandra Miller’s ‘Daylonging, Slacktide’
In the fourth of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Cassandra Miller’s ’Daylonging, Slacktide’, filmed in and around Snape Maltings. This is what Miller says about the piece: ‘In March 2020, I found myself at Snape Maltings ...
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Focus‘That pre-performance adrenaline rush made me feel alive again’ – Guy Johnston
Ahead of his streamed chamber music festival at Hatfield House, the British cellist shares his experience of performing for online broadcast during the lockdown
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VideoRooftop performance from The Weeklies
The Weeklies (a trio formed during the pandemic comprising guitarist Jordan Dodson, double bassist Louis Levitt and violinist Jonathan Miron) perform one of their new songs - “You and your sister” - as part of a rooftop streaming series in New York City. The concert was presented by ‘Arts ...
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NewsRinat Ibragimov, the LSO’s Principal Emeritus Double Bass, has died
The double bassist was 60 years old
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NewsAriana Nelson to join Carpe Diem Quartet
The cellist succeeds Greg Sauer, who has left after eleven years with the group
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ArticleMajor US agency goes bust
As Covid-19 prevents artists from making money, those who represent them are feeling the pinch too
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Article‘Young players today should be realistic about making a career’ - violinist Pinchas Zukerman
The violinist reflects on the prospects and attitudes of young musicians, as he remembers Isaac Stern in his 100th anniversary year
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VideoAyanna Witter-Johnson does Destiny’s Child classic ‘Survivor’
A new arrangement of the Destiny’s Child classic ‘Survivor’, produced by young musicians aged 11-17 from Trinity Laban Conservatoire and guest artist and Trinity alumna Ayanna Witter-Johnson, the singer, songwriter and cellist. Watch: From My Room Orchestra: Philip Glass’s Company Watch: From My Room Orchestra: Pachelbel Canon
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VideoMerging Parallels - a new single mingling South Indian and European traditions
This new single composed by violinist Apoorva Krishna is an attempt to unite traditional South Indian classical musical form with Western Harmony. Read: Tarisio Trust Young Artist Grants 2017 awarded to string players and ensembles
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FocusDark and troubled or ‘really quite jolly’: how should we view Schumann’s cello concerto?
Schumann’s Cello Concerto has frequently been viewed as dark and troubled, but not by Schumann himself and his wife Clara writes Peter Quantrill
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VideoDocumentary about Janine Jansen
This documentary, made by Paul Cohen in 2010, features contributions from Janine Jansen’s first teacher, and one of her chamber partners (the violist Maxim Rysanov), as well as Jansen herself, who, amongst other topics, discusses the ‘right age’ to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Watch: Janine Jansen performs Debussy’s ...
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BlogsNever practise for more than five hours per day, says violinist Itzhak Perlman
Marking the violinist's 75th birthday, we republish this feature from our archive in which Perlman warns against the dangers of over-practising
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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
