Featured Stories – Page 67
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FocusA letter from Smiley
Film maker Christopher Nupen shares his treasured handwritten letter from cellist Jacqueline du Pré
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VideoJacqueline du Pré and Daniel Barenboim prepare for a recording
'Play something for balance, say the end of the first movement of the F major. Something big'
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FocusOff-stage with Jacqueline du Pré
Five off-stage memories from friends and family of the acclaimed cellist Jacqueline du Pré
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FocusOpinion: Across the decades
Karen Gomyo revisits recordings by ‘golden age’ violinists, and explores why these performances are still so meaningful today
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Focus’We couldn’t play for ten minutes without an interruption!’
Our October 2021 Session Report features an up-close look at violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and cellist Sol Gabetta’s recording sessions for their album ‘Sol & Pat’, out today on Alpha Classics. Here, they share some of the challenges faced during the process
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FocusLudwig Quandt: Life Lessons
Advice and memories from before and during the German musician’s decades-long tenure as the Berlin Philharmonic’s principal cellist
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FocusJacqueline du Pré’s pedagogical background
The legendary cellist counted William Pleeth, Pablo Casals, Paul Tortelier and Mstislav Rostropovich as her teachers, illustrated by Julian Haylock in the June 2016 issue
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FocusTrills and embellishments: exercises from Wilhelmj and Brown’s A Modern School for Violin
Violist Misha Galaganov recommends exercises from August Wilhelmj and James Brown’s out-of-print A Modern School for Violin, to accompany his Technique article in the October 2021 issue
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FocusPinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta remember Jacqueline du Pré
The violist and double bassist of Christopher Nupen’s iconic film ‘The Trout’ reminisce about playing chamber music with du Pré
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Focus‘Nature is in charge here’ - A festival among the moors
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen shares how the wild nature of Dartmoor and Exmoor has inspired the Two Moors Festival
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FocusAnne-Sophie Mutter on fine and contemporary instruments
The Strad’s April 2020 issue cover star discusses performing on her own Strads and on newer violins
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FocusFour players and their Strads
Violinists Maxim Vengerov, Leonidas Kavakos, Janine Jansen and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber share what it’s like to play their Stradivari instruments
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FocusYo-Yo Ma on playing his 1712 ‘Davidov’ Stradivari cello
In this excerpt from The Strad’s January 2018 article, ‘The Great Connector’ the renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma talks about performing on his 1712 ‘Davidov’ Stradivari, previously used by Jacqueline du Pré
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FocusSentimental Work: Tim Kliphuis
Richard Strauss’s song Morgen! proved to be the Dutch violinist’s route into cross-genre performance – and one of the most popular pieces performed by his trio
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FocusJanine Jansen on playing twelve Stradivari violins
Janine Jansen discovered different characteristics and quirks among the twelve Stradivari violins used in her recent recording and documentary, in this extract from the October 2021 issue
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FocusDissolving boundaries: Elena Urioste on approaching music of different styles
Violinist Elena Urioste writes about the value of having a sense of adventure and removing labels when approaching music of different styles
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FocusFrom the Archive: Why do so many musicians have long hair?
Whether as a mark of distinction or genius, the trend is embodied by Eugène Ysaÿe, according to The Strad's June 1897 issue
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Focus‘It’s important to be emotionally authentic – you mustn’t give false messages’ – Steven Isserlis
The British cellist on performing at the 2021 In Classica International Music Festival in Dubai, and returning to solo Bach during the pandemic
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FocusYsaÿe’s early compositions
Andrew Morris explores the early life and compositions of Eugène Ysaÿe, in this extract from July 2008
