All Issue articles – Page 9
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‘You have to give yourself over to this painful journey’
Complex, knotty, cryptic – the treacherous elements of Biber’s Rosary Sonatas are a rite of passage for Baroque violinists and their instruments alike. Rachel Podger, who joins a long list of early music specialists to record the work, talks to Philip Clark about how she and her violin survived the ...
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James Ehnes: Vaughan Williams
James Ehnes: Vaughan Williams The Strad Issue: January 2020 Description: Beautifully shaped string playing is the hallmark of this new instalment Musicians: James Ehnes (violin) Thelma Handy (violin) Kate Richardson (violin) Alex Mitchell (viola) Jonathan Aasgaard (cello) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Andrew Manze Works: Vaughan Williams: Serenade ...
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Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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Marina Thibeault: Elles
Three centuries of lovely and effective music seen through the female gaze
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Quatuor Voce: Mozart and Schubert
Eloquent playing, blurring the boundary between major and minor
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Three Lives in One
Yehudi Menuhin’s extraordinarily multifaceted life and career more than surpassed the traditional role of the solo concert violinist. Here friends, family and colleagues who knew him, studied with him and worked alongside him describe their association with and memories of the great man
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Tessa Lark, Amy Yang: Fantasy
A violinist to watch – this Lark is most definitely on the ascent
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Expanding the limits
Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili has recently taken on new challenges, among them artistic directorship of the Audi Summer Concerts festival and performing on the soundtrack to The White Crow . But, she tells Toby Deller , she finds equal joy in creating wonderful interpretations from long-term partnerships
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Growing pains
Violinist and Ohio State University professor of music education Bob Gillespie has taught countless teenage string players. Here he explores adolescent character traits, and shares with teachers his valuable guide to dealing with adolescent moods and logic
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On the borders of greatness
Giuseppe Sgarbi’s instruments have a unique vibrancy and individuality, while still respecting the traditional Cremonese forms. Lorenzo Frignani examines his career, as well as that of his son Antonio, to suggest why his work deserves more recognition than it has in the past
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The Score: Friend or Foe?
The multiple editions of a piece can confuse a musician. Should we always work from an urtext edition in an attempt to access the composer’s most authentic voice? Or can edited versions with interpretative markings be helpful? Cellist Pedro de Alcantara guides us through this minefield
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Quatuor Sine Nomine: Beethoven
Measured and thoughtful playing gives the music its full voice
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Concert review: Sol Gabetta (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra/Elim Chan
Peter Quantrill visits London’s Royal Festival Hall on 24 October 2019
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Concert review: Miklós Perényi (cello) Dénes Várjon (piano)
Tim Homfray attends London’s Wigmore Hall to hear the 17 October 2019 performance
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Concert review: Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti (violin)
Tim Homfray listens to the performance at London’s Milton Court on 5 October 2019
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Concert review: Musicians of the Zermatt Music Festival Academy
Charlotte Gardner hits Switzerland to hear the young players perform on 11 September 2019
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Concert review: Doric Quartet
Carlos María Solare hears the concert at Berlin’s Konzerthaus on 17 October 2019
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Concert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Munich Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, on 26 October 2019
