Janet Banks
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Sheku Kanneh-Mason: Britten, Shostakovich
An album abounding in fearless musicianship
ReviewConcert review: Anastasia Kobekina (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Stephanie Childress
Janet Banks makes the journey to London’s Cadogan Hall on 12 March 2025 for the recital of Tchaikovsky, Rossini and Bizet/Serebrier
ReviewConcert review: Carducci Quartet, Elmore Quartet
Janet Banks attends the performance by the two quartets at London’s Milton Court Concert Hall on 29 April 2025, to hear works by Shostakovich, and Elena Firsova
ReviewConcert review: Capucelli/Gautier Capuçon
Janet Banks visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 29 March 2025 for the performance of Piazzolla, Delibes, Grieg and Bryce Dessner
ReviewConcert review: Gautier Capuçon (cello) Frank Braley (piano)
Janet Banks visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 30 March 2025 for a Beethoven cello marathon
ReviewConcert review: Nemanja Radulović (violin) Strings of the Philharmonia Orchestra
Janet Banks visits London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 28 February 2025 for the performance of Bach, Falla, Muréna and the soloist’s own composition
ReviewBook review: Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time
Janet Banks reads Mavis Himes’s account of taking up the cello as a beginner in her late sixties
ReviewConcert review: Francesca Dego (violin) Alessandro Taverna (piano)
Janet Banks visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 30 December 2024 for a recital comprising Schoenberg, Strauss and Beethoven
ReviewBook review: Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound
Janet Banks reviews Kate Kennedy’s bestseller relating the stories of four cellists and their instruments
ReviewConcert review: Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Kathryn Stott (piano)
Janet Banks listens to the veteran duo’s performance of Fauré, Assad, Nadia Boulanger, Shostakovich, Pärt and Franck at London’s Barbican Hall on 2 November 2024
ReviewBook review: The Cellist’s Guide to Scales and Arpeggios: A Comprehensive, Systematic, Sequential Approach
Janet Banks reviews Robert Jesselson and Teddy Buchholz’s system for practising cello scales and arpeggios
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Emmanuelle Bertrand: Cello Dreams
A charm of lullabies that avoids the saccharine
ReviewBook review: A Survey of Solo Works for the Violoncello
Janet Banks reviews cello professor Brian Hodges’ volume on cello repertoire from the 17th century to the present day
ReviewThe Strad Recommends: La Rêveuse: Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe
A dive into the world of a viol master proves deeply rewarding
