November 2022 issue | Emerson Quartet | The Strad, essential reading for the string music world since 1890

November 2022

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‘I want to write music where the sensibilities of the player are encouraged’ - Caroline Shaw

The youngest ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Caroline Shaw talks to Toby Deller about her eclectic influences and finding inspiration in the most unlikely places

François Nicolas Voirin: The style and substance of a pivotal bow maker

Matt Wehling on Voirin’s artistic and technical advances, which were implemented by most all French makers and paved the way for makers such as Lamy, Sartory and E.A. Ouchard

Black community orchestras in the US: Hidden histories

During America’s 20th-century social inequalities, African American musicians set up their own community orchestras, Eliesha Nelson traces their history and legacy

Session Report: the Chiaroscuro Quartet on Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets

The members of the Chiaroscuro Quartet on combining detailed preparation while retaining a sense of spontaneity when recording Mozart’s ‘Prussian’ Quartets

‘The scent of fraud hangs about him’ - The Brothers Abell: Secrets and Lies

Follow the lives of two brothers embroiled scandals, lies and violins

‘Go where there is no path and leave a trail’ - Emerson Quartet: We journey together

As the Emerson Quartet embarks on its final tour, the members talk to Bruce Hodges about their instruments, their future and their past as one of the great string quartets

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