March 2023

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March 2023 Magazine

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Cover features

How did Cremonese luthiers use consistent measurements?

Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived

The Baryton: How a forgotten instrument is making a comeback

Gavin Dixon reports on the comeback of ‘the king of instruments’

Session Report: The Calidore Quartet on recording Beethoven’s late quartets

Peter Quantrill hears from the Calidore Quartet about how Beethoven involves intense preparation and a sense of ‘leaning into the weird’

‘We learnt from her a love and respect for music’ - cellist Natalia Shakhovskaya

Oskar Falta examines Natalia Shakhovskaya’s life and hears from some of her former pupils about her exacting teaching style

Lutherie in Argentina: New world wonders

Lionnel Genovart profiles some of the best-known names in the country’s violin making history

‘Ambitious in the way we prepared, not about where we wanted to be’: 20 years of the Danish Quartet

Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season

Cover story

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‘Ambitious in the way we prepared, not about where we wanted to be’: 20 years of the Danish Quartet

Andrew Mellor talks to the Danish Quartet as they embark on their 20th-anniversary season

Playing

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‘My whole person was struck by extraordinary tones’: G.B. Viotti on the ‘Ranz des Vaches’

In the March 2023 issue, violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved discusses his love for this short piece by Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824).

Lutherie

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How did Cremonese luthiers use consistent measurements?

Simone Zopf argues that there was in fact a single unit of measurement from which most of the rest can be derived

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