All Magazine articles – Page 87
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ReviewNash Ensemble: Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn
Delightful playing showcases trios by Ms Mendelssohn and Mrs Schumann
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ReviewAquarelles. Noga Quartet: Hahn, Debussy
Hahn’s rarely heard Second Quartet finds eloquent new champions
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ReviewTetzlaff Quartet: Beethoven
Dynamic and vivid readings of Beethoven quartets prove irresistible
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Premium ❘ ArticleJune 2020: Welcome
The Strad’s editor Charlotte Smith introduces the June 2020 issue
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Premium ❘ FeatureShoulder Rests: The Ideal Fit
Freelance violists Edmund Riddle and Kathi Von Colson join The Strad ’s editor Charlotte Smith and contributing editor Pauline Harding to test a range of shoulder rests – and discover enormous differences in weight, balance and comfort
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Premium ❘ ArticleNature’s Way: Picture Story
Leatherwood Bespoke Rosin founder Andrew Baker describes the process of hand making his products, which can be tailored to meet the requirements of individual players
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Premium ❘ FeatureUnvarnished Instruments: Team Building
For luthiers, finely sourced white instruments may well be the perfect accessory – offering the double opportunity for varnishing practice and to sell less expensive models to students and those with shallower pockets. But, writes Peter Somerford, the issues of provenance and labelling are of utmost importance when marketing such ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureNapoleonic Bows: French Connections
Several violin, viola and cello bows still survive from the Imperial Court Orchestra of Napoleon III. Gennady Filimonov examines their history, and provides evidence that the so-called ‘Napoleonic-type bows’ originated with the first Emperor rather than the third
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Premium ❘ FeatureSarasate Letters: Beloved Mother
During a two-year concert tour of America, violinist Pablo Sarasate corresponded with his adoptive mother Amélie de Lassabathie in Paris. His surviving letters have been translated for the first time into English by Nicholas Sackman and Bastien Terraz, who present a digest of their contents
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Premium ❘ FeatureWorking with Conductors: Natural Balance
When playing a concerto, the string soloist is rarely fully in charge – and working with opinionated conductors means that sometimes disagreements will occur. Charlotte Gardner speaks to three top performers and a conductor to find out how to strike the right balance
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Premium ❘ FeatureAn Amati Mystery
Could the cello shown here be one of the eight ‘bass violins’ ordered by Catherine de’ Medici for the court of Charles IX of France? Luthier Filip Kuijken explores the known history of the instrument and considers whether it could be an original Andrea Amati – or a clever fake
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Premium ❘ FeatureTetzlaff Quartet: The Real Beethoven
The members of the Tetzlaff Quartet, who recently released their first Beethoven disc, talk to Tom Stewart about what’s really behind the composer’s late quartets, about why they’ve taken a quarter of a century to record any Beethoven – and the challenge of keeping up appearances
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ReviewConcert review: Royal Over-Seas League Annual Music Competition: Strings Section Final
Charlotte Gardner gives her thoughts on the event held at Over-Seas House, London, on 25 February 2020
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ReviewConcert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/John Wilson
Charlotte Gardner hears the pereformance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 27 February 2020
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Eldbjørg Hemsing (violin) Sveinung Bjelland (piano)
Tim Homfray watches a Facebook performance on 19 March from the comfort of his own armchair
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Ulysses Quartet
Bruce Hodges plugs in to hear a concert streamed from violinist Tina Bouey’s New York living room on 19 March
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ReviewBook review: From the Leader’s Chair
Tully Potter reviews the autobiography of British concertmaster and chamber musician Kenneth Sillito
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ReviewBook review: The Viola da Gamba
Robin Stowell reviews a book released in Italian in 2010, translated into English for the first time
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ReviewBook review: Classical Music for Children: 22 Easy Pieces for Violoncello and Piano
Janet Banks reviews a book for young players translated into English for the first time
