All Orchestral articles – Page 5
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ArticleGlenn Dicterow speaks to CBS News about his retirement from NY Phil concertmaster role
Glenn Dicterow, who is interviewed in The Strad's June 2014 issue, spoke to CBS News last week about his retirement from the New York Philharmonic after 34 years as the orchestra's concertmaster. The violinist describes himself as a 'musical ambassador' and 'peacemaker' who has dealt with ...
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ArticleBaiba Skride performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
The Strad's July 2014 cover star, Baiba Skride, performs the third movement from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in Latvia in 2010. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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ArticleRichard Harwood performs Haydn's Cello Concerto in C on the London Underground
Richard Harwood performs Haydn's Cello Concerto no.1 at Southwark Underground station in London for the 6th Musequality World Busk on 11 June 2014. He is joined by the Musequality Philharmonic, led by Musequality founder David Juritz and comprising members of the London Mozart Players and Academy of ...
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ArticleGlenn Dicterow performs Bartók's First Violin Concerto
New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow turns soloist to perform Bartók's First Violin Concerto with the orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert in San Francisco in 2012.Dicterow discusses his experiences of leading the orchestra for the past 34 years in The Strad's June 2014 issue, out now.Subscribe to The ...
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ArticleBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Also sprach Zarathustra
Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra in 2007 in Munich. Orchestral principals talk about the challenges of performing Strauss works in the June 2014 issue of The Strad, out now. You can also read Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist ...
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Don Quixote cello solo
Yo-Yo Ma joins the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach to perform the cello solo in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote at Carnegie Hall in 2004.Orchestral principals talk about the challenges of performing Strauss works in the June 2014 issue of The Strad, out now. You can also read ...
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BlogsTackling the demands of Richard Strauss orchestral works
Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Jason Horowitz gives advice on how to approach some of the most famous – and challenging – works of the great late-Romantic composer
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ArticleAmihai Grosz performs Don Quixote viola solo
Berlin Philharmonic principal viola Amihai Grosz performs the viola solo from Richard Strauss's Don Quixote with the Berlin PO conducted by Donald Runnicles in December 2011. Grosz is one of a number of orchestral principals interviewed about the demands of performing Strauss works in the June ...
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ArticleRachel Podger and Andrew Manze perform Bach's Double Concerto
Violinists Andrew Manze and Rachel Podger perform the first movement of Bach's Double Concerto at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall. Podger has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's June 2014 issue and has also written 7 tips for successful practice. Subscribe ...
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FocusFrom the Archive: advice for budding orchestral players
Chas J Rockwell compiled a list of handy rules for less experienced orchestral players in The Strad's July 1893 issue
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ArticleGlenn Dicterow performs Waxman's Carmen Fantasie
New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow performs Waxman's Carmen Fantasie with the NY Phil conducted by Zubin Mehta in a live television broadcast from 1989. Dicterow discusses his experiences of leading the orchestra for the past 34 years in The Strad's June 2014 issue, out now. ...
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ArticleDavid Nadien performs violin solo from Swan Lake
Violinist David Nadien, who has died at the age of 88, performs the 'pas de deux' solo from Tachaikovsky's Swan Lake with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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Premium ❘ DebateString players can make the best orchestral conductors
There's a growing trend of string players turning to conducting – and as Andrew Mellor argues, it's the orchestras that stand to reap the benefits
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ArticlePatricia Kopatchinskaja performs Ravel's Tzigane
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, who has won the 2014 RPS Music Award for Instrumentalist, performs Ravel's Tzigane with the Sinfonia Varsovia conducted by Jean Jacques Kantorow. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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ArticleKyung-Wha Chung performs Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
Kyung-Wha Chung appears on BBC television for the first time in 1971, performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Read former LSO concertmaster John Georgiadis's article on working with Previn here.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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BlogsWriting a violin concerto in the 21st century
Composer Nimrod Borenstein, who has written a new violin concerto for Dmitry Sitkovestky, writes about historical precedent, expectation and the challenge of beauty
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Premium ❘ FeatureFrom the Archive: advice for second violinists
Intelligent, modest, self-controlled, sympathetic: a description of all good second violinists from The Strad's May 1914 issue
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ArticleXavier Foley performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2
Xavier Foley, winner of the $50,000 Sphinx Competition 2014, performs Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto no.2 in the Senior Division final. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleSir Neville Marriner conducts Mozart's Figaro Overture
Violinist and conductor Sir Neville Marriner, who is interviewed in The Strad's April 2014 issue for his 90th birthday, leads the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in the Overture to Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in New York's Carnegie Hall in 1994. Subscribe to ...
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.