All Popper articles
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ReviewAndreas Brantelid et al: 48 Strings: Music for one, two, four and twelve cellos
Cello virtuosity elevated to high art through compelling musicality
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Review
Johannes Moser: Alone Together
Multitracking brought to a new level of invention by this thoughtful cellist
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Review
Concert review: Sam Magill, Deborah Davis, Eli Kaynor (Cellos) Dmitri Shteinberg (Piano)
Bruce Hodges tunes into the live-sreamed performance from Watson Concert Hall, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, on 22 February 2022
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Video
John-Henry Crawford performs Popper etude no.3
A performance that will make you forget that this etude is in five flats
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Focus
‘Good grief, there are 40 of them!’ - Alexander Baillie on Popper studies
In this extract from August 2013, cellist Alexander Baillie shares his experiences of the studies as well as strategies for students embarking on learning them
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Blogs
Popper studies: celebrating the small victories
The enjoyability and longevity of Popper studies lie in the small gains that gradually accumulate to a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, writes cellist and online editor Davina Shum
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Focus
‘I value them as supremely sharp tools’ - Colin Carr on Popper studies
In this extract from the August 2013 issue, Colin Carr, Professor of Cello at the Royal Academy of Music, shares his thoughts on using the technical studies to create fluidity in music making
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Video
Anastasia Kobekina and Nicolas Baldeyrou perform Popper's Dance of the Elves
The solo cello is accompanied by multiple clarinets, glockenspiel and triangle in this special arrangement.
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Review
Jean-Guihen Queyras: Complices
A fabulously accomplished collection of encores from accomplices
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Review
Book review: Heritage: Cello Etudes of Past Masters
Janet Banks reviews a book of etudes from the Swedish cello virtuoso and teacher
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Review
Capriccioso. J.-L. Duport: Etude no.7. J.-P. Duport: Etude no.8. Piatti: Twelve Caprices; Capriccio sopra un tema della Niobe di Pacini. Popper: Etude no.29
The Strad Issue: September 2015 Description: Meneses finds the musicality in a disc of cello studies Musicians: Antonio Meneses (cello) Composer: J.-L. Duport, J.-P. Duport, Piatti, Popper A large percentage of this disc is devoted to Piatti’s Caprices, with the added bonus of his tour de ...
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Article
Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich performs Popper's Dance of the Elves
Legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich sets his fingers flying in Popper's fiendishly fast Dance of the Elves. Watch Rostropovich give a masterclass on Dvorák's Cello Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here. ...
