All Popper articles
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BlogsPopper 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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BlogsThe epic Popper Project: how we learnt and performed all 40 Popper Etudes during lockdown
Cellist Ailbhe McDonagh shares why she and Katie Tertell decided to undertake this mammoth task and how the project has created an educational resource for teachers and students learning the works
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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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ReviewJohannes Moser: Alone Together
Multitracking brought to a new level of invention by this thoughtful cellist
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ReviewConcert 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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VideoJohn-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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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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VideoAnastasia 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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ReviewJean-Guihen Queyras: Complices
A fabulously accomplished collection of encores from accomplices
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ReviewBook 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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ReviewCapriccioso. 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 2015Description: Meneses finds the musicality in a disc of cello studiesMusicians: Antonio Meneses (cello)Composer: J.-L. Duport, J.-P. Duport, Piatti, PopperA large percentage of this disc is devoted to Piatti’s Caprices, with the added bonus of his tour de force spectacular Capriccio sopra ...
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ArticleCellist 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. ...