Reviews
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Rachel Podger: Just Biber
Imagination and period-instrument flair are held in perfect accord
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Signum Quartet: A Dark Flaring
An album of South African quartets proves profoundly thrilling
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Darragh Morgan: For Violin and Electronics Vol.2
Sonic wonders abound to delight and challenge the listener
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ReviewConcert review: Simone Porter (violin)
Leah Hollingsworth ventures into the Crypt of the Intercession, New York, on 29 May 2025 for the performance of Reena Esmail, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Hildegard von Bingen, Andrew Norman and Biber
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia’s Marian Anderson Hall on 6 June 2025 for the performance of Shostakovich, Natalie Klouda, Saint-Georges and Mozart
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ReviewConcert review: Ying Quartet, Derek Bermel (clarinet)
Bruce Hodges attends the opening night of the Bowdoin International Music Festival at the Studzinski Recital Hall in Brunswick, Maine, on 30 June 2025
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ReviewConcert review: Brevard Artist Faculty Concert
Leah Hollingsworth visits the Parker Concert Hall in Brevard, North Carolina, 30 June 2025 for the performance of Brahms, Milhaud, Cindy McTee and Shostakovich
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ReviewConcert review: Ehnes Quartet
Charlotte Gardner attends the performance of Beethoven, Janáček and Brahms at London’s Wigmore Hall on 19 June 2025
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ReviewConcert review: Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Kings Place on 20 June 2025 for the recital of Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Marcus Rock, Laura Shipsey, Michael Small, Ailie Robertson, Daniel Kidane, Biber and Bach
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ReviewConcert review: Rosanne Philippens (violin) Zoltán Fejérvári (piano)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 June 2025 for the performance of Poulenc, Britten, Fauré and Ravel
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ReviewConcert review: Lawrence Power (viola) Aurora Orchestra/Nicholas Collon
Janet Banks visits London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 29 June 2025 for the performance of Berlioz and Mendelssohn
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ReviewBook review: The Invisible Force of Music: Tapping into Your Mind and Heart Potential for Performance Music
Anne Inglis reads Paulina Derbez’s book on how to achieve ’a mental, emotional and physical balance within ourselves as artists of sound’
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ReviewBook review: Liuteria Mantovana Vol.1
Alberto Giordano peruses the first volume in Andrea Zanrè and Philip Kass’s monumental investigation into the violin makers who made their homes in the Italian city of Mantua
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ReviewBook review: We Knocked Their Socks Off: The First American-Trained String Quartet (1927-1981) – The Curtis String Quartet
Tully Potter gives a robust opinion of Tim Bosworth’s account of one of the earliest American-trained string quartets, featuring Jascha Brodsky and Max Aronoff
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ReviewSophie Gent, Kathleen Kajioka: Albinoni, Bach, Telemann
Ensemble players step into the spotlight, to delightful effect
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ReviewMandelring Quartet, Roland Glassl: Dvořák
Enterprising programming as a favourite quartet rubs shoulders with a rarity
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