Reviews – Page 36
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ReviewAttacca Quartet: Of All Joys
There’s joy to be found in this collection of sombre and thoughtful works
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ReviewBook review: The Bach Cello Suites: A Companion
Janet Banks reviews British cellist Steven Isserlis’s thoughts on the history and performance of the famed solo cello suites
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ReviewBook review: Violins and Hope: From the Holocaust to Symphony Hall
Violinist Raphael Klayman reads Daniel Levin’s well-illustrated account of Amnon Weinstein’s project to collect instruments made during the Holocaust
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ReviewBook review: Stringtastic Beginners
Alex Laing reviews the latest teaching method from Faber, for violin, viola, cello and double bass
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ReviewLive-streamed concert review: Spektral Quartet
Bruce Hodges watches the performance from the Constellation venue in Chicago on 21 November 2021, from the comfort of his own armchair
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ReviewConcert review: Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) New York Philharmonic/Simone Young
Leah Hollingsworth hears the performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto at Alice Tully Hall on 11 November 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Ning Feng (violin) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko
Tim Homfray hears the rendition of Elgar’s Violin Concerto at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 3 November 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Yuja Wang (piano)
Bruce Hodges attends the recital performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall on 4 Noember 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Sacconi Quartet
Peter Quantrill visits London’s Wigmore Hall to hear the recital on 20 November 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Johan Dalene (violin) Nicola Eimer (piano)
Tim Homfray reviews the performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 22 November 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Vilde Frang (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sakari Oramo
Peter Quantrill hears the performance at London’s Barbican on 26 November 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Highgate International Chamber Music Festival
Charlotte Gardner ventures into the December cold to hear Alina Ibragimova and friends on 4 December 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Takács Quartet, Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth attends the performance of Brahms at New York’s 92Y on 23 October 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Kronos Quartet, Special Music School Quartet, Kodak Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth hears a collection of new works at the Merkin Concert Hall on 21 October 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Brentano Quartet, Pacifica Quartet, American String Quartet, Anton Nel (piano) Eighth Blackbird, Telegraph Quartet, Charles Neidich (Clarinet) Emerson Quartet
Bruce Hodges attends a performance marking the 50th anniversary of the Walter W. Naumburg Foundation at The Town Hall on 8 October 2021
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ReviewBook review: The Double Bass Book
Philip Brown reviews a comprehensive guide to the double bass, published for the first time in English
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ReviewBook review: Exercises and Scales for Violin Positions: Handbook for Violin Lessons
Celia Cobb reviews a guide to shifting and position-work by Ines Ana Tomić
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ReviewConcert review: Pavel Haas Quartet, Pavel Nikl (viola) Boris Giltburg (piano)
Tim Homfray attends a recital of Brahms quintets at London’s Wigmore Hall on 19 October 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Antoine Tamestit (viola) London Symphony Orchestra/Robin Ticciati
Tim Homfray gives his thoughts on a performance of Walton’s Viola Concerto at LSO St Luke’s on 14 October 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) Philharmonia Orchestra/Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Peter Quantrill gives his thoughts on a new concerto by Bryce Dessner, at the Royal Festival Hall on 3 October 2021