All Stravinsky articles
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ReviewLinus Roth: Virtuoso Dances
An upbeat collection of dances for violin and piano to raise the spirits
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News
Boosey & Hawkes launches YouTube contest for string duos
An audio recording of Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne by the winning duo will be synced to the work’s score on Boosey Hawkes’ monthly YouTube series
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News
50th anniversary of Stravinsky’s death to be marked by series of events
A number of performances - many of them streamed - will pay tribute to the Russian composer over the next month
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Review
David Nebel: Glass, Stravinsky
A refreshing and highly recommended pairing of 20th-century concertos
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Review
Brinton Averil Smith: Exiles in Paradise
Music by European composers who became Los Angeles neighbours
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Review
Concert review: Isabelle Faust (violin) et al
Tim Homfray hears the violinist and her cohorts at Wigmore Hall, London, on 23 December 2019
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Review
Mischa Maisky, Lily Maisky: 20th-Century Classics
A father–daughter combination achieves some almost miraculous musical moments
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Review
Virtuoso. Works for violin and piano by Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky and Wieniawski
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Kavakos displays his technical prowess in a programme of encore pieces Musicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) Enrico Pace (piano) Composer: Britten, Dohnányi, Dvorák, Elgar, Falla, Paganini, Sarasate, Strauss, Stravinsky, Tárrega, Tchaikovsky, ...
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Article
Violinist Yoojin Jang gives winning Mendelssohn and Stravinsky performances at Sendai Competition
Yoojin Jang gives her winning performances of Mendelssohn and Stravinsky violin concertos in the final of the 2016 Sendai International Violin Competition with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Junichi Hirokami. Read: Yoojin Jang wins Sendai International Violin Competition 2016
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Review
Spectrum. Janácek: Violin Sonata. Kreisler: Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta. Schubert: Violin Sonata in A major D574 ‘Grand Duo’. Stravinsky: Divertimento
The Strad Issue: May 2016 Description: Beilman gets under the music’s skin in a dazzling recital Musicians: Benjamin Beilman (violin) Yekwon Sunwoo (piano) Composer: Janácek; Kreisler; Schubert; Stravinsky Working alongside his regular accompanist Yekwon Sunwoo, Benjamin Beilman immediately draws us into the elusive sound world of Schubert’s ...
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Review
The Ground Beneath Our Feet. Reich: Duet. Bach: Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe BWV1060R. Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks. Jacobsen/Aghael: Concerto for Santur, Violin and Orchestra. The Knights: .
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: August 2015 Description: East–West fusion from an ensemble that pushes boundaries Musicians: The Knights Composer: Reich, Bach, Stravinsky, Jacobsen/Aghael, The Knights The Knights are an ‘orchestral collective’ based in New York and led by brothers Colin (violin) and Eric (cello) Jacobsen, ...
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Review
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata op.134; Unfinished Violin Sonata; Andantino from String Quartet no.4 op.83 (arr. Dmitri Tsyganov). Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (arr. Shostakovich). Braga: La Serenata (a
The Strad Issue: June 2016 Description: Shostakovich’s Sonata and some cuttings from the composer’s workbench Musicians: Sasha Rozhdestvensky (violin) Jeremy Menuhin, Mookie Lee-Menuhin (piano) Ilona Domnich (soprano) Alexandra Sherman (mezzo-soprano) Composer: Shostakovich; Stravinsky; Braga Catalogue Number: FIRST HAND RECORDS FHR 37 Shostakovich’s Violin Sonata, written in 1968 ...
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Review
Mozart: Violin Sonatas in C major K296 & B flat major K454. Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
The Strad Issue: March 2015 Description: Fire and ice on display in music by two contrasting composers Musicians: Esther Hoppe (violin) Alasdair Beatson (piano) Composer: Mozart, Stravinsky Alasdair Beatson is the more prominent protagonist in the two Mozart sonatas but Esther Hoppe admirably complements his perceptive playing ...
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Article
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs Stravinsky encore
Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja performs her own cadenza improvisation for Stravinsky's Violin Concerto with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, featuring violinist Alejandro Rutkauskas. Kopatchinskaja has written a Practice Diary in The Strad's January 2015 issue , out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition ...
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Review
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major. Arrieu: Violin Concerto no.2 in D minor
The Strad Issue: January 2015 Description: Welcome revival of a forgotten violinist in 1950s French radio recordings Musicians: Jeanne Gautier (violin) RTF National Orchestra/Jacques Pernoo, Eugène Bigot Composer: Stravinsky, Arrieu The marvellous violinist Jeanne Gautier (1898–1974) has long languished in undeserved oblivion. A superb virtuoso who embodied ...
