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ArticleA masterclass on Strauss's 'Don Juan' viola part
The Berlin Philharmonic's Martin Stegner offers his advice
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Article2011 interview with cellist János Starker
Two years before his death on 28 April 2013, János Starker gave a 20-minute interview to fellow cellist and educator Laurinel Owen at the Kronberg Academy, covering a wide range of topics regarding playing, teaching, and his own career.Read more about the Kronberg Academy in our German-focused April ...
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ArticleRuggiero Ricci plays Ravel's Tzigane
The first performance of Maurice Ravel's Tzigane took place on 26 April 1924. Here's a performance by the late violinist Ruggiero Ricci, given in 1984.You can read The Strad's tribute to 'the master soloist and prolific recording artist' in the December 2012 issue, and a two-CD recording from ...
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ArticleTabea Zimmermann plays Schumann's great Märchenbilder
Our May issue is devoted to that versatile, under-appreciated instrument: the viola. Tabea Zimmermann is one of its leading champions today, with her teaching, performing and commissioning, and here she performs one of the highlights of the repertoire, Schumann's Märchenbilder.To download the May edition of The Strad click ...
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ArticleDragonetti Double Bass Concerto – first movement
On 23 April 1846 Domenico Dragonetti was buried at the Roman Catholic chapel of St Mary, Moorfields, London. Here's the first movement of his Double Bass Concerto ('revised' by Eduard Nanny), with US bassist Gary Karr as soloist. This video allows listeners to follow the solo part ...
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ArticleMenuhin's guide to the violin
The legendary violinist explains his theories on the skills of playing
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ArticleGilles Apap on playing a Mozart cadenza
French violinist Gilles Apap (born 21 May 1963) talks about meeting Yehudi Menuhin and playing his own cadenza for Mozart's Concerto no.3 in G major K216. The performance begins at 1:54 and the cadenza at 4:28.
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ArticleAlban Berg Violin Concerto: UK premiere
Alban Berg's Violin Concerto received its world premiere on 19 April 1936. It was commissioned by American violinist Louis Krasner, who performs the solo part in this UK recording, made some weeks later, with Anton Webern conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 'There is an excruciatingly difficult double-stopping cadenza of ...
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ArticleHeifetz plays Mendelssohn
In the April issue, US violist Miles Hoffman chooses his five favourite classical discs. He begins with this recording of Jascha Heifetz performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor with Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 'My love for the violin, and for music, began with this ...
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ArticleMy Name Is Anthony Gonsalves
'You see the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the haemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity!' In the May 2013 issue, we trace the colourful history of violin music in the Bollywood ...
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ArticlePhilip Glass Violin Concerto no.2
Philip Glass's Second Violin Concerto received its European premiere on 17 April 2010 at London's Royal Festival Hall. Subtitled 'The American Four Seasons' it was reviewed by Tim Homfray in the July 2010 edition of The Strad: 'The second movement (summer?) was peaceful and beautiful, with [soloist ...
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ArticlePeter Schidlof plays Walton's Viola Concerto: second movement
Peter Schidlof (1922–87), the Amadeus Quartet's violist, performs the second movement of William Walton's Viola Concerto on BBC Two in 1968. UPDATE (26 March 2014): His instrument, the 1719 'Macdonald' Stradivarius viola, is being offered for sale by Sotheby's and Ingles & Hayday. Click here to ...
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ArticleThe Beaux Arts plays Dvorák
The Beaux Arts Trio performs the Andante from Dvorák's 'Dumky' Piano Trio op.90. The trio had its first performance on 11 April 1891.
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma and Lil Buck perform 'The Swan'
Yo-Yo Ma performing Saint-Saëns's 'The Swan' with young dancer Lil Buck in 2011. The two performed the same piece during Ma's lecture in Washington DC on 8 April 2013 for Arts Advocacy Day.
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ArticleBeethoven's op.74 - Allegretto con Variazioni
In the May issue, violist Simon Aspell of the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet is asked to name one of the greatest chamber music pieces for viola. He selects the viola variation in the last movement of Beethoven's String Quartet op.74 'Harp': 'I think this variation stands in relief ...
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ArticleLeonid Kogan's Queen Elisabeth performance
On 9 May 1951 the Queen Elisabeth Competition for violin was held for the first time (under that name) in Brussels, Belgium. Formerly known as the Ysaÿe Competition, it ran until 26 May, with Leonid Kogan taking the first prize. Here's a performance of the Sarabande from ...
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ArticleStravinsky's 'Dumbarton Oaks'
On 8 May 1938 Nadia Boulanger conducted the private premiere of Stravinsky's Concerto in E flat major 'Dumbarton Oaks'. Commissioned for Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss, it was named after their estate near Washington DC. Nicholas Ward conducts this performance by the Northern Chamber Orchestra. ...
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ArticleMenuhin and Gould
Two towering musicians of the 20th century come together for Beethoven's Violin Sonata in G major
