All Video articles – Page 126
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ArticleHow not to treat a cello
As the world goes James Bond mad with the release of his latest film, don't forget what he once did to a cello. Cellists of a sensitive nature avert your eyes...
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ArticleLeila Josefowicz plays Salonen
In the October issue, Leila Josefowicz discusses the creation of Esa-Pekka Salonen's Violin Concerto, which involved a nine-month collaboration between the soloist and the composer.
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ArticleRussian violinist improvises with Dave Brubeck
A lovely clip from a Dave Brubeck recital at Moscow Conservatory in the 1980s, during which a young violinist in the audience gets up and plays along with him.
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ArticlePractice Diary: The Miró Quartet plays Schubert's Quartettsatz
In the November issue, the Miró Quartet's second violinist William Fedkenheuer explains how the four players prepare for a recording of Schubert’s Quartettsatz. This live recording was filmed at the studios of KLRU-TV in Austin, Texas.Click here to read the Practice DiarySubscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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ArticleThe Miró Quartet plays Schubert's Quartettsatz
Clip of Schubert's Quartettsatz by The Miro Quartet. Filmed at the studios of KLRU TV in Austin, Texas.Read the Miró Quartet's Practice Diary on rehearsing the Quartettsatz in our November 2013 issue, available on 25 October.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ArticleInternational Viola Congress 2012
In the September issue we report from this year's International Viola Congress. Here's one of the highlights: the world premiere of Mikel Kuehn's Colored Shadows, performed by violist John Graham
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ArticleJulia Fischer plays Paganini
In the September issue, Felix Andrievsky selects Paganini's Caprice no.2 as his favourite study. Here's a performance by Julia Fischer
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ArticlePablo Casals plays Bach's Cello Suite no.1
In the October issue, editor Ariane Todes reports from the Casals Festival, which still takes place annually in the French village of Prades. Here, the great cellist performs in the village's Abbaye Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, in a film made in 1954. You can find out more about the issue ...
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ArticleJános Starker: King of Cellists
Joyce Geeting, author of János Starker: King of Cellists, is interviewed by Lorraine Hull and Bill Smithers in Santa Barbara, California about her book, career, music and János Starker, whom Geeting claims is the most influential person in the history of the cello. Joyce Geeting knew Starker personally, ...
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ArticleRicci playing Paganini aged 12
The late, great violinist shows why he was one of the finest Paganini exponents ever
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ArticleThierry Barbé plays Debussy Cello Sonata
Here's Thierry Barbé performing his transcription for double bass of Debussy's Cello Sonata, which is available to download at www.thestrad.com
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ArticlePiazzolla's Libertango
In the August issue, string players explain why they 'went crazy' for the tangos of Astor Piazzolla. Here's Ikuko Kawai performing his Libertango on a 1715 Stradivari
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ArticleSchubert: 'Death and the Maiden'
In the August issue of The Strad, violinist Arnold Steinhardt discusses Schubert’s String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’. Here's a performance by the Takács Quartet.
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ArticleJack Quartet plays Xenakis
The Jack Quartet's Wigmore Hall Live disc of music by Ligeti, Pintscher, Cage and Xenakis is a recommended CD in our July issue. Here is the quartet in an earlier Xenakis recording.
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ArticleStefano Scodanibbio
The July issue includes a tribute to the late, great double bassist and composer Stefano Scodanibbio. Here he is playing one of his solo bass pieces, & Roll, in 2009
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ArticleLes 24 Violons du Roi
In the July issue we discover how luthiers, string players and musicologists recreated Louis XIV's court orchestra, Les 24 Violons du Roi. Here's a film of the instruments being made and played.
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ArticleBen Powell Quartet
Jazz violinist Ben Powell's latest CD 'New Street' is a recommended disc in our July issue. Here he is in action with his quartet, performing Django Reinhardt's 'Belleville' at a US jazz festival.
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ArticlePractice Diary: Adrian Butterfield
Baroque violinist Adrian Butterfield discusses warming up and practising Leclair's Violin no.5 Sonata (Book 2). Download the August 2012 edition to read his full Practice Diary: www.thestrad.com/apps
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ArticleDarol Anger plays solo
Fiddler Darol Anger offers tips on teaching Bluegrass fundamentals in our July issue. Here he gives a virtuoso solo performance in tribute to Bluegrass fiddler and composer John Hartford
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ArticleChristian Howes improvises on Bach
In the July issue, jazz violinist Christian Howes suggests ways for teachers to introduce improvisation into their lessons. Here he plays his version of the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.1.
