In this video from 2002, Ida Haendel plays JS Bach’s Chaconne from Partita No.2 in D minor.
Her dog was called Decca.
Read: ‘She was a strong woman when there were comparatively few great women soloists’ – Tasmin Little on Ida Haendel
Read: Ida Haendel: Grande dame of the violin
Watch: Ida Haendel plays informally in 2009
Read: Violinist Ida Haendel has died
In this extract from January 1999, Simon Rowland-Jones shares the challenges encountered when recording Bach’s Cello Suites on viola
In this extract from the August 2021 issue, Esther Yoo shares her experience of the sudden silence brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and how her positive attitude helped her through dark times
Robin Stowell reviews the first two volumes in Biobach Music’s details edition of Bach’s fugues
It’s always nice to see musicians having fun in the recording studio
Cellists Amit Peled and Ismael Guerrero perform alongside sculptures by Peled’s sister, Zemer Peled, in a programme called ‘Siblings’
Kenyan violinist David Ralak speaks to pianist Cordelia Williams about his drive and determination to learn more about his craft
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