All violin concerto articles
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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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Review
Live-streamed concert review: Yevgeny Kutik (violin) Boston Civic Symphony/Francisco Noya
Dennis Rooney hears a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto from the First Church in Cambridge, MA, 13 June 2021
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Review
Renaud Capuçon: Elgar
Gallic elegance brings a fresh perspective to these introspective works
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Review
Gil Shaham: Brahms, Beethoven
New interpretations bring a youthful sense of discovery 20 years on
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Book review: Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
Robin Stowell reviews a comprehensive guide to one of the most important and popular concertos of the 20th century
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Video
Vadim Repin performs Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto no.2
The Russian violinist chooses the concerto for his Sentimental Work in the August issue
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Review
Leila Josefowicz: John Adams Violin Concerto
Beautiful detail and inspirational playing of infectious music
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Review
Nikolaj Znaider/LSO: Mozart Violin Concertos nos.4&5
Possibly among the most exquisite violin sound ever captured on disc
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Review
Frank Peter Zimmermann: Bach Violin Concertos
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Serge Zimmermann (violin), Berlin Baroque Soloists.
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Review
Clare Howick: British Violin Concertos - Paul Patterson, Kenneth Leighton, Gordon Jacob
Brilliant performances of highly distilled British concertos
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Focus
'If one can do something, I believe it’s important to try' – Hilary Hahn on Refugee Council concert in London
The violinist will perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at a Royal Festival Hall fundraising concert on 15 January conducted by Edward Gardner. Here she talks to The Strad about a cause close to her heart and a concerto which has become a constant companion
