All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 104
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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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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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Violinist Melvin Ritter, ex-concertmaster of the St Louis Symphony, dies
US violinist Melvin Ritter, who was concertmaster of the St Louis Symphony Orchestra from 1961 to 1965, has died at the age of 89, reports the St Louis Post-Dispatch. Born in Cleveland in 1923, Ritter studied violin at the Peabody Conservatory with Oscar Shumsky and later with Ivan Galamian ...
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Young UK orchestral professionals to get instant feedback at new audition masterclasses
A series of pilot orchestral audition masterclasses will take place in London next January and February. The public masterclasses will give young UK professional players the chance to perform to a panel of experienced orchestral musicians and an audience, and then receive feedback from the panel on their playing and ...
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BlogsTheo Olof 1924–2012
Less than four months before his death, the veteran concertmaster spoke to Heather Kurzbauer about his long career at the forefront of Dutch classical music
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Cellist Jay Campbell wins Concert Artists Guild prize
Cellist Jay Campbell has won first prize in the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York. The 23-year-old, who studies with Fred Sherry, joins the Concert Artists Guild roster and receives a two-year management contract.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra extends cellist Yo-Yo Ma's contract
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has extended its consultancy contract with Yo-Yo Ma. The cellist, who has been a creative consultant for the orchestra since 2010, will continue in that role until June 2015.Ma has been working chiefly on the orchestra's education programmes, and is a key supporter of the Citizen ...
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Tafelmusik violinist Jeanne Lamon to step down as music director
Violinist Jeanne Lamon, music director of the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir since 1981, is to step down from the role in 2014. Lamon will become music director emerita and will work on establishing the Tafelmusik International Baroque Academy to train young players in period performance. Lamon studied ...
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Former Arditti Quartet violist Garth Knox to join RNCM faculty
Garth Knox has been appointed international tutor in viola at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK. He will start his new position in September 2013. Knox, who studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Frederick Riddle, is a former member of the ...
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ReviewFauré: Piano Quartets no.1 in C minor op.15 & no.2 in G minor op.45
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Ideal accounts of Fauré’s two piano quartetsMusicians: Daishin Kashimoto (violin) Lise Berthaud (viola) François Salque (cello) Eric Le Sage (piano)Composer: FauréAlpha’s ongoing series of Fauré’s chamber music with piano centres not unnaturally on pianist Eric Le Sage. Thus it’s perhaps fair to ...
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ReviewFeldman: Complete music for violin and piano: Spring of Chosroes, Extensions 1, Extensions 3, Vertical Thoughts 2, Vertical Thoughts 4, For Aaron Copland, Piece for violin and piano, Projection IV, Pi
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An enlightening exploration of the music of an American modernist masterMusicians: Andreas Seidel (violin) Steffen Schleiermacher (piano)Composer: FeldmanUS composer Morton Feldman (1926–87) didn’t write that much for the combination of violin and piano, as the informative booklet notes to this compelling two-disc ...
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ReviewLiebermann: Cello sonatas nos.1—4, Album Leaf op.66
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A rewarding cycle of sonatas, warmly playedMusicians: Dmitri Atapine (cello) Adela Hyeyeon Park (piano)Composer: Liebermann Cello sonatas have punctuated Lowell Liebermann’s career as one of America’s most frequently performed composers. His four works in the medium are written in ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Cello Sonatas op.5 no.1 in F major & no.2 in G minor, Variations on Mozart’s ‘Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen’ op.66, Variations on Handel’s ‘See the conqu’ring hero comes’ WoO45
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imaginative period-instrument accounts of familiar musicMusicians: Rainer Zipperling (cello) Boyan Vodenitcharov (fortepiano)Composer: Beethoven These performances are infused with tremendous spirit and vivid dynamic colour, lending genuine excitement to some of the most frequently recorded music in the cello repertoire. ...
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ReviewHindemith: String Quartets no.2 in F minor op.10 & no.3 in C major op.16
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A promising start to a welcome Hindemith cycleMusicians: Amar QuartetComposer: HindemithDespite the distinguished advocacy on disc of many fine ensembles, Hindemith’s seven string quartets have failed to establish themselves in the regular playing repertoire to the same extent as, say, ...
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ReviewBach: Violin Partitas no.2 in D minor BWV1004 & no.3 in E major BWV1006. Auerbach: par.ti.ta. Ysaÿe: Sonata in A minor op.27 no.2
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Gripping solo playing from a master violinistMusicians: Vadim Gluzman (violin)Composer: Bach, Auerbach, Ysaÿe Recorded in a fairly generous, open acoustic, Vadim Gluzman’s deftly articulated, gently cushioned playing comes across as particularly alluring in surround-sound of almost tactile presence. Solo ...
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ReviewStravinsky: Violin Concerto, Circus Polka. Martin: Violin Concerto. Honegger: Pacific 231, Rugby
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A highly rewarding coupling of two 20th-century violin concertosMusicians: Baiba Skride (violin) BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Thierry FischerComposer: Stravinsky, Martinu HoneggerThe excellent Latvian violinist Baiba Skride turns her hand first to Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto on this disc of mid-20th-century treasures. She dances ...
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ReviewSchubert: Violin Sonatas in D major D384, A minor D385, G minor D408 & A major D574
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A successful start to a historically informed Schubert cycleMusicians: Jacqueline Ross (violin) Maggie Cole (fortepiano)Composer: Schubert Schubert’s three op.137 sonatas were downgraded to sonatinas after his death. Here they have their dignity restored, but are performed with a lighter touch than many ...
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ReviewConnections. Debussy: Cello Sonata. Franck: Violin Sonata in A major (arr. cello). Chausson: Pièce op.39. Fauré: Papillon op.77
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Imperfections in recording and performance mar an otherwise interesting collectionMusicians: Winona Zelenka (cello) Connie Shih (piano)Composer: Debussy, Franck, Chausson, Fauré This is Canadian cellist Winona Zelenka’s second release (her first, in 2010, was of the Bach Cello Suites, not ...
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ReviewItalian Virtuoso Cello Sonatas. Locatelli: Cello Sonata in D major. Valentini: Cello Sonata in E major. Boccherini: Cello Sonata no.6 in A major. Donizetti: Largo in G minor
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A successful marrying of old and new, in terms of musicology and playingMusicians: Eva Kochenkova (cello) Morten Mogensen (piano)Composer: Locatelli, Valentini, Boccherini, DonizettiThis disc largely comprises readings of editions by Alfredo Piatti, who took various liberties. technical, notational, textural and otherwise, including ...
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ReviewGál: Cello Concerto op.67. Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor op.85
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: The first recording of a little-known concerto coupled with an old favouriteMusicians: Antonio Meneses (cello) Northern Sinfonia/Claudio CruzComposer: Gál & Elgar The Austrian composer Hans Gál (1890–1987) settled in Britain after escaping the Anschluss in 1938, making his home ...
