All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 113
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ArticleRNCM head of strings quits
Malcolm Layfield's position 'untenable' amid sexual misconduct allegations
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ArticleSPCO violinist to join NY Phil
Principal Kyu-Young Kim quits locked-out St Paul Chamber Orchestra
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ArticleViolin teacher gives $7m to school
USC Thornton School of Music receives gift from longtime professor
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ArticleBritten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge
In the March issue, violinist and conductor Thomas Kemp gives tips on performing this cornerstone of string orchestra repertoire. Here's a performance by the Camerata String Orchestra
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ArticleCalder Quartet: Honey Flyers
The Calder Quartet, the March issue's cover stars, performed Christine Southworth's 2007 work Honey Flyers at the opening concert of the TED 2012 conference in San Diego, California
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New York Philharmonic expands online digital archives with sheet music
The New York Philharmonic has added a large tranche of material to its digital archives, completing a three-year project to digitise orchestral parts, programmes and other documents dating from 1943 to 1970. The new material comprises more than 520,000 pages of marked instrument parts, encompassing nearly 1,200 works by ...
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BlogsPauline Scott recalls Ivan Galamian's inspirational teaching
You weren't aware of him or of yourself. The focus was entirely on what you were doing'
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ArticleDouble blow for cellist
Airport security check that resulted in broken bow also damaged Alban Gerhardt's cello
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ArticleMimi Zweig: The first lesson
In the March issue, US teacher Mimi Zweig gives tips on introducing beginners to the violin. Here's a clip from her Stringpedagogy.com course, which can also be seen in the digital edition of The Strad.
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ArticleItzhak Perlman: Mizmor Lidovid
In the June issue we review Itzhak Perlman's concert of Jewish sacred music at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn. He performed with the cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot, the Klezmer Conservatory Band and an 18-piece chamber orchestra, as well as members of the Perlman Music Program. Here is Helfgot's ...
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ReviewCastillon: String Quartet op.3. Saint-Saëns: String Quartet no.1 in G minor op.112
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Mixed results in a pairing of rare French quartetsMusicians: Chartres QuartetComposer: Castillon, Saint-SaënsWith the quartet captured at a discreet distance from the microphones in a generous acoustic (a room in the magnificent Chateau de Saint-Simon in Eure-et-Loire), the initial impression is of ...
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ReviewSaint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 op 33, Allegro appassionato op.43, The Swan. Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations op.33, Pezzo capriccioso op.62
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Immaculate accounts of cello warhorsesMusicians: Stéphane Tétreault (cello) Quebec Symphony Orchestra/Fabien GabelComposer: Saint-Saëns, TchaikovskyIf you are fortunate enough to study from the age of nine with a marvellous cellist (the late Yuli Turovsky), have a great instrument on which to play (Bernard ...
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Saint-Saëns: Violin Sonata no.1 in D minor op.75. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An unyielding coupling of two Romantic sonatasMusicians: Bruno Monteiro (violin) JoÁo Paulo Santos (piano)Composer: Saint-Saëns, StraussPortuguese violinist Bruno Monteiro completed his studies in the US and this is his seventh recital disc, following releases of Grieg, Franck, Fauré, Respighi, Prokofiev and others. The pairing ...
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ReviewBach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 BWV846–69
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A new string arrangement of a Bach keyboard classicMusicians: Modern QuartetComposer: BachIn 1994 the Modern Quartet released its leader Joerg Widmoser’s string-quartet arrangement of Bach’s Art of Fugue. Now Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier appears, this time on the jazz violinist, ...
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ReviewHabanera – Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen op.20, Romanza andaluza op.22 no.1, Habañera op.21 no.2. Ysaÿe: Solo Violin Sonata op.27 no.6. Saint-Saëns: Havanaise op.83
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A fizzing collection of violin showpiecesMusicians: Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker (violin) Fabio Bidini (piano)Composer: Sarasate, Ysaÿe, Saint-Saëns, WieniawskiHere is a programme of fireworks and sweetmeats to showcase Sabrina-Vivian Höpcker’s technical brilliance. The gifted young German violinist’s silky virtuosity makes light of the hair-raising difficulties ...
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ReviewWeber: Six Sonatas op.10, Piano Quartet in B flat major op.81
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Little-known chamber repertoire from a Romantic masterMusicians: Isabelle Faust (violin) Boris Faust (viola) Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (cello) Alexander Melnikov (fortepiano)Composer: WeberThe combination of an original period fortepiano and ‘modern’ stringed instruments promised to be a complete tonal mismatch. However, it works surprisingly ...
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ReviewPaganini: Violin Concerto no.5 in A minor (orch. Mompellio), Moto perpetuo op.11, I palpiti op.13
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Paganini playing that needs more than just precisionMusicians: Ivan Pochekin (violin) Russian Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitry YablonskyComposer: PaganiniFor some years now Naxos has ceased to be seen as a budget label of workaday renditions and has attained critical acclaim. In some respects, this disc ...
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ReviewC. Schumann: Piano Trio in G minor op.17. R. Schumann: Piano Trio no.3 in G minor op.110, Fantasiestücke op.88
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A welcome exploration of piano trios by the two SchumannsMusicians: Swiss Piano TrioComposer: C. Schumann, R. SchumannListening to this performance of Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio, one can well understand why it was so favourably embraced by the music critics of her time. ...
