All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 128
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ArticleTchaikovsky's Song Without Words played by Alexander Sitkovetsky
Violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky gives a detailed insight into his practice regime in our June issue. Over the course of single day he experiments with playing without a shoulder rest, tackles some tricky cadenzas and looks over the Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Mozart Fourth and Shostakovich First concertos.Here's an archive performance by the ...
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BlogsShould string players astonish or please?
Ariane Todes discovers a 1904 review that raises questions still raging today
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FocusUS cellist and pedagogue Paul Olefsky talks to The Strad
Paul Olefsky, the American cellist and teacher, died on 1 June 2013. In his wide-ranging career he was a member of several American orchestras, and toured as a soloist in North America and Europe. He often performed and recorded with his wife, cellist Hai Zheng, and with ...
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ArticleIona Brown performs The Lark Ascending
Violinist Iona Brown died on 5 June 2004. Here's one of her best-known Vaughan Williams recordings, made in 1972 with Neville Marriner conducting the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. This recording was enthusiastically received on its initial release, capturing the imagination of the record-buying public. ...
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ReviewSonata–Monologue. Khachaturian: Violin Sonata, Sonata–Monologue, Dance, Song–Poem ‘In Honour of an Ashugh, Nocturne & Waltz from Masquerade, Dance of the Rose Maidens, Nuneh Variation & Sabre Dance fr
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An exploration of a neglected side to an orchestral masterMusicians: Masayuki Kino (violin) Mami Shikimori (piano)Composer: KhachaturianKhachaturian’s popular reputation is based almost entirely on his highly colourful and exuberant concertos and ballet scores. Admittedly, included here are skilful transcriptions of a nocturne ...
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ArticleJack Benny demonstrates the significance of instrument comparisons
Classic Jack Benny violin comedy
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ArticleMenuhin plays Schumann
Yehudi Menuhin performs the second movement of Schumann's troubled Violin Concerto
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ReviewLalo: Piano Trio no.1 in C minor op.7. Bruch: Piano Trio in C minor op.5. Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minor op.49
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: More delicacy than indulgence in Romantic piano trios from a Czech ensembleMusicians: Petrof Piano TrioComposer: Lalo, Bruch, MendelssohnCellist Kamil Žvak gets several opportunities to demonstrate his gentle, lyrical skills in Lalo’s C minor Trio, opening the first and last movements with understated ...
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FocusWhat Pupils Ought Not to Do, from The Strad, November 1890
Timeless advice for the string student from our archive
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ArticleCellist Erling Blöndal Bengtsson dies aged 81
Danish cellist and teacher Erling Blöndal Bengtsson has died at the age of 81. A student of Gregor Piatigorsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went on to become an international soloist and a champion of new works. Born in 1932 in Copenhagen, Bengtsson began ...
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FocusAn interview with Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
Danish cellist and teacher Erling Blöndal Bengtsson, who died on 5 June 2013, gave an interview to The Strad last year to mark his 80th birthday. He spoke to fellow cellist Jeffrey Solow who, like him, had studied under Gregor Piatigorsky at the Curtis institute of Music: ...
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ReviewLiszt: Élégies nos.1 & 2, Romance oubliée, La lugubre gondola, Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth, Consolations, O du mein holder Abendstern. Dohnányi: Cello Sonata in B flat major op.8, Ruralia hungarica op.32
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A disc of Hungarian cello music that impresses most in the lower registersMusicians: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) John York (piano)Composer: Liszt, Dohnányi, KodályA feast of Hungarian music is added here to Raphael Wallfisch’s already hugely extensive discography. It is surprising to realise that ...
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Three of a Kind: Korngold Violin Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEs3GMEAqYA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn0PKIqoats Znaider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYsnGjRBk8c Ehnes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49cKqKmLiDg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0mN39wBDKo Kavakos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkT_eRCkK08 Mutter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HbQ7ZbovQ4 Gluzman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig-HoQ1NE4s Perlman
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ArticleChinese bassist and US maker take top prizes at ISB competitions
Tian Yang Liu took first prize in the International Society of Bassists (ISB) Solo Competition last week at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. The 28-year-old Chinese bassist (pictured), who studied with Jeff Bradetich at the University of North Texas and is currently a ...
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ArticleNikki Chooi wins Michael Hill International Violin Competition in New Zealand
Canadian violinist Nikki Chooi (pictured) won first prize at the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, which concluded in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday 8 June. Chooi, 24, who studies with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein at the Juilliard School, received NZ$40,000 (£20,000). Second prize went to Sarah ...
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ArticleViolinist Richard Lin triumphs at Sendai International Music Competition
US–Taiwanese violinist Richard Lin won first prize at the Sendai International Music Competition in Japan at the weekend. The 21-year-old (pictured), a student of Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music, received JPY3,000,000 (£19,500). Japanese violinists Tatsuki Narita and Chieri Tomii, both 21, took second ...
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ReviewMoeran Cello Concerto, Serenade in G major, Lonely Waters, Whythorne’s Shadow
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: An eloquent account of a rarely heard British cello concertoMusicians: Guy Johnston (cello) Rebekah Coffey (soprano) Ulster Orchestra/JoAnn FallettaComposer: MoeranWritten in 1945, Moeran’s Cello Concerto is a lyrical work. It is given a sensitive and persuasive rendition by British cellist Guy Johnston, ...
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ArticleSouth Korean violinist Youjin Lee wins Klein String Competition
Youjin Lee, a 17-year-old South Korean violinist, has won first prize at the Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, US. Lee (pictured), who studies with Danielle Belen and Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Young Artists Academy in Los Angeles, received cash and solo appearances ...
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BlogsThe indomitable musical spirit of Ida Haendel
Ariane Todes listens to a new CD by the great violinist
