All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 142
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ReviewElgar: Cello Concerto op.85. Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33. Dvorák: Rondo op.94, Silent Woods op.68 no.5
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Spellbinding Elgar and more from a master of the celloMusicians: Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ji?í B?lohlávekComposer: Elgar, Tchaikovsky, DvorákJean-Guihen Queyras is a remarkable artist who breathes new life into well-worn repertoire. Even the salon pieces by Dvorák in this ...
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ArticleAustralian Chamber Orchestra debuts digital installation
A new music installation has been launched in Australia, designed to give listeners a concert experience without any musicians present. Devised by the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO), the project consists of 13 screens, each featuring an ensemble member in performance, surrounding the audience. The sound of each individual musician comes ...
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ArticleGreat string players of the past: Huberman
Silent footage from 1929 shows how the violinist gets round the instrument
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ArticleViolin Society of America journal goes online
Members of the Violin Society of America (VSA) can now search and view pages from the archives of the VSA Journal, the society's 39-year-old magazine. Each of the journal's 74 issues has been scanned in and made available to members only, going back to the first edition in October 1974 ...
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ArticleBudapest Festival Orchestra offers apprenticeships to European Union Youth Orchestra players
The musicians of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO) will get the chance to play as part of the Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) in 2014–15, under a newly announced apprenticeship scheme. The partnership between the two orchestras will mean that EUYO players can work on BFO projects for up to ...
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ReviewRavel: Piano Trio. Debussy: Cello Sonata, Violin Sonata. Fauré: Piano Trio op.120
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A superbly played collection of French duos and triosMusicians: Shaham–Erez–Wallfisch TrioComposer: Ravel, Debussy, Fauré This delightful tranche of French chamber music opens with an exquisite account of Ravel’s 1914 Piano Trio. The first movement is delicate and precious, the staccato ...
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ReviewBach: Cello Suites BWV1007–12. Casals: Song of the Birds
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A few caveats fail to detract from a generally successful traversal of Bach’s SuitesMusicians: Peter Martens (cello)Composer: Bach, CasalsPeter Martens’s interpretations are thoughtfully prepared and generally commendably executed, balancing modern performance practices with the simple clarity of period style. However, the South ...
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Four
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov and his colleagues brave the Beijing heat to bring a diverse programme to the city's concergoers
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ArticleGreat string players of the past: Szigeti performs Schubert
Joseph Szigeti performs Franz Schubert's 1856 work 'The Bee' op.13 no. 9 with pianist Harry Kaufman, in the 1944 film Hollywood Canteen.Szigeti is one of the players featured in our special edition October issue, guest edited by Steven Isserlis. Find out more about the issue, order your copy, or download the digital edition. Find ...
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ReviewBach: Violin Sonatas BWV1014–19
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A fascinating mixture of playing traditions revealed in Bach’s accompanied sonatasMusicians: Michelle Makarski (violin) Keith Jarrett (piano)Composer: BachVersatile violinist Michelle Makarski renews her fruitful association with legendary jazz pianist Keith Jarrett in these strikingly individual accounts. Jarrett emerges as the stronger personality ...
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FocusTeacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by the experts
How long should a student work on a piece?
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FocusFrom the archive: a tribute to the band of the Titanic
This notice from The Strad, May 1912, salutes the eight musicians who famously continued playing as the lifeboats of the Titanic were lowered
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Osmo Vänskä resigns as Minnesota Orchestra's music director
Osmo Vänskä has resigned from the Minnesota Orchestra, bringing to an end his ten-year role as music director. In a statement, the 60-year-old conductor (pictured) said it was ‘a very sad day’ for him personally, although he had originally warned of his intentions in a letter to the management on ...
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ArticleGerman orchestras stage one-day strike
More than 100 orchestras in Germany staged a 24-hour strike on Monday 30 September. The largest such action in Germany since the 1950s, it was organised by the German Orchestra Union on the eve of salary negotiations with the German Stage Association (GSA), the body responsible for the payment of ...
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BlogsThe life and times of a historic London studio – part one
The private residence where some of the legendary players featured in the October issue of The Strad performed is under threat. Nicholas Lane revisits those glorious days – and nights – via first-hand accounts from the time
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ArticleGreat string players of the past: Casals plays Bach
Pablo Casals performs Bach's G major Cello Suite in the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa in Prades, France, in 1954. Casals is one of the players featured in our special edition October issue, guest edited by Steven Isserlis. Find out more about the issue, order your copy, or download the digital edition.
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BlogsThe story behind the cover of The Strad's October issue – part one
Designer Elma Aquino reveals the detailed thinking that took place and the decisions made in putting October's unusual cover together
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ArticleJoshua Bell Carnegie Hall concert cancelled
Tonight's Carnegie Hall concert, to have featured violinist Joshua Bell and double bassist Esperanza Spalding, has been cancelled due to strike action by the hall's stagehands. The New York venue's season-opening performance tonight, 2 October, was scheduled to begin at 7pm in the Stern Auditorium Perelman Stage with ...
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ReviewBeethoven: String Quartets op.59 nos.1—3 ‘Rasumovsky’
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Imposing and fleet-footed Beethoven from a leading US quartetMusicians: Miró QuartetComposer: Beethoven If you are looking for recordings of the three ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartets in a single package, then these two discs from the University of Texas at Austin Center for American ...
