All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 148
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ArticleElectric violinist Mark Wood rock violin solo
Electric violinist Mark Wood is the subject – alongside his cellist brother, Gregory Wood – of our Double Acts back-page interview in the November issue of The Strad. Here he demonstrates his rock violin style in concert. Mark Wood's Masterclass on rock string technique was published in ...
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ReviewGoldmark: Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor op.28; Violin Sonata op.25
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Honest, colourful performances that sometimes underplay the music’s dramaMusicians: Thomas Albertus Irnberger (violin) Pavel Kašpar (piano) Israel Chamber Orchestra/Doron SalomonComposer: Goldmark Goldmark’s Violin Concerto may have suffered from neglect of late, but performances on record include ...
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ArticleAmati first online auction top ten sales
Eleven weeks after launching its online auction division, Amati has announced the results of its first sale. Among the highlights was the sale of a cello (pictured) by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, c.1820, which sold for £124,000, just above its estimate. A silver-mounted cello bow by Nicolas Simon, presented to Amati ...
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ArticleMasterclass: jazz violinist Tim Kliphuis on ghost notes
In our November issue Tim Kliphuis offers tips and tricks for playing in the manner of the great jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli – and gives a masterclass on how to play Grappelli's easy-going waltz Tournesol. Here he demonstrates how to play ghost notes.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Six
The American String Quartet heads for the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, enticed by the invitation to perform Schubert's Quintet – and the promise of fresh lobster
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GalleryString players for Movember – classic moustaches from The Strad archives
Movember is the new November. To signal our support for the Movember mission, we hereby present our gallery of top ten classical moustaches from The Strad archives. With over a hundred years of magazines to choose from there were rich pickings to be had – at least enough for the ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Rostropovich and Richter
In this legendary concert Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter perform the complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas at Usher Hall, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival of 1964.Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm KempffYo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel AxLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn GouldMiklós ...
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ReviewMartinu: Piano trios (complete): Cinq pièces brèves (Piano Trio no.1), Piano Trio nos.2 & 3 (The Great), Bergerettes
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A subtle account that features fluid and sensitive playingMusicians: Arbor Piano Trio Composer: MartinuThe Arbor Trio brings a strong sense of line and lyricism to Martinu’s Cinq pièces brèves (which count as his First Piano Trio), even when the composer is at his ...
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Leonard Rose and Glenn Gould
Cellist Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould perform the Sonata no.3 In A major op.69. Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Rostropovich and Richter Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax Jean-Guihen Queyras and Ichiro Nodaira Natalia Gutman and Viacheslav Poprugin Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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FocusMaking the most of one hour of practice
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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FocusExpert advice on underprepared students, learning the viola clef and playing etudes
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Jean-Guihen Queyras and Ichiro Nodaira
Cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Ichiro Nodaira perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.3 in A major op.69, third movement. Listen to how other great cellists perform the Beethoven Cello Sonatas: Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm Kempff Mstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax Leonard Rose and pianist Glenn Gould Miklós Perényi and pianist ...
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ArticleFrench violinist scoops five prizes at Louis Spohr Violin Competition
David Castro-Balbi of France has won a clutch of awards at the recent International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists held at The Liszt School of Music in Weimar, Germany. The 19-year-old violinist (pictured) was awarded the first prize in category 3 of the competition, for players born between 1995 ...
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ReviewZemlinsky: String Quartets vol.1: no.3 op.19 & no.4 op.25 (Suite), Zwei Sätze
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: Authentically Viennese interpretations from sensitive performersMusicians: Escher QuartetComposer: Zemlinsky As the often neglected fulcrum around whom so many of the great early 20th-century Viennese composers revolved, Alexander Zemlinsky still needs his advocates, but attitudes seem to be ...
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FocusExpert advice on sweet incentives, facial expressions and combating tiredness
Teacher Talk: your string teaching questions answered by our panel of experts
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BlogsTechnique aplenty, but musicality wins the day in Weimar
Young players are well represented at the Louis Spohr Competition, but a little more experience goes a very long way. Rebecca Schmid reports
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ArticleBeethoven Cello Sonatas on film: Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven's Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor.Listen to how other great cellists tackled the Beethoven Cello Sonatas:Pierre Fournier and Wilhelm KempffMstislav Rostropovich and Sviatoslav RichterLeonard Rose and pianist Glenn GouldMiklós Perényi and pianist András SchiffJean-Guihen Queyras and pianist Ichiro NodairaNatalia ...
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GalleryCan you guess this violin from the Library of Congress?
The Library of Congress instrument collection includes this violin, once played by Evelyn Spitalny. It's labelled as a Bergonzi, but curator Carol Lynn Ward-Bamford is not so sure. Do you have any ideas?
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BlogsImportant violin memorabilia at the Library of Congress
The editor Ariane Todes pays a flying but revelatory visit to the string archives of the largest library in the world
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ReviewMendelssohn: String Quartet in A minor op.13. Schnittke: String Quartet no.3
The Strad Issue: January 2013Description: A fresh-faced but patchy disc, despite its intriguing couplingMusicians: Cavaleri QuartetComposer: Mendelssohn, Schnittke My commercial instincts question the viability of a release whenever I encounter such an unusual coupling as this – I wonder about the target audience that ...
