All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 161
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FocusProtecting your stringed instrument in sub-zero temperatures
As the 'polar vortex' maintains its icy grip on the US, The Strad revisits Douglas Lay's article on keeping your stringed instrument healthy during the winter months
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ArticleSphinx Organisation string competition winners to benefit from $4m gift
The Competition is open to Black and Latino string players residing in the US
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ArticleThe Silk Road Ensemble performs Arabian Waltz
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Project in 1998 to develop cultural and educational projects through interaction between different performers and cultures from around the world. Here the ensemble performs Rabih Abou-Khalil's Arabian Waltz. The Silk Road Project features in our Alternative Ensembles feature published in the January ...
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ArticleBerklee World Strings perform The Passion of Rumi
The Berklee World Strings and vocalist Mayssa Karaa perform Hafez Nazeri's The Passion of Rumi at the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts in November 2012. The performance features violin soloist Layth Othman Al Rubaye and cello soloist Naseem Alatrash, who is interviewed in our Alternative Ensembles ...
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ReviewSchubert: String Quartet in D minor D810 ‘Death and the Maiden’, String Quintet in C major D956
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Riveting performances that expose the extremes of Schubertian expressionMusicians: Pavel Haas Quartet, Danjulo Ishizaka (cello)Composer: SchubertThese are superb performances. The Pavel Haas Quartet presents Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet as a dichotomy, pretty much divided into loud Schubert and soft ...
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ReviewTaneyev: String Quartets vol.3: nos.5 & 7
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A rewarding continuation of a survey of the Russian composer’s quartetsMusicians: Carpe Diem QuartetComposer: Taneyev It is a couple of years since I reviewed the Carpe Diem Quartet’s last release in its distinguished ongoing Taneyev series for Naxos (see The ...
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ReviewSaint-Saëns: Violin Concerto no.3 in B minor op.61, Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33, La muse et le poète op.132
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Brotherly rivalry and collaboration on display in tasteful performancesMusicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Gautier Capuçon (cello) Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra/Lionel BringuierComposer: Saint-Saëns Saint-Saëns’s music is always brilliantly crafted and when this is matched with memorable melodic invention, he creates a work strong enough to ...
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GalleryFrom the archive: a violin by Joannes Baptista Guadagnini, Turin, 1782
This illustration of a violin by Joannes Baptista Guadagnini from 1782 was published in The Strad, October 1927. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: The violin is a remarkable example of the master’s best tonal period. Only a limited number of Guadagninis are precisely of ...
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ArticleCity of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra violinist awarded RPS/ABO Salomon Prize
Catherine Arlidge is the first violinist to receive the award recognising UK orchestral musicians
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ArticleBach's Chaconne on film: Nathan Milstein
A mighty performance of the ultimate violin work by the Russian violinist
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FocusCelebrating the great violinist Nathan Milstein
In honour of Nathan Milstein's 110th birthday today, The Strad revisits a ‘Great Violinists' article by Julian Haylock, published in the September 2009 issue
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ArticleTwelve-year-old violinist takes top prize at Jefferson Competition
A twelve-year-old violinist from California has become one of the youngest prize winners at the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artists Competition in the contest's history. Robert Chien, who was awarded the second prize, performed Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, op.25 in the finals of the competition, held ...
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ReviewTchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D op.35. Bartók: Violin Concerto no.2
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Stunning live accounts that equal more established studio recordingsMusicians: Isaac Stern (violin) Swiss Festival Orchestra/Lorin Maazel, Ernest AnsermetComposer: Tchaikovsky, BartókTaped at the Lucerne Festival when Isaac Stern was at the height of his powers in 1958 and 1956 respectively, these sophisticated mono recordings ...
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BlogsDoes winning a violin competition at an early age place too much pressure on the artist?
An interview with violinist Nicola Benedetti this week highlights the potential risks of too much success for the very young, writes Charlotte Smith
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ArticleJascha Heifetz performs Bach's Chaconne
A 1970 recording shows the 69-year-old violinist on fine form. Read The Strad’s 7 ways to play perfect chords and see how other great violinists tackled the same work: James Ehnes Arthur Grumiaux Ida Haendel Gidon Kremer Midori Nathan Milstein Viktoria Mullova Gil Shaham Isaac Stern Maxim Vengerov Frank Peter ...
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FocusJascha Heifetz – unique and influential violin virtuoso
Julian Haylock considers the dazzling technique, supreme concentration and absolute clarity of interpretation that made Jascha Heifetz a unique performer
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ArticleMinnesota Orchestra ends 15-month musician lockout with a new three-year contract
Orchestral musicians will return to work on 1 February 2014 at a reduced rate of pay
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ReviewIl Progetto Vivaldi 3. Vivaldi: Cello Concertos in A minor, F major & D major, Concerto for two mandolins in G major (arr. S. & A. Gabetta). Platti: Cello Concertos in C major & C minor. Zani: Cello C
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: The latest instalment in a series exploring Vivaldi and his contemporariesMusicians: Sol Gabetta (cello) Cappella Gabetta/Andres Gabetta (director)Composer: Vivaldi, Platti, Zani, ChelleriThis project’s third volume combines and contrasts concertos by Vivaldi with those of three compatriot contemporaries. Despite her use of an ...
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ArticleMenuhin Competition returns to London in honour of the violinist
The 2016 contest will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the great prodigy
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BlogsJascha Heifetz and Nathan Milstein – two titanic violinists who still divide opinion today
Tully Potter compares the recorded legacy of the two renowned performers
