All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 164
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ArticleEU pledges €200,000 to Sistema Europe and Canada exchange programme
The project will enable 2,000 young Italian, English and Canadian musicians to perform together
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ArticleEmerson String Quartet performs Shostakovich's Quartet no.3
The Emerson String Quartet performs the third movement of Shostakovich's String Quartet no.3 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. Cellist David Finckel, who stepped down from his post last year, has written a guide on building and maintaining a successful career. ...
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ArticleScientists reveal secrets of string quartet synchrony
Researchers from the UK’s Royal Academy of Music (RAM) and University of Birmingham and the University of Münster in Germany say they have discovered a way of analysing how musicians in a string quartet stay in time. Musicians in a conductorless group continuously make millisecond timing corrections ...
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FocusBringing true ensemble playing to your string quartet
In the following excerpt from an article on string quartet playing, published in The Strad, April 1908, our writer offers advice on achieving cohesion – and interest – in your group playing
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ArticleThe Takács Quartet performs Schubert's Death and the Maiden
The Takács Quartet performs the second movement from Schubert's Death and the Maiden String Quartet no.14, filmed at Hopetoun House, Scotland in 1998.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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DebateWhy we should question our prejudices
The string world has overcome many preconceptions, but there's still room for improvement, says Ariane Todes
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GalleryFrom the archive: a violin by Joseph Guarnerius del Gesù, 1739
This illustration of a 1739 Joseph Guarnerius del Gesù violin was published in The Strad, July 1933. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: The history of this fine Joseph is as follows: It was originally in the possession of Count Castelbarco of Milan, and was ...
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ArticleThe Strad February 2014 issue is on sale now
Double bass issue celebrates the talent and creativity in today's double bass world
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ReviewInto the Ravine. Berkeley: Oboe Quintet ‘Into the Ravine’. McCabe: String Quartet no.7 ‘Summer Eves’. Williams: String Quartet no.4
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Strong advocacy for three recent British string worksMusicians: Carducci Quartet, Nicholas Daniel (oboe)Composer: Berkeley, McCabe, WilliamsThe Carducci Quartet’s first release on Signum Classics brings first recordings of three British works, all of which the group has premiered at the Presteigne Festival in ...
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ArticleCellist Alexander Ivashkin has died aged 65
The Russian cellist premiered a large number of works throughout his career by such composers as Schnittke and Penderecki
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ArticleDouble bassist Rick Stotijn performs Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Double bassist Rick Stotijn, violinist Cecilia Bernardini and pianist Jeroen Bal perform Otoño Porteño from Piazzolla's Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, arranged for trio by Marijn van Prooijen. The video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam for VPRO Vrije Geluiden. Stotijn features in The Strad's February 2014 issue, which ...
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ReviewDavid Le Page: The Reinvention of Harmony and Imagination
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A diverting but diffuse mix of quasi-Vivaldi, Minimalism and jazzMusicians: David Le Page (violin/viola) Nick Stringfellow (cello) Meherban Gillett (double bass) David Gordon (harpsichord) Graham Instrall (percussion)Composer: David Le PageAs well as leading the Orchestra of the Swan, an adventurous chamber orchestra ...
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ReviewBeethoven: String Quartets in E minor op.59 no.2 & E flat major op.127
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A Beethoven quartet coupling with plenty to enjoyMusicians: Cremona QuartetComposer: BeethovenWe may have grown accustomed to closely recorded string quartets in a relatively dry acoustic, but this Audite release is quite different in its spacious and resonant perspective. Not one for those ...
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ReviewContactoTango. ?Beytelmann: Cinco piezas. Borda: El viento de verdad. Aguirre: Liberación. Varvello: Entrelazados. Piazzolla: Dos piezas breves, Le grand tango, Seis estudios tanguísticos
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A sonically vital survey of Argentinian tango repertoire on violaMusicians: Julia Rebekka Adler (viola) José Gallardo (piano)Composer: Piazzolla, Varvello, Aguirre, Borda, BeytelmannThe younger composers represented in this overview of Argentinian music are in audible debt to Astor Piazzolla, who is rightly given ...
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ArticleAnonymous owner of stolen 'Lipinski' Stradivarius violin issues statement
A reward of $100,000 has also been offered for information leading to the instrument's safe return
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FocusA potted history of Dragonetti – the ‘Paganini of the double bass'
He was Europe's first – and the world's finest – virtuoso double bassist, who was admired by Beethoven and granted favour by Napoleon. But the story of Domenico Dragonetti is shrouded in intrigue: who was the man they called ‘Il Drago'?
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ArticleDouble bassist DaXun Zhang performs Dvorák's Cello Concerto
Double bassist DaXun Zhang performs the second movement of Dvorák's Cello Concerto with the Tokyo Symphony, recorded live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan.Zhang features in The Strad's February 2014 issue 'rise of the double bass' special.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a ...
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ReviewBrahms: String Sextets no.1 in B flat major op.18 & no.2 in G major op.36
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A generally successful pairing of Brahms’s two sextetsMusicians: Pražák Quartet, Petr Holman (viola) Vladimír Fortin (cello)Composer: BrahmsThe expansive opening of Brahms’s B flat major Sextet is one of the great moments in chamber music and the all-Czech Pražák, joined by half of ...
