All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 176
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ArticleNorwegian orchestras hit by pension increases
The Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras are each experiencing financial issues due to wage increases and longer life expectancies
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the archive: a viola by Jacob Stainer, 1670
This illustration of a viola by Jacob Stainer was published in The Strad, May 1925. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: Mr Posner’s Stainer viola is easily the finest, in every respect, known to me. It measures 16 11/16ths in body length, the upper bouts ...
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ReviewMendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor op.64. Adams: Violin Concerto
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Key Romantic and modern concertos make for an auspicious CD debutMusicians: Chad Hoopes (violin) MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra/Kristjan JärviComposer: Mendelssohn, AdamsCleveland-trained Chad Hoopes, playing the magnificent 1713 ‘Cooper’ Stradivari, creates the ideal sound world for the Mendelssohn E minor Concerto: lithe, ...
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ArticleStudy finds professional musicians are four times more likely to develop hearing loss
The research has also found that musicians are 57 per cent more likely to develop tinnitus
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ArticleNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, who appears on the cover of The Strad's May 2014 issue, performs Rachmaninoff's Vocalise with pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in the lobby of San Francisco's Classical 102.1 KDFC-FM. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ReviewSibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor op.47, Humoresques in D major op.87 no.2, G minor op.89 no.2 & E flat major op.89 no.3. Adès: Violin Concerto ‘Concentric Paths’
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A fresh but purposeful coupling of two violin concertosMusicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Hannu LintuComposer: Sibelius, AdèsThe Sibelius and Adès violin concertos are not obvious companions for a CD. But Augustin Hadelich likes pairing pieces in which he sees subtle ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Piano Trio in E flat major op.70 no.2. Schumann: Piano Trio no.3 in G minor op.110
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Vivid interpretations of two contrasting piano triosMusicians: Les Esprits TrioComposer: Beethoven, SchumannThe members of Les Esprits Trio – violinist Mi-Sa Yang, cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière and pianist Adam Laloum – founded just two years ago, are all graduates of the Paris ...
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ArticleChicago Symphony Orchestra appoints two new violas
Wei-Ting Kuo from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Danny Lai from the Colorado Symphony Orchestra join the CSO on 19 May
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ReviewEuropean Folkscapes
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A tour of European folk traditions that misses the rustic elementMusicians: Apollo Chamber Players: Matthew Detrick, Anabel Ramirez (violin) Whitney Bullock (viola) Matthew Dudzik (cello)Composer: TradThis Houston-based string quartet is dedicated to performing music that bridges classical music and folk traditions. The ...
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ArticleThe Kronos Quartet performs on Sesame Street
The Kronos Quartet, which celebrates 40 years of performing in The Strad's May 2014 issue, appears on Sesame Street in 1987. See selected pictures from the magazine feature in our online Kronos Quartet gallery. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana
Hilary Hahn, who was guest editor of The Strad's June 2012 issue, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 and Milstein's Paganiniana at the Verbier Festival in 2007. You can read excerpts from Hahn's interviews in the June 2012 here. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ReviewVibrez: Works by Wagner, Schubert, Liszt, Wieniawski, Mendelssohn, Bach, Barber (all arr. Birchall) & Sollima
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Luxuriant performances of music largely arranged for eight cellosMusicians: CellophonyComposer: Wagner, Schubert, Liszt, Wieniawski, Mendelssohn, Bach, Barber (all arr. Birchall) & SollimaThis release is a debut both for London-based cello octet Cellophony and for Edition’s new Classics label. ‘Vibrez’, a request not ...
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ArticleDallas Symphony Orchestra violinist Arkady Fomin has died
The violinist was also artistic director of the New Conservatory of Dallas
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BlogsWriting a violin concerto in the 21st century
Composer Nimrod Borenstein, who has written a new violin concerto for Dmitry Sitkovestky, writes about historical precedent, expectation and the challenge of beauty
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ReviewConcertos Parlando. Shchedrin: Concerto parlando for violin, trumpet and strings. Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto op.35. Prokofiev: Five Melodies op.35b (orch. Prokofiev/Shchedrin). Dvarionas: Pezzo eleg
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An enterprising collection centring around a new Russian concertoMusicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) MartinuHurrell (trumpet) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Mikhail Agrest, Lithuanian National Philharmonic Orchestra/Robertas Š ervenikasComposer: Shchedrin,Tchaikovsky,Prokofiev,DvarionasTwelve years ago the French violinist Philippe Graffin asked Rodion Shchedrin if he would compose a work for ...
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ArticleStudy finds musical training increases blood flow to language centres of the brain
Just 30 minutes of musical training can significantly change brain patterns
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ArticleJanine Jansen performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso
Janine Jansen, who appears in the Last Night of the Proms 2014, performs Saint-Saëns's Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
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ArticlePhilanthropist donates AUS$510,000 to Australian String Quartet's Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of a quartet of Guadagninis on loan to the ensemble
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ReviewPierné: Piano Quintet in E minor op.41. Vierne: String Quartet in D minor op.12
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Triumphant resuscitation of long-forgotten French chamber worksMusicians: Goldner Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)Composer: Pierné, VierneThe record industry continues to titillate with a seemingly unending feast of seldom-performed music. Here we have two names who enjoyed enormous success in their lifetime, but whose chamber ...
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ArticleViolinist Nikolaj Znaider accused of tax evasion by Danish authorities
It has been alleged the violinist overstayed the country's taxation threshold between 2006 and 2007
