All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 180
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ArticleLeonidas Kavakos and Joshua Bell perform Ysaÿe's Sonata for 2 Violins
Leonidas Kavakos, who has written a Masterclass on Brahms's Violin Concerto for The Strad's June 2014 issue, performs Ysaÿe's Sonata for 2 Violins with Joshua Bell at the Verbier Festival.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single ...
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NewsStrasbourg Music Festival 2014 cancelled due to poor ticket sales
The French festival was due to open next week with 15 events
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ReviewBritten: Cello Symphony op.68, Cello Sonata in C major op.65
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Enlightening accounts of two key Britten works for celloMusicians: Zuill Bailey (cello) Natasha Paremski (piano) North Carolina Symphony Orchestra/Grant LlewellynComposer: BrittenThis live concert performance of the Cello Symphony, captured over two nights in North Carolina, is made extra exciting by its vibrant recorded sound ...
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ArticleAmihai Grosz performs Don Quixote viola solo
Berlin Philharmonic principal viola Amihai Grosz performs the viola solo from Richard Strauss's Don Quixote with the Berlin PO conducted by Donald Runnicles in December 2011. Grosz is one of a number of orchestral principals interviewed about the demands of performing Strauss works in the June ...
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NewsWest Dean College instrument making tutor Shem Mackey receives QEST Award
The Award for excellence in British craftsmanship recognises his contribution to instrument making through research and tuition
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BlogsTackling the demands of Richard Strauss orchestral works
Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Jason Horowitz gives advice on how to approach some of the most famous – and challenging – works of the great late-Romantic composer
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartet op.51 ‘Die sieben letzte Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze’
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: A performance that finds the spirituality in Haydn’s sacred meditationsMusicians: Casals QuartetComposer: HaydnWith sparing use of vibrato and subtlety in the application of tonal colours, the players of the Casals Quartet bring a suitably devotional approach to Haydn’s ‘Seven Last Words of Christ ...
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartet in F minor op.20 no.5. Trümpy: String Quartet II
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Restless live recordings of quartets old and newMusicians: Szymanowski QuartetComposer: Haydn, TrümpyFor this second volume in the Szymanowski Quartet’s ‘First Performance’ series, you can choose between watching this live concert on a Blu-Ray disc at a sampling rate of 96,000Hz and 24-bit resolution ...
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NewsDetroit Symphony Orchestra appoints Kevin Brown as new principal double bass
The 27-year-old has been a regular guest musician with major orchestras throughout the US
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Nicolaus Gagliano
This illustration of an inlaid violin by Nicolaus Gagliano was published in The Strad, July 1927. The following text is extracted from an article accompanying the photographs: Though our illustrated Nicolaus Gagliano violin is a very late-dated specimen, betraying decided modifications of style, it shows the clean-cut positive manner of ...
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NewsMetropolitan Opera must cut orchestra and chorus wages to avoid bankruptcy, says manager
Negotiations are currently taking place, but unions have threatened strike action
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ArticleYo-Yo Ma performs Don Quixote cello solo
Yo-Yo Ma joins the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach to perform the cello solo in Richard Strauss's Don Quixote at Carnegie Hall in 2004.Orchestral principals talk about the challenges of performing Strauss works in the June 2014 issue of The Strad, out now. You can also read ...
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NewsAustralian Chamber Orchestra adds rare Guarneri violin to its collection
The 1714 Joseph Guarneri 'filius Andreae' has been bought for US$1.35m
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ArticleSamuel Tan performs Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro
An eight-year-old Samuel Tan from Singapore performs Kreisler's Praeludium and Allegro. The violinist has just won the top prize at the 21st International Andrea Postacchini Violin Competition in Fermo, Italy at the age of nine – competing against musicians up to the age of 35. Subscribe to ...
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ReviewAnyone with a Heart
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Three jazz musicians collaborate in a classical mediumMusicians: Iiro Rantala String TrioComposer: VariousThe make-up of a piano trio means different things to classical and jazz audiences. To the latter, it refers to the classic line-up of piano, double bass and drums of Oscar Peterson ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureHow to breathe freely when playing a stringed instrument
Ruth Phillips describes how she persuades musicians to rediscover their body and their instrument through the gentle art of inhaling
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NewsNine-year-old wins top prize at international violin competition
Samuel Tan from Singapore was competing against musicians up to the age of 35
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ReviewKagel: Piano Trios nos.1–3
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Playfulness and tragedy lie side by side in dazzling performancesMusicians: ImÁ ge TrioComposer: KagelOn the surface, Mauricio Kagel’s three piano trios sound traditional enough, with fairly conventional melodies, often tonal harmonies and precious few moments of avant-garde weirdness. But look further and ...
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News15-year-old cellist Zlatomir Fung wins Klein Competition in San Francisco
The artist receives a cash award and performance opportunities around California
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ArticleBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra performs Also sprach Zarathustra
Mariss Jansons conducts the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra in 2007 in Munich. Orchestral principals talk about the challenges of performing Strauss works in the June 2014 issue of The Strad, out now. You can also read Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist ...
