All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 187
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ReviewIl Violino Boemo. František Benda: Violin Sonatas in B flat major, C minor & A major (attrib. Carl Graun). Gurecký: Violin Sonata in D major. Jiránek: Violin Sonatas in F major & C major
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An enjoyable collection of 18th-century Bohemian violin sonatasMusicians: Lenka Torgersen (violin) Libor Mašek (cello) Václav Luks (harpsichord)Composer: František Benda, Gurecký, JiránekLenka Torgersen offers strong, meticulously prepared readings of these pieces, which display remarkable flair and imagination. Her articulation, smoothly contoured phrasing and ...
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ArticleViolinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen on practising Bach and Brahms
'I play the passage slowly at first, without vibrato, in order to concentrate on bow distribution, speed and developing a more natural line.' Violinist Tamsin Waley Cohen, who has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's August 2014 issue, gives an insight into how she practises ...
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BlogsPlaying with less emotion can create more beautiful music
Putting in more effort does not necessarily mean greater improvement, writes violin professor and soloist Andrej Bielow
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NewsFormer head of strings Malcolm Layfield charged with rape
The musician was formerly head of strings at the Royal Northern College of Music and taught at Chetham's
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NewsNew international jazz violin competition awards first €10,000 prize
Bartosz Dworak has won the €10,000 first prize at the inaugural Zbigniew Seifert International Jazz Violin Competition. The 26-year-old received the award on 19 July at a gala concert in Kraków, Poland. The competition was held as part of the city’s 2014 Summer Jazz Festival. Second ...
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ReviewThe Hidden Violin. Godard: Solo Violin Sonatas no.1 in B minor op.20 & no.2 in A minor. Sinding: Chaconne from Suite in D minor op.123. Vecsey: Preludio e Fuga in C minor. Joachim: Schottische Melodie
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Repertoire that reinforces the lure of Bach on solo violin writingMusicians: Vaughan Jones (violin)Composer: Godard, Sinding, Vecsey, Joachim, Saint-LubinThe majority of multi-movement works for solo violin are predominantly serious in tone and appear musically tongue-tied in deference to Bach’s towering sonata and ...
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NewsYouth orchestra concertmaster, 18, loaned c.1685 ‘Sauret' Stradivarius violin
Roberto Ruisi, the 18-year-old concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYOGB), will perform on the c.1685 ‘Sauret’ Stradivarius violin for the orchestra’s final three concerts this season. The instrument, valued at £1m, has been loaned by 83-year-old violinist and teacher John Ludlow, who in ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri
This illustration of a violin by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri was published in The Strad, September 1913. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: For sheer beauty of form, workmanship, varnish, and – what is or should be of supreme importance – tone, the magnificent violin pictured ...
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ArticleThe 'violoncelle des tranchées'
In the August 2014 issue, The Strad reports on how string players in the trenches of the First World War kept up their playing by creating makeshift instruments. Made from packing crates or cases for gas masks and ammunition, the instruments were often described as 'friends' and 'comrades' ...
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FocusHow to use creativity and logic to help your practice
Shelly Tramposh explains how you can practise more effectively by combining the interpretative flair of an artist with the problem-solving skills of an engineer
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ReviewMincek: String Quartet no.3 ‘lift–tilt–filter–split’. Rihm: Quartettstudie. Franzson: on Repetition and Reappearances. Lara: Corde vocale
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Swagger and style in an imaginative selection of contemporary worksMusicians: Mivos QuartetComposer: Mincek, Rihm, Franzson, LaraFormed in 2008, the New York-based Mivos Quartet already has a highly distinctive musical personality, demonstrated here in performances of edge-of-your-seat intensity, which still display a remarkable sense ...
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NewsAdrian Brendel appointed Nash Ensemble cellist
UK cellist Adrian Brendel has been appointed as a member of the Nash Ensemble. His first performance with the chamber music group will take place on 18 October at London's Wigmore Hall. The concert will mark the start of the ensemble's 50th anniversary season. Born in 1976, ...
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FocusRecord instrument prices of the past
The sale of the ‘Lady Blunt' Stradivarius violin for £9.8m in 2011 broke all auction records, but high prices for instruments are nothing new, writes Benjamin Hebbert
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NewsCellists can be adrenaline 'thrivers' or 'crumplers', finds study
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub A new study into cellists’ behaviour has identified two different reactions to performing on stage. Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that the musicians could be categorised as either ‘thrivers’ or ‘crumplers’ when placed in a performance ...
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FocusHow to phrase feedback get the best from your student
Are the words teachers use helping or harming their students? Femke Colborne learns from psychologists and string instructors that the way feedback is phrased can dramatically affect a student's progress
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ReviewMozart: Violin Concertos no.3 in G major K216, no.4 in D major K218 & no.5 in A major K219
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: Accounts of the concertos for those who prefer a modern approachMusicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel DoddsComposer: MozartHaving largely built her recording career in the realm of 20th-century composers, Arabella Steinbacher returns to her roots and a work with which she first ...
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ReviewWhite Nights – Viola Music from St Petersburg, Vol. 2. Prokofiev: Pieces from Romeo and Juliet (selection, arr. Borisovsky). Banshikov: Viola Sonata. Shostakovich: Viola Sonata
The Strad Issue: January 2014Description: An enterprising disc in a series celebrating Russian viola musicMusicians: Tatjana Masurenko (viola) Roglit Ishay (piano)Composer: Prokofiev, Banshikov, ShostakovichThe three pieces on this CD make for a nicely varied programme by the St Petersburg-trained Tatjana Masurenko, viola professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in ...
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ArticleRuggiero Ricci answers audience questions, aged 91
Maestro, which type of bow did you use to perform Paganini's Caprice no.5? 'A good one!' In celebration of his 91st birthday, the late, great violinist Ruggiero Ricci gives a masterclass and answers audience questions at Scripps College, Claremont, California in 2009 to great comic effect. Subscribe ...
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NewsBritish Airways breaks violin
Airline staff forced the musician to check the instrument into the hold
