All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 199
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ArticleHaydn's Cello Concerto no.1 arranged for seven cellos
Cellist Amit Peled and his Peabody Institute students perform Haydn's Cello Concerto no.1 in C major in an arrangement for solo cello and six-cello accompaniment by Douglas Moore.Read Peled's blog on 'How I came to play Pablo Casals’s 1733 Goffriller cello'.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital ...
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ArticleCellist Natalie Clein performs Bach
I feel in the back of my mouth that I have been speaking after I have performed Bach. There is a conversational element to his music, which taps into the language part of the brain'Natalie Clein plays an excerpt from Bach's Cello Suite in G major BWV1007 and ...
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ReviewBach: Suites for solo cello nos.1—6 BWV1007—12
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: An idiosyncratic and sometimes rash take on Bach€™s cycle of suitesMusicians: Nina Kotova (cello)Composer: BachCatalogue Number: Warner Classics 0825646394111 (two discs)Baroque music has not hitherto loomed large in the career of Nina Kotova, and while there is much to enjoy here, a few more ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony masterclass † Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
I would like to look at the impact that vibrato, which is the domain of our left hand, has on our right hand, and how the two are connected via our brain.' Sydney Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Andrew Haveron gives a masterclass on an audition excerpt from the ...
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NewsResearch shows the influence of Stradivarius on violin development
Published in the online journal Plos One, the study was conducted by Daniel Chitwood
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ArticleSydney Symphony double bass masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.9
In an audition situation, we're usually a little bit nervous, so we lose some of the energy in our playing. We therefore really have to think technically about how we can maximise our dynamic range' Kees Boersma, principal double bass of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an ...
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NewsStradivarius violin is top lot at Beare’s first online auction
The c.1698 instrument went for £1.7m during the sale in Late October
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Article2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform AC/DC's Thunderstruck
2Cellos, Mischa Maisky and Giovanni Sollima perform an arrangement of rock band AC/DC's Thunderstruck for four cellos at the final concert of the Cello Biennale Amsterdam 2014. Read 2Cellos' Double Acts interview. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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FocusDouble Acts: Cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser of 2Cellos
The London-trained duo performed at the Amsterdam Cello Biennale on 24 October. Bella Clifford spoke to them about friendship, rivalry and crossing the non-classical divide.
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ReviewFranck: Sonata in A major. Grieg: Violin Sonata no.3 in C minor op.45. Dvorák: Four Romantic Pieces op.75
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: A classy partnership at work in three Romantic masterpiecesMusicians: Renaud Capuçon (violin) Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)Composer: Franck, Grieg, DvorákCatalogue Number: Erato 0825646250189This high-profile partnership naturally prompts expectations to match and, in the main, the French violinist and Georgian pianist fulfil their promise. Renaud ...
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NewsGerman freelance music teacher wage is ‘beneath contempt’, says Anne-Sophie Mutter
The star violinist has lent her support to teacher demonstrations throughout the country
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ReviewBerlioz: Harold en Italie (arr. Liszt). Liszt: Nuages gris, Romance oubliée, Oh quand je dors, Schlaflos! Frage und Antwort
The Strad Issue: November 2014Description: An unusual programme that gives a new context for Berlioz's viola-led symphonyMusicians: Jennifer Stumm (viola) Elizabeth Pridgen (piano)Composer: Berlioz, LisztCatalogue Number: Orchid Classics ORC 100044In her engaging booklet notes, Jennifer Stumm makes an eloquent case both for Berlioz’s Byronic epic Harold in ...
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NewsAtlanta Symphony musicians and management agree on new contract
The four-year deal, which includes provisions for increased musician numbers, ends a two-month deadlock
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ArticleYehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform the Bach Double
Legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform Bach's Double Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsSix winning 2014 Young Concert Artists announced, including four string players
The New York organisation will promote the winning musicians with concerts and management
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NewsMastermind of $5m ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius violin theft receives seven-year prison sentence
Salah Salahadyn orchestrated the January 2014 stun gun attack on Milwaukee Symphony concertmaster Frank Almond
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Salut d'amour
The Strad's November 2014 issue cover star, violinist James Ehnes, performs Elgar's Salut d'amour on the Stradivarius, 'La Pucelle' violin, 1709.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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NewsDouble bassist Duncan McTier pleads guilty to sexual assaults on students
Three attacks took place during the 1980s and 1990s while McTier was a professor at the Royal Northern College of Music and the Purcell School in the UK
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NewsViolinist-turned-Olympian Vanessa-Mae banned from skiing for four years
The International Ski Federation ruled that the athlete’s qualifying scores were manipulated
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ArticleNatalie Clein performs and discusses Elgar's Cello Concerto
We're very lucky as cellists. We don't have as many concertos as violinists or pianists, but when a number of composers decided to write for us, they poured their heart out and wrote some of their best works'Natalie Clein discusses and performs Elgar's Cello Concerto with the South ...
