All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 202
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung is interviewed aged 22
All of my siblings started on piano † but I didn't take to the instrument very well...'A young Kyung Wha Chung, The Strad's December 2014 issue cover star, is interviewed about her background and musical interests prior to a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn discusses and performs Korngold's Violin Concerto
It's kind of rock and roll!' Violinist Hilary Hahn, who this month returned to performing following a four-month absence due to injury, talks about the third movement of Korngold's Violin Concerto. She is currently performing the work with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden. ...
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ReviewBritten: Simple Symphony op.4, Rhapsody, Quartettino, Phantasy in F minor, String Quartet in F major
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: A fascinating insight into the early works of a master of the quartetMusicians: Emperor Quartet, John Metcalfe (viola)Composer: BrittenThis is the third instalment of the Emperor Quartet’s cycle of Britten’s complete works for string quartet. With the three numbered quartets already covered, ...
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NewsUK's Birmingham Conservatoire unveils plans for its new home
The facility is set to open in 2017
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ArticleViolinist Stéphane Grappelli performs As Time Goes By
This week the famous piano on which Sam plays 'As Time Goes By' in the 1942 film Casablanca was sold for $3.4m. In this clip French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli puts his own stylish take on the classic song.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ReviewChopin: Cello Sonata op.65, Etude op.10 no.6 (arr. Glazunov), Wiosna op.74 no.2. Schumann: Adagio and Allegro op.70, Träumerei op.15 no.7 (arr. Davidoff), Im wunderschönen Monat Mai op.48 no.1
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: A double bassist appropriates music for cello and for voice with successMusicians: Orazio Ferrari (double bass) Marco Sanna (piano)Composer: Chopin, SchumannIt shouldn’t still come as a surprise when a double bassist plays almost as flexibly as a cellist, but this is a ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Gennaro Gagliano violin
This illustration of a Gennaro Gagliano violin was published in The Strad, September 1915. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The names of Alexander, and his eldest son Niccolo, were familiar amongst our British fiddlers long before that of Gennaro came to the fore. Today, in ...
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NewsVienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
The orchestra shares its efforts to maintain fairness and describes the complicated process of gaining full membership
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ArticleCellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto with the LSO conducted by Valery Gergiev.Hugh has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's December 2014 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleHow to make a viola tennis racket
Leading British violist Graham Oppenheimer demonstrates the ultimate viola joke by turning his instrument into a tennis racket † complete with expanding foam and ultra tough glaze. Those of a nervous disposition should look away now!Oppenheimer contributes a Masterclass feature on the viola part of Dvorák's Piano Quintet ...
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ArticleViolin made from 16,000 matchsticks is performed in concert
A matchstick violin was heard for the first time in Poland in January 2014. The instrument was constructed by Polish bricklayer Jan GwiŠ¼dŠ¼ in 1937 from 16,000 burnt matchsticks, accumulated over a period of eight years.Initially generating some interest and going on display in the Eiffel Tower in ...
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ReviewAmerican Chamber Music. Copland: Violin Sonata. Ives: Largo. Bernstein: Piano Trio. Carter: Elegy. Barber: String Quartet in B minor op.11
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: An engaging survey of chamber music through a variety of genresMusicians: James Ehnes (violin) Ehnes Quartet, Musicians of the Seattle Chamber Music SocietyComposer: Copland, Ives, Bernstein, Carter, BarberAlthough in many ways Charles Ives was a one-off as a composer, he also proved ...
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NewsDouble bassist and composer Alvin Brehm has died aged 89
The New York-born musician led an active career as a player, teacher, composer and administrator
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FocusCellist Alison McGillivray on studying with Baroque specialist Jennifer Ward Clarke
The Concerto Caledonia performer and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland professor remembers how her teachers encouraged her youthful interest in the Baroque
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ReviewJanácek: Idyll, Suite, Znelka I, String Quartet no.1 ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’ (arr. Kovacic)
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: A quartet writ large and works from the composer’s early yearsMusicians: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum / Ernst KovacicComposer: JanácekPerhaps still better known as a violinist, Ernst Kovacic has since 2007 been artistic director of the Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum in Poland, with ...
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NewsPaganini biopic The Devil’s Violinist set for US release in January 2015
The film stars violinist David Garrett in his movie debut
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ArticleSydney Symphony viola masterclass † Brahms Symphony no.4
We are looking for strengths in three key areas † intonation, sound production and the use of appropriate bowing strokes. But on a deeper level we are looking at your understanding of the music's sound world' Roger Benedict, principal viola of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an ...
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ReviewMenahem Pressler — The 90th Birthday Celebration. Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A major op.81. Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major D667 ‘The Trout’
The Strad Issue: December 2014Description: A veteran of one of the great chamber ensembles still going strong at 90Musicians: Ebène Quartet, Benjamin Berlioz (double bass) Menahem Pressler (piano)Composer: Dvorák, SchubertRecorded live in Paris, this memorable tribute to long-time Beaux Arts Trio pianist Menahem Pressler captures the nonagenarian’s ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman answers student questions
I only get nervous when I suffer a memory lapse. That's when my real creative powers are at work - I'm writing new music and it's not always good!' In 1982 violinist Itzhak Perlman visited the Collegiate School in New York and gave frank and often humorous ...
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NewsApply this week to be part of the Young Orchestra for London
The project unites the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony and London Philharmonic Orchestras, and Barbican and Southbank Centres
