All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 206
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FocusBribery should not be used as motivation to practise
For years violin teacher Miranda Hughes used rewards and incentives to motivate her pupils to practise. Then she took on her own daughter and had to question her whole approach
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ReviewBoulez: Anthèmes I. Ysaÿe: Solo Sonatas nos.2 & 4. Sciarrino: 6 Capricci. Widmann: Etudes nos.1–3
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Violin wizardry in a recital that plays off works from different eras against each otherMusicians: Carolin Widmann (violin)Composer: Boulez, Ysaÿe, Sciarrino, Widmann Response to Carolin Widmann’s Ysaÿe is inevitably coloured by the modern works that surround it – maybe her own playing ...
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FocusNever ignore a niggling pain, says cellist David Finckel
The former Emerson Quartet cellist on how a growing back problem led to two weeks on a friend's sofa
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ReviewCooke: Violin Sonata no.2, Viola Sonata, Cello Sonata no.2
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Music from a largely forgotten contemporary of Tippett and RubbraMusicians: Susanne Stanzeleit (violin) Morgan Goff (viola) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Raphael Terroni (piano)Composer: CookeYorkshire-born Arnold Cooke (1906–2005) studied for three years in Berlin with Paul Hindemith and wrote six symphonies as well as ...
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ArticleViolinist Nigel Kennedy performs Bach's Two-Part Inventions
Violinist Nigel Kennedy and cellist Juliet Welchman perform arrangements of Bach's Two-Part Inventions nos. 1, 6, 8 and 14, originally written for keyboard.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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GalleryFrom the Archive: an Antonio Gragnani violin, 1750
This illustration of an Antonio Gragnani violin was published in The Strad, March 1916. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Made in Leghorn, Italy, Gragnani’s instruments almost always possess a good tone, and on occasion he could, and did produce examples of good form and finish, ...
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FocusIs playing on the same string the only way to achieve even tone colour?
How much and where should we change strings in order to obtain different colour and different intensity, asks Rok KlopÄiÄ
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ReviewColours of the Heart. Debussy: Violin Sonata. Delius: Violin Sonata no.3. Ravel: Violin Sonata. Grieg: Songs (arr. Sauret)
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Sensitive accounts of music full of sensual allureMusicians: Midori Komachi (violin) Simon Callaghan (piano)Composer: Debussy, Delius, Ravel, GriegDebussy’s Violin Sonata tantalisingly fuses stream-of-consciousness sensuality with structural and gestural Classical norms. Midori Komachi leans more towards the former, characterising the composer’s episodic asides ...
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ArticleString quartet joined by impromptu ballet dancers in the NY subway
The Brazilian Arts Ensemble, violinists Eliano Braz and Rebekah Butler, violist Allyson Clare and cellist Tim Rusterholz, performs Bach's Third Brandenburg Concerto in the New York subway † joined halfway through by a group of impromptu ballet dancers.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part ...
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FocusChoosing the right rosin for your instrument
It's that yellow - or brown - stuff you put on your bow before you play and the white dust you clean off afterwards. But what is it and how do you choose it, asks Sonia Joseph
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ReviewFranck: Violin Sonata in A major. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Largely successful accounts of two Romantic sonatasMusicians: Arabella Steinbacher (violin) Robert Kulek (piano)Composer: Franck, StraussFew works are so crucially dependent on those magical places between and behind the notes of a written score being fully explored as Franck’s chromatically superheated yet at ...
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FocusMusic examiners should be fair and encouraging
As an examiner for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, Ita Herbert has spent years coaxing the best out of her candidates in the UK and overseas
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ReviewChamber Music from the Dresden Court. Handel: Trio Sonatas in G minor HWV393 & E major HWV394. Fux: Trio Sonata in A major K340. Fasch: Trio Sonata in D major. Telemann: Trio Sonata in E flat major fr
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: A surfeit of ornamentation mars an otherwise worthwhile collectionMusicians: Ensemble DiderotComposer: Handel, Fux, Fasch, Telemann, TumaIn this resonant, appropriately balanced recording, period-instrument Ensemble Diderot performs a selection of trio sonatas by composers who had associations with the Dresden court. Three world premiere ...
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ArticleNew York Philharmonic performs Danse Macabre
The New York Philharmonic rings in the New Year with a performance of Saint-Saëns's Danse Macabre conducted by Lorin Maazel, featuring then concertmaster Glenn Dicterow in the solo violin role. The concert took place on New Year's Eve 2008.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleCellist Bernard Greenhouse performs Song of the Birds aged 95
American cellist Bernard Greenhouse performs the Catalan 'Song of the Birds', arranged by his teacher Pablo Casals, at the age of 95. Watch Greenhouse give a masterclass on Haydn's Second Cello Concerto. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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NewsUS Department of Transportation finalises law for carrying instruments on board airlines
Small instruments such as violins are now legally allowed as carry-on baggage provided there is available stowage space
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ReviewHaydn: String Quartets op.20
The Strad Issue: January 2015Description: Modern-instrument Haydn performed with period sensitivitiesMusicians: Doric QuartetComposer: HaydnListening to the Doric Quartet’s excellent op.20 set, one is struck by Haydn’s inventiveness. This is indeed visceral and subversive music, and this admirable group brings out all these tendencies beautifully. As I suggested ...
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NewsChinese collector buys 1727 Stradivarius violin
The instrument is the first Stradivarius to be owned by a private individual based on the Chinese mainland
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Pierre Silvestre violin, Lyons 1847
This illustration of a Pierre Silvestre violin was published in The Strad, May 1916. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:I have met with other Silvestre instruments which in beauty of material have equalled or surpassed the illustrated instrument, but taking all points of workmanship, wood, ...
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NewsAmerican violinist David Radzynski named Israel Philharmonic concertmaster
The 28-year-old takes up the position in March 2015
