All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 215
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Shostakovich's Violin Concerto no.1 cadenza
David Oistrakh performs the cadenza to Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto. Watch David Oistrakh perform Bach’s Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin. Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti’s ‘s influence on Prokofiev’s violin concertos and sonatas in The Strad’s March 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad ...
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ArticleMaxim Vengerov on playing the violin like Mozart
Violinist Maxim Vengerov gives a masterclass on Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto at the Royal Academy of Music, London - including a humorous impression of Mozart's violin playing.The full 48-minute video is available to buy as a download or DVD through the Masterclass Media Foundation.Watch Vengerov give a showstopping ...
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BlogsViolinist Nikolaj Znaider on self-promotion through social media and YouTube
The Strad’s March 2015 cover star says the form must never overshadow the substance
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NewsThe Strad Sundays – FREE at London's Barbican
The Strad marks its 125th anniversary by partnering with the LSO International Violin Festival
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ReviewLittle Girl Blue: From Nina Simone
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: A cellist’s tribute to the music of a great jazz singer–songwriterMusicians: Sonia Wieder-Atherton (cello) Bruno Fontaine (piano) Laurent Kraif (percussion)Composer: Nina SimoneCellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton continues her impressively varied output on the Naïve label with a new project to follow recordings of music ...
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NewsNew York Youth Symphony rejects commissioned work over Nazi reference
The orchestra pulled the plug on a performance at Carnegie Hall when it was discovered the work contained the Nazi anthem
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ReviewShostakovich: String Quartets nos.14 op.142 & 15 op.144; Two Pieces op.36
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: The Czech ensemble offers rapt readings of Shostakovich’s last quartetsMusicians: Pražák QuartetComposer: ShostakovichThe two Shostakovich quartets on this recording are described in the booklet as his last diptych, although the proofreader missed the wild inaccuracy of his dates, given here as 1841–1904, ...
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ReviewLeclair: Sonatas for two unaccompanied violins op.3
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Proficient performances of Leclair’s Italian–French fusionsMusicians: Anima ConcordiaComposer: LeclairHusband-and-wife Baroque violin duo Paul Herrera and Kaori Toda form a technically assured and cohesive partnership in these accounts of Leclair’s Six Sonatas op.3. They thoroughly acknowledge Leclair’s marriage of Italian and French styles ...
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Premium ❘ FocusFrom the Archive: conducting tips for players
In The Strad’s March 1930 issue, G.W. Johnstone gave tips for players thinking of taking up the conductor’s baton – drawn from years of witnessing less-than-exceptional conducting as an orchestral musician
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ArticleViolinist performs while suspended upside down from bridge
Félix Analís performs his violin while suspended upside down from a bridge in Xalapa, Mexico.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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NewsQueen Elisabeth Competition 2015 names shortlisted violin candidates
A number of the 69 contestants are prize winners from other international competitions
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Brahms's Third Violin Sonata
Violinist David Oistrakh and pianist Sviatoslav Richter perform Brahms's Third Violin Sonata. Watch Oistrakh perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. Read about David Oistrakh and Joseph Szigeti’s ‘s influence on Prokofiev’s violin concertos and sonatas in The Strad’s March 2015 issue, out now. Subscribe to The Strad or download ...
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FocusFinding the perfect cello endpin † and how to stop it slipping
Most cellists can tell an embarrassing tale about a spike calamity, says Alice McVeigh
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ArticleBruno Giuranna plays a 1715 Stradivarius viola
Bruno Giuranna, who writes about tone production in The Strad's March 2015 issue Technique section, performs Marin Marais on a 1717 Stradivarius viola with pianist Clara Dutto at the Museo del Violino in Cremona, Italy. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of ...
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ReviewMeyer: Sounds of Being
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Stylish, philosophical new works for virtual viola ensembleMusicians: Jessica Meyer (viola, loop pedal, vocals)Composer: MeyerMaking an album of new music for solo viola is a brave move. But New York violist and composer Jessica Meyer builds a sound world with each piece ...
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NewsViolin maker claims to have discovered the location of buried Nazi treasure
Cyril Whistler says he has cracked the code hidden in the score of Gottfried Federlein’s 'Marsch-Impromptu'
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NewsSeoul Philharmonic Orchestra cancels US tour
The ensemble cites a government cut in its touring budget
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NewsKarajan Music Prize 2015 goes to conductor and violinist Thomas Hengelbrock
Worth €50,000, the award must be used by the recipient to further the careers of young musicians
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GalleryMoscow Camerata Chamber Orchestra presents 'Five Great Violins'
The Moscow Camerata Chamber Orchestra, led by violinist and artistic director Dmitri Kogan, presented 'Five Great Violins', a programme of popular classics at London’s Barbican Centre on 30 March 2015. The solos are played on five instruments by the great masters: Nicolò Amati, Antonio Stradivarius, Giuseppe Guarnieri del Gesù, J.B. ...
