All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 216
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn announces pregnancy, but will complete 2014-15 season
The artist will shortly release a new Mozart and Vieuxtemps album on DG
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ReviewMozart: Violin Sonatas in C major K296 & B flat major K454. Stravinsky: Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Fire and ice on display in music by two contrasting composersMusicians: Esther Hoppe (violin) Alasdair Beatson (piano)Composer: Mozart, StravinskyAlasdair Beatson is the more prominent protagonist in the two Mozart sonatas but Esther Hoppe admirably complements his perceptive playing in their various exchanges, ...
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn performs Vieuxtemps Concerto no.4
Violinist Hilary Hahn performs Vieuxtemps' Concerto no.4 with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Tugan Sokhiev – a work she recently recorded for DG alongside Mozart's Fifth Concerto. The artist recently announced on her Facebook page that she is expecting her first baby, but will complete her 2014-15 ...
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NewsCellist Julian Lloyd Webber appointed new Birmingham Conservatoire principal
The British artist was forced to retire from performing last year due to a neck injury
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NewsThe Strad April 2015 issue is out now
Berlin Philharmonic music director Simon Rattle discusses the mysteries of the orchestra's string sound
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ReviewMozart: Complete Violin Concertos; Sinfonia concertante K364
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: Clean and clear readings of Mozart’s violin concertos and ConcertanteMusicians: Rachel Barton Pine (violin) Matthew Lipman (viola) Academy of St Martinuin the Fields/Neville MarrinerComposer: MozartThis double-disc set is a mixture of old and new. On the one hand, it represents an established ...
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NewsVeteran Chicago Symphony violinist Adrian Da Prato has died aged 94
The violinist was a member of the orchestra for 49 years
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ReviewBeamish: Seavaigers. Stout/McKay: Moder Dy
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Contrasting works that take a folk–classical approachMusicians: Chris Stout (violin), Catriona McKay (Scottish harp) Scottish EnsembleComposer: Beamish, Stout/McKayChris Stout and Catriona McKay are firm fixtures on Scotland’s folk scene and, more specifically, in Shetland, where their string band Fiddlers’ Bid ...
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DebateNew research into the development of violin f-holes is simplistic at best
The theory that the shape of Italian violin f-holes came about by 'accidental fluctuations' ignores a number of well-known facts, argues Stewart Pollens
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ReviewStenhammar: String Quartets vol.2: no.1 in C major op.2; no.2 in C minor op.14
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Scandinavian players do their namesake proud as they continue their explorationMusicians: Stenhammar QuartetComposer: StenhammarThe Stenhammar Quartet has an eponymous obligation to do justice to Wilhelm Stenhammar’s quartets, and indeed it does in this disc that follows up the ensemble’s vol.1 ...
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NewsViolinist Ji Yoon Lee wins 2015 Windsor Festival International String Competition
The South Korean musician will perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra as part of her prize later this year
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ArticleLeia Zhu, aged 8, gives winning performance of Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto
British violinist Leia Zhu, aged 8, has been named the youngest ever winner of the International Competition ‘Young Virtuosos’ in Sophia, Bulgaria. The competition's 2015 edition included violin, viola, cello and percussion categories, each divided into four age groups.Zhu won her violin category (up to the age of ...
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NewsStudents practise performance skills on virtual audience
The Royal College of Music, London and Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano have developed a performance simulator
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ReviewSchumann: String Quartets nos.1–3 op.41
The Strad Issue: March 2015Description: A swift but expressive approach to Schumann’s three quartetsMusicians: Ying QuartetComposer: SchumannOn first acquaintance, the Ying Quartet’s tempos seem uncommonly fast, particularly so in the finale to the First Quartet, where there is a breathless urgency. Checking them against Schumann’s metronome markings, ...
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings
The Berlin Philharmonic performs Barber's Adagio for Strings conductor by Gustavo Dudamel.Read about the orchestra's famous string sound in The Strad's April 2015 issue, out now.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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NewsCarbon fibre violin wins German Musical Instrument Award
The violin, by mezzo-forte Streichinstrumente, shared the top prize in its category with a wooden instrument by Andeas Haensel
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ReviewTime Reflexion. Works by Rust, El-Khoury, Leclair, Stamitz, Tanguy and Narekatsi
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2015Description: Old and new combined by this Armenian violinist and friendsMusicians: Chouchane Siranossian (violin) with Rüdiger Lotter (baroque violin) Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabedian (violin) Levon Chatikyan (duduk)Composer: Rust, El-Khoury, Leclair, Stamitz, Tanguy and NarekatsiIf pretentious titles usually put you off heterogeneous concept albums, ...
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ReviewFrom A to Z. Assad: Dreamscapes. Bolcom: Romanza. Daugherty: Fallingwater. Zwilich: Commedia dell’arte
The Strad Issue: April 2015Description: New works for a new century, presented with clarity and vigourMusicians: New Century Chamber Orchestra/Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin)Composer: Assad, Bolcom, Daugherty, ZwilichViolinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg has commissioned several new works since becoming music director of the San Francisco-based New Century Chamber Orchestra (NCCO) in ...
