All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 220
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NewsVideo: Met Orchestra cellist performs 3D-printed cello
Designed by Monad Studios, the instrument was revealed at the 3D Print Design Show in New York
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FocusAsk the Experts: how to help a student with a short fourth finger
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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ArticleViolinist Yehudi Menuhin performs Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin gives an exceedingly fast performance of Wieniawski's Scherzo Tarantelle in 1947. Read Menuhin’s first appearance in The Strad, aged 10, in 1926. 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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NewsViolist Roland Glassl to depart Mandelring Quartet after 16 years
His replacement is Andreas Willwohl, former principal violist of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
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News2Cellos cancel US tour due to injury
Stjepan Hauser of the cello duo has damaged his neck, according to a statement
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ArticleSvante Henryson performs an ice cello at Norway's Ice Music Festival
One time the pegs froze and when I tried to tune the cello they split into pieces' Svante Henryson gives an admirably accurate performance on his ice cello at Norway's Ice Music Festival - while wearing padded gloves! Skip to 3:27 to see his performance. Read more ...
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BlogsOrchestras must think creatively if they are to survive
Amid shrinking subsidies, fading philanthropy and changing audience demographics, orchestras must learn to serve their communities and diversify, writes Heather Kurzbauer
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ReviewAlbéniz: Tango op.165 no.2 (arr. Kreisler). Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Székeley). Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas (arr. Kochanski); Danse espagnole from La vida breve (arr. Kreisler
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Passion and portamento from a young American violinistMusicians: Emil Altschuler (violin) Keunyoung Sun (piano)Composer: Albéniz, Bartók, Falla, Poulenc, RavelFrom the start this CD is let down by its recording quality, which, despite a seemingly close-in mic, often renders the violin metallic and ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Tomasso Balestrieri, 1756
This illustration of a violin by Tomasso Balestrieri was published in The Strad, August 1939. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Tomasso Balestrieri is one of those makers the quality of whose work varies very considerably, but even his less carefully finished instruments possess tonal qualities ...
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NewsAmerican violin dealer and former teacher Alexander Ross charged with sexual assault
The alleged incident, involving a 13-year-old girl, occurred in February
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BlogsBach to Moog: recording Bach for violin solo, string ensemble and Moog synthesiser
Composer, arranger and producer Craig Leon describes working on Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor BWV 565 with violinist Jennifer Pike and Moog Modular synthesiser. Listen to the recording below:
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NewsHolocaust-era ‘Violins of Hope’ to be performed and exhibited in Cleveland
The collection of instruments performed on by Jewish musicians during the Nazi regime was restored by Amnon Weinstein
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ReviewBach: Three Solo Partitas in B minor BWV1002, D minor BWV1004 & E major BWV1006
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Solo masterpieces up close and personal, warts and allMusicians: Gunar Letzbor (Baroque violin)Composer: Bach‘Bach in private’, promises Gunar Letzbor’s apologium for a recording so close, dry and frankly airless that you feel you might be standing a metre or two away from ...
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NewsMidori cancels LSO International Violin Festival appearances
The violinist has been advised by her doctor not to travel
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NewsViolinist Pekka Kuusisto named Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra artistic partner
The Finnish musician joins fellow artistic associates Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Thomas Zehetmair
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NewsViolinist Daniel Hope named Zurich Chamber Orchestra music director
The musician takes up the role in 2016
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BlogsTracing the development of violin f-hole design through peeling an orange
Considering the f-holes of the Amati ‘King’ cello, and playing with food, led Andrew Dipper to on a possible path to evolution
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NewsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra gives free concert following riots in the city
The orchestra has been forced to cancel some of this week’s events, but wishes to show its ‘support of our community’
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ReviewBeethoven: Piano Trio in D major op.70 no.1 ‘Ghost’. Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor op.50. Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words op.62 no.4, op.102 no.4 & op.19b no.1 (arr. Kowalewski)
The Strad Issue: May 2015Description: Persuasive and well-proportioned playing with a rich toneMusicians: Petrof Piano TrioComposer: Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, MendelssohnThe Petrof players perform the outer movements of Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ Trio with excitement and energy. In the first they sweep though the composer’s dialogue and counterpoint as if engaged ...
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GalleryThe Strad: May 1890
Hungarian-born violinist Joseph Joachim graced the cover of The Strad's very first issue, published 125 years ago this month. Here are the first two pages, which also contain an account by Charles Hallé on how he came to found the renowned Manchester orchestra. The things you could buy for twopence ...
