All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 224
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ReviewBeethoven: String Quartets in C minor op.18 no.4; in E major op.74 ‘Harp’; in B flat major op.130; Grosse Fuge op.133
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSDescription: The Elias embarks on a Beethoven quartet cycleMusicians: Elias QuartetComposer: BeethovenIt is a decade since I first encountered the remarkably gifted young musicians of the Elias Quartet, when they became founder members of the Sheffield-based chamber group Ensemble 360. They have musically travelled a long ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Dominicus Montagnana cello, Venice 1735
Dominicus Montagnana is justly considered to have been the finest of the many talented luthiers who worked in Venice during the first half of the eighteenth century. He was born about 1690 and died some time after 1750. It is doubtful whether his reputation would be so great were it ...
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ArticleCellist David Finckel on producing a wider vibrato
The wider your fingertips, the easier it is to produce a wide vibrato' Cellist David Finckel demonstrates how to produce a wider, richer vibrato. Watch Finckel's video demonstration on smooth bow changes and read his 10 habits of successful musicians. Subscribe to The Strad or download our ...
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FocusHow to play the violin without a chin rest
After years of pain Elizabeth Wallfisch finally found comfort by removing her chin rest. She offers a step-by-step guide
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ReviewLanggaard: String Quartets nos.1 & 5; Italian Scherzo
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: June 2015Description: The Nightingale players close their award-winning Langgaard accountMusicians: Nightingale QuartetComposer: LanggaardThis final volume in the Nightingale Quartet’s pioneering complete cycle gathers together the earliest and latest of Langgaard’s ten works for quartet, though their tortured creation muddies the chronology. No.1 ...
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NewsThe Strad June 2015 issue is out now
We examine five centuries of alteration to the Amati 'King' cello
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FocusChristian Tetzlaff on Beethoven's Violin Concerto cadenza
The violinist discusses Beethoven's original piano cadenza for the work, which he has arranged for violin
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GalleryMinnesota Orchestra tours to Cuba
The Minnesota Orchestra performed in Havana, Cuba this month † the first major American orchestra to perform in the country since President Obama ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations. The two nations had been locked in a political stalemate for over half a century following the Cold ...
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair set to reach £12,000 at auction
Sotheby’s in London is selling the item, enclosed in a locket
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ArticleStudent creates 3D-printed violin bow
Following hot on the heels of recent experiments by Monad Studios to create a 3D-printed violin and a 3D-printed cello, a student at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the US has created a 3D-printed violin bow. Austin Peppel is interested in recreating the sound of a ...
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ReviewVivaldi: L’estro armonico op.3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: June 2015Description: Podger’s Brecon players are compelling in better-known VivaldiMusicians: Rachel Podger (violin/director) Brecon BaroqueComposer: VivaldiRachel Podger continues her exploration of Vivaldi’s violin concertos with his set of twelve, L’estro armonico op.3 (1711), accompanied this time by her ensemble Brecon Baroque and ...
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NewsCellist Tanya Prochazka, who forged successful careers in the UK and Canada, has died
The Australian-born musician was a prolific performer, recording artist and professor at the University of Alberta
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NewsComputers are a step closer to replacing live musicians
Dutch company Prolody has created a new programme to emulate the artistry of a human violinist
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ArticleDavid Oistrakh performs Debussy's Violin Sonata
Violinist David Oistrakh performs Debussy's Violin Sonata with pianist Frida Bauer at the age of 64 in 1972 - just two years before his death in October 1974.
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6
Violinist Ray Chen performs Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 - which he later won.Read about the 12 violin finalists who are competing at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition this week.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ReviewBartók: Divertimento. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings op.48
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: String-ensemble standards captured live in characteristic Barbican soundMusicians: London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble/Roman Simović (violin)Composer: Bartók, TchaikovskyLast month’s Masterclass writer Roman Simović, directing the London Symphony Orchestra String Ensemble from the leader’s chair, brings much pleasure in a polished and poised account ...
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NewsViolinist Ji Young Lim wins 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition
The South Korean musician receives a cash prize of €25,000
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NewsLock of Mozart’s hair smashes estimate to reach £35,000 at auction
The item, enclosed in a locket, was sold by Sotheby’s in London
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ReviewFauré: Piano Trio in D minor op.120. Pierné: Piano Trio in C minor op.45
The Strad Issue: June 2015Description: The Wanderer pairs French piano trios from the 1920sMusicians: Wanderer TrioComposer: Fauré, PiernéThere is some lush writing in Gabriel Pierné’s 1921 Piano Trio in C minor, which the Wanderer Trio treats with an appropriate sweetness of tone. The first movement covers a ...
