All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 232
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NewsAir Malta apologises for selling booked cello seat to another customer
British cellist Gabriella Swallow was travelling to perform in the Malta Arts Festival
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NewsStudent creates Styrofoam-covered cello to amplify sound
The College of Ghent student wanted to design an instrument capable of greater volume
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NewsViolinist Hilary Hahn announces replacement artists for her maternity leave
The musician is due to give birth to her first child this summer and will take a few months off
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ReviewMetamorphoses. Corelli: Concerto grosso in D major op.6 no.4. Kreisler: Concerto in C major ‘in the style of Vivaldi’. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style (arr. Ššmietana). Vivaldi: Trio Sonata op.1 no.
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Vivaldi provides the link for a collection showcasing old and new stylesMusicians: Pekka Kuusisto (violin) Artur Rozmyslowicz (viola) Extra Sounds Ensemble/Alicja Ššmietana (violin)Composer: Corelli, Kreisler, Schnittke, VivaldiAlicja Ššmietana has inspired her Extra Sounds Ensemble to fashion a disc that has a resounding ...
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ReviewDvorák: Violin Concerto in A minor op.53. Janácek: Violin Concerto ‘The Wandering of a Little Soul’. Suk: Fantasy in G minor
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: paÄek sings and dances his way through three Czech concertosMusicians: Josef Š paÄek (violin) Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Jirí BÄ›lohlávekComposer: Dvorák, Janácek, SukDvorák’s Violin Concerto lacks the sense of ease and inevitability that informs his very finest work. Like Bruch’s G minor Concerto, it ...
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ReviewThomas Gould: Live in Riga. Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Contemporary music specialist performs a pair of violin standardsMusicians: Sinfonietta Riga/Thomas Gould (violin)Composer: Beethoven, Vaughan WilliamsThomas Gould – familiar to British audiences as associate leader of the Britten Sinfonia and leader of the yet more dynamic Aurora Orchestra – has a strong ...
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ArticleViolinist Ruggiero Ricci performs Bach and Paganini encores
Ruggiero Ricci performs encores following a concert in Florence in 1985 at the age of 67. First up is the Prelude from Bach's Solo Partita no.3, followed by Paganini's Caprice no.17. Read the great violinist's memories of his teachers: None of my teachers were any good at ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Tomasso Balestrieri, 1760
This illustration of a violin by Tomasso Balestrieri was published in The Strad, December 1974. 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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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Schindler's List conducted by John Williams
Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs the theme music to Schindler's List live in concert conducted by composer John Williams. Watch an interview with Itzhak Perlman on working with John Williams. Read Itzhak Perlman's blog on practising. Read a special interview with the great virtuoso in celebration of his ...
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NewsSuccess of Stradivarius violin recording leads to sequel
The 1715 ‘Lipinski’ Stradivarius violin, which was sensationally stolen in January 2014 and recovered nine days later, will be the star of a second recording chronicling its history through music. Frank Almond, concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, has launched a fundraising campaign to make a second volume ...
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ReviewGlass: Partita; Knee 2 from Einstein on the Beach; Book of Longing; Interludes from Violin Concerto no.2
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Glass’s ambitious solo Partita performed by its dedicateeMusicians: Tim Fain (violin)Composer: GlassPhilip Glass’s imprimatur is all over this disc – he co-founded and is executive producer of the record label that has issued it;he wrote the 2011 Partita specially for the young ...
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ReviewGrieg: Cello Sonata in A minor op.36. Hough: Sonata for Cello and Piano Left Hand ‘Les adieux’. Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata no.2 in D major op.58
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Authoritative musicianship from Isserlis and Hough in Romantic sonatasMusicians: Steven Isserlis (cello) Stephen Hough (piano)Composer: Grieg, Hough, MendelssohnGrieg’s Cello Sonata encompasses a wide-ranging emotional landscape, to which Steven Isserlis and Stephen Hough, a magnificent partnership, respond with big-hearted playing. Isserlis is good ...
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ArticleAurora Orchestra performs Mozart's Symphony no.40 from memory
The UK orchestra best known for performing large orchestral works from memory perform Mozart's Symphony no.40 at the Royal Albert Hall for the 2015 BBC Proms
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NewsAir Canada refuses to carry cello, blaming lack of advance warning
Cellist Andrea Stewart had purchased an extra seat for the instrument
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ArticleDavid Fulmer performs on Mozart's violin
It's incredible to think that Mozart used this not only as a violinist, but as a composer. On this very instrument he wrote and played his five violin concertos and the monumental masterpiece that is Sinfonia Concertante'Mozart's 300-year-old violin came the US in June 2013 for the first ...
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ArticleViolinist Peter Cropper gives a string quartet masterclass on Brahms
They perceive the music of Brahms very well, but in my view they don't pass on the emotions that I think Brahms felt at the time...'Lindsay String Quartet founding violinist Peter Cropper, who died at the age of 69 in May 2015, gave a masterclass on Brahms at ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman performs Kreisler at the White House
This is a bit like déjÁ vu for me. I remember being a pudgy 13-year-old at fundraiser events, playing at about 11.30 at night, and everybody was tired and wanted to leave - including myself!' Violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Kreisler's Tempo di Minuetto in the Style ...
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ReviewGubaidulina: String quartets nos.1–4; Reflections on the Theme B–A–C–H; Piano Quintet; String Trio; Rejoice!
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Vivid, intense playing in Gubaidulina’s chamber musicMusicians: Molinari Quartet, Louise Bessette (piano)Composer: GubaidulinaCurrently quartet-in-residence at Montreal’s Conservatory of Music, Canadian foursome the Molinari Quartet’s double-disc survey of string chamber music by Tatar-born composer Sofia Gubaidulina makes for exhausting listening, and it’s probably ...
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ArticleRachel Barton Pine and Mike Block perform Metallica's One on violin and cello
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine and cellist Mike Block perform 'One' by Metallica (in an arrangement by Rachel Barton Pine) at the Ravinia Festival on August 24, 2014.Read Barton Pine's tribute to her violin heroine Maud Powell.Barton Pine talks about her special relationship with Mozart's Violin Concerto no.3 in ...
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DebateNo sex please - we're classical musicians
Does ‘sexing up’ classical music increase accessibility or is it merely crass exhibitionism? Two well-known string players debate one of the hot topics of the industry in The Strad's March 2006 issue
