All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 235
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ReviewCzerny: Four String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Rediscovered quartets by a famed follower of BeethovenMusicians: Sheridan EnsembleComposer: CzernyThat Beethoven’s pupil Carl Czerny (1791–1857) was a consummate master of the string quartet genre is hardly astonishing. Some readers might be surprised, however, that the recent rediscovery of the ...
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NewsThe Violin Teacher’ film to be screened worldwide
The story of a down-at-luck violinist bringing music to disadvantaged teens in SÁo Paulo has generated positive early reviews
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NewsTitanic violin to go on display in two US museums in 2016
The instrument, thought to have been played by bandmaster Wallace Hartley as the ship went down, sold for a record sum in 2013
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NewsPaul Silverthorne leaves London Symphony principal viola post for China appointment
The musician, who is also a professor at London’s Royal Academy of Music, will take up a post at Soochow University in Suzhou
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FocusAsk the Experts: playing in cello thumb position
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to a panel of experts
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ArticleViolinist Ray Chen gives up bow staccato masterclass
Violinist Ray Chen shares his technique for mastering up bow staccato - making use of tremolo.Read The Strad's 6 ways to improve your staccato.Watch Ray Chen performing Ysaÿe’s Solo Sonata no.6 at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Belgium in 2009 – which he later won.
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NewsFinnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto named ACO Collective artistic director
The ensemble is the Australian Chamber Orchestra’s affiliated youth orchestra
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NewsViolinist James Clark to step down as leader of Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Clark, who is also co-leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, will spend more time on chamber pursuits
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BlogsMaking a violin - from start to finish
Dominique Nicosia makes a violin at the Mirecourt Museum in France
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ReviewSmetana: String Quartets: no.1 in E minor ‘From My Life’; no.2 in D minor
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Solid Smetana from the award-winning Czech string quartetMusicians: Pavel Haas QuartetComposer: SmetanaRecording the two Smetana quartets is a rite of passage for any Czech ensemble, and the Pavel Haas Quartet – already a prize winner for its recordings of Janácek ...
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ArticleHow gut strings are made
A step-by-step guide to the process of making gut strings for bowed instruments.Warning - contains images of animal intestines.
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GalleryHistorical instrument collection of Carlo Alberto Carutti
Carlo Alberto Carutti's collection of plucked and bowed stringed instruments is currently on display in The Music Rooms at the Museo Civico 'Ala Ponzone' in Cremona. The collection comprises around 50 plucked instruments and a number of violins, violas, kits, hurdy-gurdies and viola d'amore, a selection of which are pictured ...
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ArticleArnold Schwarzenegger the violinist
Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a fairly convincing impression of playing bluegrass violin in this short clip from the 1976 film 'Stay Hungry'.Watch actors Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany 'playing' the violin and cello respectively in the film Master and Commander.
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ArticleHappy Birthday violinist Maxim Vengerov
Violinist Maxim Vengerov is given a birthday surprise during a performance in Amsterdam in 1994.Watch Vengerov giving a showstopping performance of Bazzini's Dance of the Goblins with pianist Itamar Golan from the same concert.
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ReviewBach & Beyond Vol.2. Bach: Solo Violin Sonata BWV1001; Solo Violin Partita BWV1002 BARTÓK Sonata for Solo Violin SAARIAHO Frises
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Authoritative readings of music old and new – and newishMusicians: Jennifer Koh (violin)Composer: BachThere’s a feeling of power in reserve about Jennifer Koh’s playing, which is never louder than lovely, and underneath the sleekly sustained lines and discreetly tapered phrase-ends is the ...
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ReviewBartók: Violin Concerto no.2. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor
Description: Sparkling Mendelssohn and the best Bartók Second for agesMusicians: Augustin Hadelich (violin) Norwegian Radio Orchestra/Miguel Harth-BedoyaComposer: Bartók, MendelssohnAugustin Hadelich has won acclaim for playing and programming, his 2014 Sibelius/Adès disc becoming one of the ‘Top Classical Albums of the Year’ in the New York Times. I can’t ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Violin Concerto in D major op.61; Symphony no.8 in F major op.93. Brahms: String Sextet no.1 in B flat major op.18
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Dumay lives dangerously as soloist, conductor and chamber playerMusicians: Augustin Dumay (violin/conductor) Sinfonia Varsovia, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra; Svetlin Roussev (violin) Miguela da Silva, Marie Chilemme (violas) Henri Demarquette, Aurélien Pascal (cellos)Composer: Beethoven, BrahmsAugustin Dumay’s musical attributes are demonstrated here in solo, conducting ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, Cremona, c.1732
This illustration of a violin by Guarneri del Gesù was published in The Strad, June 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù, the most illustrious member of the Guarneri family, had but a brief working life, and unfortunately for posterity, not a ...
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NewsVienna Philharmonic principal cellist Friedrich Doležal has died aged 68
The musician performed with the orchestra from 1968 until 2014
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NewsUS Airways criticised for ‘passing the buck’ after losing eight violins
The instruments were finally recovered after five days and ‘hundreds of calls’, according to St Louis cello professor Ken Kulosa
