All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 239
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ReviewVeracini: Complete Sonate accademiche op.2
The Strad Issue: September 2015Description: Veracini performed with virtuosity and vivacityMusicians: Trio SettecentoComposer: VeraciniTrio Settecento included a taster of Veracini’s Sonata op.2 no.12 on its Italian Sojourn disc, issued almost a decade ago. The group now offers readings of all twelve sonatas op.2, which essentially pay homage ...
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NewsAirline smashes Colorado orchestral musician’s double bass
Karl Fenner has published pictures of his badly damaged instrument and case on social media
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NewsJoseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover announces jury
The contest, offering a first prize of €50,000, begins next week
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NewsThe Strad October 2015 issue is out now
The Pavel Haas Quartet speak about their namesake, their new Smetana disc and the 'Czech string quartet sound'
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ReviewRomantic Metamorphoses. Bloch: Suite. Vieuxtemps: Viola Sonata in B flat major. Bizet/Waxman/Kugel: Carmen Fantasy. E. Zemtsov: Melodie im alten Stil
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: October 2015Description: A collectable viola recital that keeps it in the familyMusicians: Dana Zemtsov (viola) Cathelijne Noorland (piano)Composer: Bloch, Vieuxtemps, Bizet/Waxman/Kugel, E. ZemtsovThird generation in a family of viola players, Dana Zemtsov is a talent to be reckoned with. In this well-planned ...
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ReviewGlazunov: Concerto ballata; Chant du ménéstrel; Mélodie. Prokofiev: Concertino. Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations; Nocturne
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Russian recital vies for contention with no less than RostropovichMusicians: Jamie Walton (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Okko KamuComposer: Glazunov, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky:Jamie Walton’s outstanding programme of Russian classics – including the original version of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations – captures the music’s soaring ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by Giovanni Grancino, Milan, 1680-90
This illustration of a cello by Giovanni Grancino was published in The Strad, July 1960. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:A fine cello by Grancino , which was formerly in the possession of the celebrated Belgian cellist Adrien Servais (1807-1866), forms the subject of this ...
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BlogsVadim Repin plays seven Stradivarius and Guarneri violins
The instruments are part of Christie's 'The Art of Music' sale
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NewsShanghai Symphony launches $100,000 Isaac Stern Violin Competition
The new biennial contest takes place for the first time in August 2016
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NewsSecond double bass smashed via Atlanta Airport
University of Georgia professor Milton Masciadri was flying from Atlanta to Arkansas for a recital
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ArticleFive-year-old violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini
South Korean violinist Anna Lee performs Paganini's First Violin Concerto with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lan Shui in January 2001 - at the age of just five-and-a-half.The musician went on to study at the Juilliard School in New York and in 2012 won second prize in ...
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ReviewThe Butterfly Lovers. Chen Gang/He Zhanhao: ‘The Butterfly Lovers’ Violin Concerto. Kreisler: Tambourin chinois. Ma Sicong: Nostalgia from Inner Mongolia Suite. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen. Tchaikovsky:
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: October 2015Description: Lu Siqing’s second ‘Butterfly Lovers’ – with Chinese instrumentsMusicians: Lu Siqing (violin) Taipei Chinese Orchestra/Chung Yiu-KwongComposer: Chen Gang/He Zhanhao, Kreisler, Ma Sicong, Sarasate, Tchaikovsky, Trad, WieniawskiThe ‘Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto is, along with the ‘Yellow River’ Piano Concerto, probably the best-known ...
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FocusAsk the Experts: how to combat unravelling strings
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to a panel of experts
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BlogsVideo: violinist Vadim Repin on finding the perfect instrument
You may enjoy playing the violin, but you will never adore it until you find an instrument that captures your heart' Vadim Repin talks about finding his perfect violin - and that special quality found in Stradivari and Guarneri 'del Gesù' instruments. The interview was filmed as ...
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ReviewComplete String Quartets Vol.1. Bacewicz: String Quartets nos.1, 3, 6 & 7
Description: Poles together: the Lutoslawski Quartet embarks on a Bacewicz cycleMusicians: Lutoslawski QuartetComposer: BacewiczThe seven string quartets of Polish composer GraŠ¼yna Bacewicz (1909–69) have been called the 20th century’s most significant contributions to the genre after those of Bartók. It’s a big claim – but on the strength ...
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NewsBritish cellist and teacher Penelope Lynex has died aged 78
Lynex studied with Pablo Casals and Paul Tortelier, and was the author of several cello books
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BlogsI didn’t understand really good ensemble playing before joining the LSO, says violist Paul Silverthorne
As the London Symphony Orchestra’s long-serving viola principal prepares to leave for a new Chinese appointment, he speaks to Toby Deller about 25 wonderful years with the ensemble
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NewsHong Kong student threatened with fine for carrying cello on train
The young musician was interrogated by officials, who claimed his instrument exceeded baggage restrictions
