All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 252
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ReviewPleyel: Violin Concerto in D major; Symphony in F major. Vanhal: Symphony in G major
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: Rediscovered works by lesser-known contemporaries of Haydn and MozartMusicians: Sebastian Bohren (violin) Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto/Luca BizzozeroComposer: Pleyel, VanhalSebastian Bohren seems surprisingly laid-back in his approach to Pleyel’s Violin Concerto. Nevertheless, he performs the work with style, vitality and ...
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BlogsStudying contemporary music can inform our understanding of earlier works
It’s important to remember that just as we learn about new music from older works, the opposite is also true, says violinist Michael Barenboim
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ArticleCellist Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss perform The Wexford Carol
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma joins bluegrass-country singer Alison Krauss to perform traditional Irish Christmas carol, The Wexford Carol.Read: 9 opinions on performance and career by cellist Yo-Yo Ma
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FocusViolin jokes: who's laughing now?
For too long the good-hearted souls of the viola section have been the butt of their violin colleagues' humour - and sense of superiority. To turn the tables we've asked around to find some of the best violin jokes so that viola players can now have the last ...
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ReviewTelemann: Sonatas for violin and basso continuo TWV41: G major G1, G minor g1, A minor a1, D minor d5, D minor d6, E minor e8, G major G10; Fantasia no.9 in B minor for solo violin TWV40:22
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: Alert readings of a handful of Telemann’s accompanied sonatasMusicians: Arsenale Sonoro: Boris Begelman (violin) Ludovico Minasi (cello) Alexandra Koreneva (harpsichord)Composer: TelemannBoris Begelman offers highly accomplished readings of seven of Telemann’s sonatas for violin and basso continuo, four of which are claimed to ...
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ReviewBach: Sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord: no.1 in G major BWV1027, no.2 in D major BWV1028, no.3 in G minor BWV1029
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: First double bass recordings of Bach’s three gamba sonatasMusicians: Richard Hartshorne (double bass) Daniel Sedgwick (harpsichord)Composer: BachRichard Hartshorne is perhaps a little too self-effacing for his own good. In his booklet notes, he justifies his premiere double bass recording of Bach’s sonatas ...
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti performs White Christmas with Rod Stewart
Violinist Nicola Benedetti joins singer Rod Stewart at Stirling Castle in Scotland in November 2012 to perform an arrangement of White Christmas. Watch: Violinist Joshua Bell and Igudesman & Joo present Christmas Confusion Watch: Violinist Nicola Benedetti gives Ysaÿe masterclass
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FocusTeaching tips: students switching instruments
How do you spot when a young student has chosen the wrong instrument, and how do you find out which would suit them better? Pedagogue and author Mimi Butler takes a look at the issues involved
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ReviewMetamorfora: Works for Double Bass and Piano. Beethoven: Variations on ‘Bei Männern’. Boccherini: Sonata no.6 in A minor. Oswald: Sonata in E minor. Proto: Nine Variants on Paganini. Salllinen: Metam
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Four transcriptions for bass – but the original work comes off bestMusicians: Marcos Machado (double bass) Ney Fialkow (piano)Composer: Beethoven, Boccherini, Oswald, Proto, SallinenMarcos Machado’s first recorded performance, on Tarik O’Regan’s Threshold of Night, was twice Grammy-nominated, and his first solo effort ...
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ReviewMynstrelles with Straunge Sounds: Music by Encina, Josquin, Martini and others
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: Reconstructed 16th-century instruments take on early consort worksMusicians: Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) Rose Consort of ViolsComposer: Encina, Josquin, Martinu and othersThis recording takes us right back to the earliest days of the 16th century, when the viol consort had just become the latest ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Carlo Guiseppe Testore, Milan, 1700
This illustration of a violin by Carlo Giuseppe Testore was published in The Strad, February 1970. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The violin illustrated here is a fine example of Carlo Giuseppe Testore's best work. He was the founder of this family of Milanese makers ...
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman talks about practice
It's wrong to think that if you put in five hours per day you'll achieve a certain amount, and if you do eight hours, you'll achieve that much more' Violinist Itzhak Perlman speaks about achieving an effective practice routine at Elon University. Read: Never practise for more ...
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FocusThe importance of 'after-processing' for practice
Musicans often find that a difficult passage has been magically solved upon returning to it the next day, writes Rok Klopčič
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Focus10 ways for orchestral musicians to protect their ears
If you're an orchestral musician you could be at serious risk of long-term hearing damage. Janet Horvath looks at some simple and effective solutions
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ReviewBrahms: ‘Double’ Concerto in A minor for violin and cello. Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto in E minor
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Natalia Gutman, friends and family in live Moscow recordingsMusicians: Natalia Gutman (cello) Oleg Kagan (violin) USSR State Academic SO/Yevgeny Svetlanov, Alexander LazarevComposer: Brahms, ProkofievNatalia Gutman has everything going for her except a large tone, and on record this deficiency can be offset. ...
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ArticleNobuko Imai gives viola masterclass
Watch your breathing as you play - breathe out as you begin your first phrase' Amsterdam Conservatory viola professor Nobuko Imai gives a masterclass at the University of Valencia. Read: The viola should sound like a human voice, says Nobuko Imai
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ArticleAnne-Sophie Mutter performs Vivaldi's Seasons with the Mutter Virtuosi
Music is more than a passion and a hobby - music is a great bridge between people and can help us understand each other's cultural roots. It doesn't judge us or separate us from each other like religion tends to do.' Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Mutter ...
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ReviewForgotten Vienna. Dittersdorf: Concerto in C major for two violins. Ordonez: Sinfonia in C major. Vanhal: Violin Concerto in B flat major; Symphony in A minor; Requiem in E flat major
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Musical archaeology uncovers worthwhile 18th-century concertosMusicians: George Clifford, Dominika Fehér (violins) Choir of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge; Amadè Players/Nicholas NewlandComposer: Dittersdorf, Ordonez, VanhalReaders of The Strad will doubtless be most interested in the two violin concertos included in this programme of 18th-century ...
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FocusThe importance of making Bach speak
Claudio Bohórquez discusses phrasing in the great composer's Cello Suites
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ArticlePaul Silverthorne gives LSO viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach
There are so many different opinions on how Bach should be played. You can't please everybody, so it's important to play in the style you really believe in'Paul Silverthorne from the London Symphony Orchestra gives a viola masterclass on Stamitz and Bach.Watch: Sydney Symphony masterclass – Beethoven Symphony ...
