All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 253
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ArticleHerbert von Karajan conducts Radetzky March with the Vienna Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan conducts Strauss's Radetzky March at the Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert 1987.Read: Vienna Philharmonic publishes pictures from its recent auditions
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ReviewAlla Czeca. Dvorák: String Quartet no.13 in G major. Schulfhoff: Five Pieces. Suk: Meditation on the Old Czech Chorale ‘St Wenceslaus’
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Infectious performances of three Czech works for string quartetMusicians: Signum QuartetComposer: Dvorák, Schulhoff, SukThe Signum Quartet has a penchant for themed programmes on its CDs, and this well-planned and sensitively recorded (if concise) recital of under an hour’s music surveys three decades ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: A violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin, 1837
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda was published in The Strad, March, 1970. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Giovanni Francesco Pressenda generally followed a Stradivari model, especially in his early violins; later he designed a pattern of his own where the sound-holes ...
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ReviewE. Firsova: For Slava; Homage to Canisy; Lost Vision; Meditation in the Japanese Garden; Night Songs; Spring Sonata; Tender Is the Sorrow; Three Poems of Osip Mandelstam; A Triple Portrait
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Premiere recordings of the captivating, profound music of Elena FirsovaMusicians: Marsyas TrioComposer: E. FirsovaBorn in 1950, Elena Firsova was already widely recognised as one of the rising stars of Soviet music by her mid-twenties. Fiercely independent, she and a number of her ...
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ArticleTwo years of violin progress in just under five minutes
An adult violin beginner from Norway records her progress on the instrument over two years - an inspiration for all adult learners. During this period she was mostly self-taught, but now has a teacher and weekly lessons.Read: How to teach adult string studentsRead: How should string teachers approach ...
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NewsIMSLP music library introduces paid membership
The new membership scheme is not mandatory and musicians may continue to use the sheet music downloading service for free
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NewsMenuhin Competition 2016 names 44 shortlisted violinists in a list dominated by females
This year’s contest, celebrating the centenary of its famous namesake, takes place in London during April
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ArticleViolinist Samuel Tan performs Kabalevsky aged 8
Samuel Tan from Singapore performs the first movement of Kabalevsky's Violin Concerto in C aged eight. The violinist is one of 44 candidates chosen to compete in the 2016 Menuhin Competition in London - and is this year's youngest competitor at the age of ten.Watch: Samuel Tan performs ...
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ReviewSchubert: Quartettsatz in C minor D703; String Quartet no.15 in G major D887
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Schubert’s quartet masterpieces on historic instrumentsMusicians: Terpsycordes QuartetComposer: SchubertThis package comprises Schubert’s first mature quartet movement and his massive final essay in the genre. The Terpsycordes’ major selling point is its use of a matching set of gut-strung ‘period’ instruments made by ...
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NewsComposer Pierre Boulez has died aged 90
The French composer, conductor and pianist was a leading exponent of serialism and electronic music
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BlogsCellist Alban Gerhardt on the importance of open string practice
The German musician also advocates bringing a broader perspective to the interpretation of great concertos
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NewsLost’ Halvorsen violin concerto unearthed in Canada
The work is believed to have remained undiscovered since 1909
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BlogsVideo: one-handed cellist Michael Spencer
One-handed cellist Michael Spencer gives an incredible performance of François-Joseph Gossec's Gavotte at a recital in Utah, USA.The young performer holds the cello between his knees, using his arm in place of fingers to change pitch and to produce vibrato.The Strad's December 2013 issue featured an article on ...
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NewsViolinist accidentally leaves $2.6m Stradivarius on German train
The 1727 ‘General Dupont’, ’Grumiaux’ Stradivarius, formerly played by Jennifer Koh, was returned to the woman by police
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ArticleViolinist Isaac Stern gives Bach masterclass
Vibrato is like a human voice - we never speak without a degree of natural vibration. But if you use just one type of vibrato in your playing, it is the same as speaking in a monotone voice' Isaac Stern gives a clear and detailed masterclass on ...
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ArticleChurch in the shape of a giant violin opens in China
Images have emerged of a new Christian church in China, built in the shape of a giant violin. The seven-story structure, known as the Yanbu Church, is 120 feet high and includes a reception, library, prayer room, Sunday school, living accommodation for preachers and guest rooms for worshippers.Reverend ...
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ReviewSchumann: Violin Sonata no.2 in D minor. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: Romantic sonatas in performances by two YCA prizewinnersMusicians: Noé Inui (violin) Vassilis Varvaresos (piano)Composer: Schumann, StraussThis disc is proof that first impressions can be misleading. One might wince at the simplistic sleeve captioning of these composers as the ‘first’ and ‘last’ of ...
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NewsChinese owner of ‘General Dupont’, 'Grumiaux’ Strad denies his violin was left on German train
The collector has issued a statement through his New York dealer
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ReviewVivaldi: The Four Seasons. Tartini: Violin Sonata in G minor ‘The Devil’s Trill’. Leclair: Violin Sonata in D major ‘Tambourin’
The Strad Issue: January 2016Description: A calmer, cooler version of Vivaldi’s seasonal concertosMusicians: James Ehnes (violin/director) Andrew Armstrong (piano) Sydney Symphony OrchestraComposer: Vivaldi, Tartini, LeclairThis might be the ideal antidote to Nigel Kennedy’s new, rebooted Four Seasons (see above), with its general disregard, healthy or otherwise, for ...
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ArticleAlma Deutscher, aged 10, performs Violin Concerto in G – which she composed
Alma Deutscher, aged 10, performs her own Violin Concerto with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in 2015 on a 3/4-sized French violin.The British violinist, pianist and composer has recently been signed to classical music agency Askonas Holt. In addition to her Violin Concerto, the young musician has composed violin and piano ...
