All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 263
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ArticleThe Strad Masterclass: violist Maxim Rysanov on Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata
Maxim Rysanov performs Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata, arranged for viola by Dobrinka Tabakova, with DalaSinfoniettan, conducted by Tobias Ringborg at Vinterfest 2011. The violist continues The Strad’s new marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Arpeggione's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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ArticleFrank Peter Zimmermann on his new ‘General Dupont’, ‘Grumiaux’ Stradivarius
Losing the 'Lady Inchiquin' was like someone had taken my voice away. It was a very difficult time...' Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann speaks about being forced to give up the 1711 ‘Lady Inchiquin’ Stradivarius – his principal performing violin for the past 13 years - and his ...
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FocusAsk the Experts: buying your first instrument at auction
Strad readers submit their problems and queries about string playing, teaching or making to our experts
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ReviewSolitude. Blondeau: Black Bird. Dillon: Paranja-Vata. Lanza: La bataille de Caresme et de Charnage. Lim: Invisibility. Saunders: Solitude
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: New (and nearly new) sounds for cello from Séverine BallonMusicians: Séverine Ballon (cello) Mark Knoop (piano)Composer: Blondeau; Dillon; Lanza; Lim; Saunders This album of state-of-the-art cello music performed by French cellist Séverine Ballon feels like a modern-day counterpart to ...
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ReviewTippett: Complete String Quartets
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: April 2016Description: A state-of-the-art Tippett quartet cycle live from Wigmore HallMusicians: Heath QuartetComposer: TippettIt was brave of the Heath Quartet to make its debut on disc with a Tippett cycle recorded live at Wigmore Hall. Given the formidable technical and interpretative difficulties ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Sanctus Seraphin, Venice 1744
This illustration of a violin by Sanctus Seraphin was published in The Strad, July 1974
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DebateString players should give credit where credit is due
Philippa Bunting asks why string teachers and players are so reluctant to acknowledge the people who have influenced them
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ReviewBach: Cello Suites vol.2: no.2 in D minor BWV1008, no.5 in C minor BWV1011, no.6 in D major BWV1012
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Eijlander completes his survey of Bach’s Cello SuitesMusicians: Joachim Eijlander (cello)Composer: BachBach’s Suites tower monumentally over the cello repertoire and so beg for a multifaceted delivery. They need to strike the listener directly, with simplicity and spontaneity that nod to the pulse ...
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ArticleViolinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Tárrega encore
Leonidas Kavakos performs Ruggiero Ricci's arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's Recuerdos de la Alhambra as an encore. The violinist contributes to The Strad's Encores feature, published in the April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.
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FocusEast vs West: differences in string teaching approaches
Having spent his formative years in the US, cellist Dong-Oo Lee speaks of the distinct teaching style he discovered on his return to Korea
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ArticleViolinist Frank Peter Zimmermann performs Mozart's Third Concerto
A youthful Frank Peter Zimmermann performs the first movement of Mozart's Third Violin Concerto conducted by Bernard Haitink. The violinist discusses re-recording the Mozart violin concertos, 20 years after his breakthrough recording cycle, in The Strad's April 2016 issue - download on desktop computer or through The ...
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ReviewHuberman Festival 1982. Bach: Double Concerto in D minor BWV1043. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K364. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto grosso in B minor op.3 no.10
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Star string players gather to celebrate Huberman’s 100thMusicians: Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Ivry Gitlis (violins) Pinchas Zukerman (violin/viola) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin MehtaComposer: Bach; Mozart; VivaldiIn December 1982, to mark the centenary of the Israel Philharmonic’s founder Bronislaw Huberman, ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn performs Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's Der Erlkönig
I distinctly heard someone shout 'Erlkönig! Erlkönig!' I knew they were asking for Heinrich Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's great song. It's a unique piece, so I decided not to play the encore I'd been planning and went for that one instead.' Violinist Hilary Hahn performs Heinrich ...
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NewsViolin tutor Wen Zhou Li cleared of rape charges
Teacher at Chetham’s School of Music was accused of historical sex abuse in 2013
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ReviewDebut. Bloch: Prayer (arr. Shaw). Brahms: Cello Sonatas: no.1 in E minor op.38; no.2 in F major op.99. Britten: Solo Cello Suite no.3. Casals: Song of the Birds (arr. Shaw); Trad: A Brit in Denmark (a
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: A quirky first recording for this Brit in DenmarkMusicians: Jacob Shaw (cello) José Gallardo (piano) Musicians from the Confucius InstituteComposer: Bloch; Brahms; Britten; Casals; Trad; De Wallensbourg; Wang LipingThis is a rather unusual recording debut. The first disc, of Brahms’s two cello ...
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ReviewWilliam Primrose: A 20th-Century Violist. Bartók: Viola Concerto. Berlioz: Serenade from Harold in Italy. Mozart: Sinfonia concertante in E flat major K3643. Walton: Viola Concerto (1929 version)
The Strad Issue: April 2016Description: Historic recordings by a pioneer of the viola on recordMusicians: William Primrose (viola) Jascha Heifetz (violin) New Symphony Orchestra/Tibor Serly; Boston Symphony Orchestra/Charles Münch; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Izler Solomon; Philharmonia Orchestra/William WaltonComposer: Bartók; Berlioz; Mozart; WaltonWilliam Primrose was the first violist to ...
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NewsCellist Alexander Hersh wins Schadt String Competition 2016
The 22-year-old New England Conservatory student receives $8,000 and a performance with the Allentown Symphony Orchestra
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NewsElmar Oliveira launches new International Violin Competition
The inaugural Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition will be held in January and February 2017 at Lynn University, Florida
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NewsMissing violist found dead in Greece
Elisabeth Schaefer had not been seen since leaving an Armonia Atenea rehearsal following a dispute on 18 March
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NewsRussian cellist accused of money laundering scheme with Vladimir Putin
Leaked ‘Panama Papers’ suggest Sergei Roldugin, artistic director of St Petersburg’s House of Music concert hall, profited from suspicious deals
