All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 274
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ArticleViolins made with spiders' silk played in duet
A violin made from a composite material including spiders’ silk has been developed at Imperial College London.Luca Alessandrini, a postgraduate from the Dyson School of Design Engineering, has made a prototype instrument from the material, which features three strands of golden silk, spun by an Australian Golden Orb ...
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ReviewBeethoven: Piano Trio in G major op.1 no.2. Dvorák Piano Trio no.4 in E minor op.90 ‘Dumky’ Various: Constellations: Variations on a Theme by Beethoven
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Stylish trio playing in early Beethoven and late DvorákMusicians: Céleste TrioComposer: Beethoven; Dvorák; VariousCatalogue number: NAVONA NV6030 The US West Coast-based Céleste Trio may have been formed only four years ago, but judging from its first disc it has an important career ...
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News15th International Wieniawski Violin Competition announces 52 candidates
The contest takes place in Poland from 8-23 October 2016
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NewsAssociation of British Orchestras warns of 'challenges ahead' following Brexit
The organisation has highlighted potential 'uncertainty, bureaucracy and expense'
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ReviewClarke: Viola Sonata; Lullaby; Lullaby on an Ancient Irish Tune; Untitled Piece; Chinese Puzzle; Passacaglia on an Old English Tune; I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still; Morpheus; Dumka
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Italian sisters enter ably into Rebecca Clarke’s English idiomMusicians: Duo Rùnya: Diana Bonatesta (viola) Arianna Bonatesta (piano) with Gabriele Campagna (violin)Composer: ClarkeCatalogue number: ÆVEA AE16008 If you didn’t know that the first movement of Rebecca Clarke’s Viola Sonata was marked ‘impetuoso’, it ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a viola by Jacobus Horil, Rome, 1741
This illustration of a viola by Jacobus Horil was published in The Strad, December 1978. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Jacobus Horil was a Viennese maker who worked from 1720 to around 1758. Like a number of makers working in Vienna he was probably of ...
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NewsAlice & Eleonore Schoenfeld International String Competition names 2016 competitors
This year's event takes place in Harbin, China between 23 July and 1 August in violin, cello and chamber disciplines
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ArticleMusicians respond to Brexit with Beethoven performance in London
The night after the UK's EU referendum, a group of musicians and singers from around Europe and the UK, who had never performed together before, played Beethoven's Ode To Joy live outside St Martin-in-the-Fields in London.Video © 2016 Apple and Biscuit RecordingsRead: Association of British Orchestras warns ...
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ReviewBruch: String Quartets: no.1 in C minor op.9, no.2 in E major op.10, in C minor op. posth
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Rarely heard Bruch quartets and a recent rediscoveryMusicians: Diogenes QuartetComposer: BruchCatalogue number: BRILLIANT CLASSICS 95051 This disc presents not only the two published Bruch string quartets but also a recovered work from 1852, composed as an audition piece for entry to the ...
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NewsWesley Collins appointed Cleveland Orchestra principal viola
The violist replaces his former Cleveland Institute teacher Robert Vernon, who retires after 40 years
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NewsDulcinea Quartet and violist Stephen Upshaw receive Trinity Laban Fellowship awards
The bursaries help young performers to bridge the gap between study and the profession
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ArticleStrauss Tritsch-Tratsch Polka performed by double bass orchestra
The Brno Double Bass Orchestra performs an arrangement of Strauss's Tritsch-Tratsch Polka by Wells Cathedral School tutor David Heyes in 2009.Heyes writes about creating a resonant double bass tone in The Strad's July 2016 issue – download on desktop computer or through The Strad App.Read: Too few conductors ...
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DebateToo many young double bassists prioritise solo technique over orchestral expertise
Chi-chi Nwanoku argues that students need to be more realistic about their career expectations
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NewsAmerican cellist and teacher Gilda Barston has died aged 71
The Suzuki specialist was a member of the Music Institute of Chicago’s cello faculty since 1973
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NewsNew women-only chamber orchestra launches in Canada
The Allegra Chamber Orchestra features female musicians performing music by female composers
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ReviewDebussy: Violin Sonata. Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor op.82. Respighi: Violin Sonata in B minor. Sibelius: Berceuse op.79 no.6
The Strad Issue: July 2016Description: Grand, romantic takes on three Romantic sonatasMusicians: James Ehnes (violin) ; Andrew Armstrong (piano)Composer: Britten, Stravinsky, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue number: ONYX 4159 Ehnes and Armstrong’s account of Debussy’s Sonata is eloquent and multicoloured, giving full measure to its many voices and weaving them ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs Schindler's List theme
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs John Williams's Schindler's List theme in November 2015. Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter films her performance with a head cam Watch: Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performs on Letterman
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NewsNew York court drops violinist Stefan Arzberger’s attempted murder charge
The former Leipzig Quartet leader has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of reckless assault and faces no jail time
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ArticleViolinist Midori performs Brahms Violin Concerto
Midori performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta on 13 February 2013. Antje Weithaas continues The Strad’s marked-up sheet music series in association with Henle Verlag with the Brahms Concerto's first movement – giving bowings, fingerings and ideas for interpretation in ...
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ReviewFeldman: Structures. Nunes: Chessed III. Zimmerlin: String Quartet no.4. Lachenmann: String Quartet no.3 ‘Grido’
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Contemporary quartet works spoilt by outside interference Musicians: Arditti Quartet Composer: Feldman, Nunes, Zimmern, Lachenmann Catalogue number: BMN MEDIEN 20159 (CD + BLU-RAY) The Arditti Quartet’s clinically ...
