All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 276
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ReviewOctophonia. Lidholm: Fantasia supra lauds. Lutoslawski: Grave. Nordheim: Three Stanzas for Double Bass Alone; Partita for Six Double Basses; Clamavi. Sallinen: Elegia – Sebastian Knight’ille
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Swedish bassist explores new Nordic repertoire for the instrument Musicians: Dan Styffe (double bass) Ingrid Andsnes (piano) Composer: Lidholm; Lutoslawski; Nordheim; Sallinen Catalogue number: SIMAX PSC 1342 This is Simax’s fourth exploration of the sonority of ...
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ReviewMozart: String Quartets: in G major K387, in B flat major K458 ‘Hunt’
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: An individual approach to two of Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets Musicians: Hagen Quartet Composer: Mozart Catalogue number: MYRIOS MYR 017 Just like skinning a cat, there are many ...
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NewsViolinist Nigel Armstrong named concertmaster of Santa Cruz Symphony
Californian, 26, will lead the orchestra from 1 October
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ArticleViolinist Hilary Hahn on owning the stage
You can't be afraid when you go on stage. If you're afraid you'll just be replicating what you think other people want you to do - and replicating is never the way to convince people you know what you're doing.' Hilary Hahn speaks about performing on stage ...
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FocusThe teaching wisdom of violinist Joseph Szigeti
The great violinist's former student Arnold Steinhardt recalls lessons from the master
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ReviewThe 12 seasons. Piazzolla: Cuatro estaciones porteñas. Shor: Four Seasons of Manhattan. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Carpenter adds Manhattan skies to the familiar Vivaldi–Piazzolla pairing Musicians: David Aaron Carpenter (viola) Salomé Chamber Orchestra Composer: Piazzolla; Shor; Vivaldi Catalogue number: WARNER CLASSICS 2564 64869-5 ...
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FocusThere is a tiger inside this instrument’: Sol Gabetta talks about her newly acquired cello
The Strad’s August 2016 cover star speaks about adjusting to playing a c.1725 Gofriller, after twelve years with her beloved Guadagnini
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ArticleCapuçon brothers - violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier - perform together at the BBC Proms
The Capuçon brothers - violinist Renaud and cellist Gautier - perform Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia as an encore at the BBC Proms in London's Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Read: ‘As a musician you never finish learning,’ says cellist Gautier Capuçon Watch: Gautier Capuçon performs Thaïs Meditation at the ...
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ArticleJulia Fischer performs De Beriot's Ninth Violin Concerto, aged 8
An eight-year-old Julia Fischer performs De Beriot's Ninth Violin Concerto in 1992.
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ReviewPhotography. Wallen: Cello Concerto; Hunger; Photography; In Earth
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: A major cello concerto from the Belize-born British composer Musicians: Matthew Sharp (cello) Tim Harries (bass guitar) Errollyn Wallen (voice) Orchestra X/Nicholas Kok; Continuum Ensemble; Ensemble X/Philip Headlam; Quartet X Composer: ...
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NewsGeorge Enescu International Competition 2016 announces violin and cello candidates
The event takes place from 3 to 25 September 2016 in Romania in violin, cello and piano disciplines
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NewsLong-time Oklahoma City Philharmonic violinist Lois Fees dies aged 82
The musician was a member of the orchestra for more than 60 years
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Brescia c.1600
This illustration of a violin by Giovanni Paolo Maggini was published in The Strad, January 1980. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:On the good authority of William E Hill and Sons, who certified the instrument on March 16 1955, the violin (with the exception of ...
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NewsRecord estimate for Mahler Symphony no.2 manuscript
Sotheby’s to sell score from estate of businessman and musician Gilbert Kaplan
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ReviewWeinberg: Violin Sonatas: no.4 op.39, no.5 op.53; Sonatina op.46
The Strad Issue: July 2016 Description: Soviet sonatas at last emerging from the shadow of Stalin Musicians: Maria Slawek (violin) Piotr RóŠ¼aŠ„ski (piano) Composer: Weinberg Catalogue number: ACCORD ACD 217-2 Kraków-based violinist Maria Slawek wrote her doctoral thesis on the violin sonatas ...
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NewsViolinist forced to withdraw from Proms appearance due to UK visa process
Kazakhstan-born Anna Markova was due to perform with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie on 22 July 2016
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Blogs'Even the best vibrato can't help a poor right-hand sound,' says cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt
The German cellist and pedagogue discusses how to produce a strong and colourful tone
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman records Fiddler on the Roof
Itzhak Perlman records a special bonus track for the 2016 Broadway cast recording of Fiddler on the Roof, released on Broadway Records. Perlman’s bonus track, titled ‘Excerpts from Fiddler on the Roof’, is arranged by film composer John Williams. Read: Violinist Itzhak Perlman to perform on Fiddler ...
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