All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 327
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VideoTen-year-old Leia Zhu plays Schubert Violin Sonata no.1 in D Major
Leia Zhu was born in Newcastle (UK) in 2006 and is currently a student at the Junior Guildhall in London and privately with Itzhak Rashkovsky.
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NewsLeonard Elschenbroich steps in to save BBC Proms premiere
Cellist steps in at two weeks’ notice to take on Brian Elias cello concerto from indisposed Natalie Clein
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NewsNineteen members of youth orchestra fall ill from contaminated water
European Spirit of Youth Orchestra felled by poison fountain in northern Italy
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FocusSession Report: Pavel Haas Quartet reunites with former viola for Dvořák quintet
For the Pavel Haas Quartet, recording Dvořák’s String Quintet op.97 and Piano Quintet op.81 is the ideal way to celebrate old friendships with music from the New World. Tom Stewart reports from Prague
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ReviewIn Schubert's Company - Akhunov: In Schubert’s Company, Erlkönig; Desyatnikov: Wie der alte Leiermann…, Tabakova: Fantasy Homage to Schubert etc., Schubert: Polonaise in B flat major etc.
Violin works on the viola miss out on exploiting the instrument’s deeper voice
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Review26 - Arad: Toccatina a la Turk; Esther, Kox: Stranger, Karpen: Bicinium, Watras: Liquid Voices; Prelude; Luminous Points; Sonata for viola solo
Lovingly presented celebration of 21st-century music for viola – and more
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Review13 Strings - Bach: Suite no.2 in D minor BWV1007; Partita in D minor BWV1004, Ligeti Sonata for solo viola
Bach and Ligeti performed on an unusual collection of instruments
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NewsWalter Levin, founder and first violin of the LaSalle Quartet, has died
Last remaining member of the original line-up of the US-based quartet was 92
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ReviewBrahms: Violin Concerto in D major op.77; Violin Sonata no.1 in G major op.78; Scherzo in C minor from ‘FAE’ Sonata
Powerful, spacious account of a mighty Romantic concerto
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Focus‘I always go for bigger double bass sections’ - conductor Donald Runnicles
The Scottish conductor and music director of the Grand Teton Music Festival shares his preference for large double bass sections in his orchestras
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VideoYo-Yo Ma and Condoleezza Rice perform Schumann's Fantasiestücke op.73
At the 2017 Kennedy Center Arts Summit in Washington D.C., host Yo-Yo Ma is joined onstage by former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice for a performance of Schumann’s Fantasierstücke op.73. The two have performed together before, in 2002, at the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Awards.
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GalleryFrom the Archive: 1911 violin by Giuseppe Fiorini
These photographs were published in the June 1988 issue of The Strad. The following text is from the accompanying article, ’Fiorini: A modern heritage’ by John Dilworth
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NewsYo-Yo Ma to the rescue – lost puppy found after cellist’s intervention
Tanglewood Festival audience passes the word on and conductor David Zinman is reunited with four-month-old Havanese
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FocusThe titanium frog - a violinist and a luthier compare notes on the innovation
Violinist Peter Herresthal and luthier Christophe Landon recall how a performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Graal théâtre led to the debut of a new titanium bow frog
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ReviewDelius: String Quartet in E minor (1917), Elgar: String Quartet in E minor op.83
Wonderfully open-hearted accounts of two Great War English quartets
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NewsTeenage girl jailed for acid in viola case attack
Scottish schoolgirl booby-trapped love rival’s instrument case with drain cleaner
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VideoRay Chen teaches Harmonics
In the latest in Ray Chen’s ‘Masterclass Monday’ YouTube series, he looks at natural and artificial harmonics and offers some hard-won tips on getting them right
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NewsViolist Matthew Jones named Guildhall School head of chamber music
Announcement confirms position Jones has held provisionally since January 2016
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NewsGuadagnini back in action in the hands of Daniel Auner
Young Viennese violinist has been loaned 1752 Milan-period instrument by National Bank of Austria collection
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ReviewFranck: Violin Sonata, Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet op.21
Sensitive, natural performances but an arms-length sonic effect
