All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 329
-
ReviewSiècle - Dutilleux: Cello Concerto ‘Tout un monde lointain…’, Messiaen: from Quatuor de la fin du temps, Debussy: Cello Sonata, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.2
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: September 2017 Musicians: Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) Alexei Grynyuk (piano) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/John Wilson, Stefan Blunier Composer: Dutilleux, Messiaen, Debussy, Saint-Saëns Catalogue Number: ONYX 4173 Captivating lyrical journey into turn-of-the-century French cello music As the title suggests, ...
-
NewsObituary: Fredell Lack, 19 February 1922 - 20 August 2017
Child prodigy violinist who went on to be one of America’s most prolific teachers
-
FocusFrom the archive: the 'Duport' Stradivarius cello played by Rostropovich
These photos were published in the October 1988 issue of The Strad in an article by Edward Sainati about 19th-century French cellist August Franchomme
-
FocusJames Ehnes on recording the Walton Viola Concerto
In June this year the Canadian violinist joined conductor Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the studio to record a concerto on his second instrument, the viola
-
BlogsFrom concept to sound: What judges look for in a violin making competition
Luthier Patrick Robin, one of the jury members of the International Violin Making Competition Prague, discusses how he goes about assessing an instrument
-
VideoMusic Of The Mind - a short film about music and the brain
In this partly dramatised short film based on true events, a violinist brain damaged in an accident nearly 30 years ago is given the opportunity to take part in music making through new technology developed by Plymouth University and the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in London. Rosemary Johnson was a ...
-
NewsTrials of travelling musicians: violin not accepted as hand luggage on ferry
Scilly Steamship Company insists violin goes in the hold – yet maintains policy allowing two dogs per adult
-
VideoUpton Bass: Laminated or Solid Double Bass Ribs?
’When you get inside an old old instrument, you’ve got grafted pieces of wood, you’ve got linen cloth… it’s essentially bad plywood’. Gary Upton of Upton Bass in Mystic, Connecticut, explains the benefits of plywood ribs on a double bass.
-
NewsHighlights from Tarisio October auction: instruments by Santo Serafin and Andrea Guarneri
The online auctioneer’s full catalogue for the London-based auction will be released on 4 October
-
FocusWhat I'd tell my younger self – double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku
©Eric Richmond The following is published as part of a larger ‘Life Lessons’ interview with Chi-chi Nwanoku in The Strad’s September 2017 issue, out now – download the issue on desktop computer or via the The Strad App, or buy the print edition. My parents raised ...
-
VideoRachel Podger plays Biber's Rosary Sonata no.16, Passacaglia
English Baroque specialist Rachel Podger plays one of the earliest known works for solo violin, the Passacaglia from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s Rosary Sonatas (also known as the Mystery Sonatas).
-
VideoNaples violin makers: Della Corte, Postiglione and Pistucci
Sean Bishop of Bishop Instruments & Bows in London talks us through some 19th-century Naples violin makers, some following Gagliano models and other with more individual touches. n.b. the video is flipped horizontally - Sean Bishop assures us his instruments are strung the usual way round
-
FocusFrom the archive: a 1748 Guadagnini cello
These photos were published in the November 1988 issue of The Strad along with an interview with the cello’s owner, Gilberto Munguía
-
News17-year-old Anne Luisa Kramb takes top string prize at Manhattan Competition
Prize includes paid recital at Carnegie Hall to take place on 22 September this year
-
VideoLena Yokohama plays Vivaldi on newly restored 1749 Santo Serafin violin
In this video at the Violin Museum, Cremona (Museo del Violino), Japanese violinist Lena Yokohama plays a 1749 Santo Serafin violin. The museum has been coordinating the violin’s restoration on behalf of the Russian state collection, with Cremona-based luthiers Bruce Carlson and Bernard Neumann carrying out the work over the ...
-
FocusJeff Bradetich’s instruments: a 250-year-old Guadagnini and a modern bass made of old wood
The American double bass soloist talks about how each instrument fulfils different needs. Interview by Maggie Williams
-
NewsViolinist Dmitri Kogan dead at 38
Scion of Russian musical dynasty with international touring career dies of lymphatic cancer
-
VideoDmitri Kogan plays Piazzolla's Winter
Dmitri Kogan, who has died aged 38, here plays ‘Winter’ from Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov)
-
NewsThe lark descending – nudist viola player plays during naked sky dive
Australian violist Glen Donnelly’s stunt is raising money for body image charities
