All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 331
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VideoAugustin Hadelich performs his own Brahms cadenza
In this video recorded live on 1 June at the NRK Radio Concert Hall, in Oslo, Norway, Augustin Hadelich plays his own cadenza for the Brahms violin concerto. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra is conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Hadelich plays the 1723 Kiesewetter Stradivarius violin, on loan from Clement and Karen ...
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NewsSchubert Ensemble to disband in 35th season
50-date tour will culminate in farewell concert at Wigmore Hall in March 2018
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FocusViolin expertise and how to acquire it: Jacques Francais on the pitfalls of instrument identification
Legendary Manhattan-based French dealer, who died in 2004, with some words of wisdom first published in The Strad November 1988 issue. Interview by Stewart Pollens
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VideoJames Ehnes plays Hora Staccato by Grigoraș Dinicu, arr. Heifetz
In this video from 2008, James Ehnes plays Hora Staccato, the showpiece by Romanian composer Grigoraș Dinicu, as arranged by Heifetz. As the name suggests, its challenges lie in fast staccato notes both up- and down-bow. The piece features on Ehnes’s CD/DVD Homage released on Onyx Classics, on which he ...
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ReviewBritish Legends – Kelly: Elegy (in memoriam Rupert Brooke) (arr. Decroix), Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite, Elgar: Elegy for strings op.58, Bliss: Music for Strings etc.
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: An almost-forgotten British composer is at the heart of this recital Musicians: St. George QuartetComposer: Kelly, Bliss, Elgar, Vaughan WilliamsCatalogue Number: ADW 7584 This is a curious CD, inspired by the music of the least well-known composer here, Frederick Septimus ...
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ReviewWarp and Weft – Clarke: Suite for two violins and piano, Patterson: Allusions Trio, Jacob: Four Bagatelles, Moeran: Sonata in A major for two violins, Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: Polishing up some rare, sparkling English gems for stringsMusicians: Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa (violins) Simon Callaghan (piano) Composer: Clarke, Patterson, Jacob, Moeran, RaswthorneCatalogue Number: EM RECORDS EMRCD 043 EM Records has put all lovers of English music in its debt ...
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NewsViolin competition with $100,000 first prize returns in 2018
Second Shanghai Isaac Stern International Violin Competition now open for applications
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FocusFrom the archive: a 1712 viola by Giovanni Grancino
Published in the January 1989 issue of The Strad and also featuring on its cover, these photos accompanied an article by Roger Hargrave, an extract of which appears below
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NewsCanadian violinist Marc Djokic wins $125,000 Prix Goyer
Biennial prize for ’collaborative emerging artist’ offers package of cash and in-kind professional development benefits
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VideoDocumentary on the 'Tuscan' Stradivari – featuring Fabio Biondi
This documentary is linked to the upcoming release of the second volume of Treasures of Violin Making from Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè, focusing on the 1690 ‘Tuscan’ Stradivari from the collection of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome. The video includes extracts of Baroque specialist Fabio Biondi playing Biber’s Chaconne ...
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FocusRenaud Garcia-Fons on the Sarabande from Bach's Fifth Cello Suite
The Sarabande from Bach’s Fifth Cello Suite has a deeply personal resonance for the French bassist and composer – even though he’s never performed it in public
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FocusWhat makes a concertmaster special?
Laurinel Owen explores the qualities and responsibilities that make orchestral leaders stand apart from the rest
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FocusHow I cope with the pressures of life as a soloist – double bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku
The founder of Chineke!, Europe’s first professional majority Black and Minority Ethnic orchestra, reflects on how she keeps her own musical life grounded
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NewsSyrian refugee violinist loaned Stradivarius for big concert
Rami Basisah has been offered use of 1690 ‘Stephens’ Stradivari for Classic FM Live concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall
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VideoKyung Wha Chung plays Sarasate's Caprice Basque op.24
A brief interview followed by a performance by Kyung Wha Chung, aged 22, in her first British TV appearance in 1970. Chung’s big break in the UK had come earlier that year, when she substituted for Itzhak Perlman in a concert with the London Symphony Orchestra to great acclaim, leading ...
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ReviewAn Eventful Morning in East London: 21st-Century Violin Concertos – Patterson Allusions for two violins and strings, Prtichard: Wall of Water, Matthews: Romanza etc.
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: New music from London’s cultural melting pot delivered with conviction Musicians: Harriet Mackenzie (violin) Philippa Mo (violin), English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth WoodsComposer: Patterson, Pritchard, Matthews, Fokkens, Doolittle Catalogue Number: NIMBUS NI 6295 If this disc’s quirky title leads ...
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BlogsVariations on fast-forward: the extraordinary density of Émile Sauret's 24 Études-Caprices
Nazrin Rashidova’s encounter with the 19th-century French violinist’s music led her down a rabbit-hole of virtuosity and research – from which has come a PhD and a four-part recording project for Naxos
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VideoGreat French violin makers: F.L. Pique & J.B. Vuillaume
Another video from Sean Bishop of Bishop Instruments & Bows in London, here talking about two violins by François Louis Pique and one by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume – the latter, according to Bishop, being the ‘one true genius after Stradivari and Guarneri’.
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ReviewDvořák: String Quartet no.12 in F major op.96 ‘The American’; String Quintet in E flat major op.97 ‘The American’
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: Mellow and blended flavours in these two ‘American’ chamber works Musicians: Škampa QuartetComposer: Dvořák Catalogue Number: CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD 110 The Škampa Quartet’s performance of ’s String Quartet op.96 invites direct comparison with the multi-award-winning version from their Czech ...
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ReviewFauré – The Music for Cello and Piano: Romance op.69; Papillon op.77; Sérénade op.98; Berceuse op.16; Cello Sonata no.1 in D minor op.109; Morceau de lecture etc.
The Strad Issue: September 2017Description: A brilliantly heartfelt response to Fauré’s most complex cello writing Musicians: Andreas Brantelid (cello) Bengt Forsberg (piano) Composer: Fauré Catalogue Number: BIS 2220 (SACD) Several decades separate Fauré’s many short cello pieces from his two cello sonatas, ...
