All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 343
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FocusConquering performance nerves: starting well and keeping tempo on track
Brian Hodges answers student questions on coping with stage fright
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FocusFrom the archive: Rivka Golani talks about her Otto Erdesz viola
These photographs of a cutaway viola by Otto Erdesz appeared in the May 1991 issue of The Strad alongside an interview with Israeli violist Rivka Golani, who still plays the instrument to this day. An extract of the article by Mark Pappenheim is below
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FocusJoey Corpus remembered: a profile from the November 2001 issue of The Strad
In this interview feature by Barbara L. Sand, Joey Corpus, who has died at the age of 59, discusses his late start as a musician, living with a disability, and his teaching philosophy
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GalleryFrom The Strad Calendar 2018: Stradivarius 'Chigiano' cello, 1680
Based in Cremona, the Friends of Stradivari network brings together instruments owned by collectors and stringed-instrument enthusiasts from around the world. The Strad Calendar 2018 celebrates twelve of these treasures, with this cello from the Fondazione Accademia Chigiana collection featuring in December. Text by John Dilworth
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ArticleViolinist Itzhak Perlman plays klezmer music
'When you're dealing with music, you're dealing with the soul of the society' This video is an clip from a 1995 PBS documentary which followed violinist Itzhak Perlman as he joined four klezmer groups – Brave New World, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman and the Klezmer Conservatory Band – to perform ...
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FocusKlezmer violin technique masterclass with Sophie Solomon
The violin is a vital ingredient of the klezmer sound. In this Masterclass from January 2007, Sophie Solomon, founding member of klezmer fusion band Oi Va Voi and artistic director of London’s Jewish Music Institute, explains that embodying a vocal quality in the instrument is the key to performing this ...
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FocusDragonetti’s Gasparo da Salò double bass and its seismic effect on English lutherie
The importance to English bass making of the great Italian double bassist Domenico Dragonetti has been underestimated. Bass makers Thomas Martin, Martin Lawrence and George Martin reveal how the musician and his Gasparo da Salò instrument had a direct influence on London’s luthiers
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DebatePut yourself in your beginner students' shoes by trying to learn a new instrument from scratch
For most teachers the feeling of clumsiness associated with beginning an instrument from scratch is a distant memory. With the help of Grade1athons, however, it can all come flooding back, as violin tutor Naomi Yandell describes
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VideoHenning Kraggerud plays Vivaldi's winter in the Arctic circle
In this video, Henning Kraggerud and the Arctic Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra play the first movement of Vivaldi’s ‘Winter’ from The Four Seasons. Kraggerud’s recording of the full cycle, along with his own companion pieces, was released earlier this year. The exterior scenes featuring Kraggerud were filmed near Tromsø, in north ...
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NewsKian Soltani wins $75,000 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award
Austrian-Iranian cellist chosen for biennial award which inlcudes a concert with the Vienna Philharmonic during 2018 Lucerne Festival
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ReviewEuclid Quartet: American Quartets (Dvořák, Marsalis)
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: America seen through the lens of two very different composersMusicians: Euclid Quartet Works: DVOŘÁK String Quartet no.12 in F major op.96 ‘American’; MARSALIS String Quartet no.1 ‘At the Octoroon Balls’ Catalogue Number: AFINAT RECORDS AR1701 The ‘American’ ...
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ReviewRobert deMaine: Fauré, Grieg, Rachmaninoff – works for cello & piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Lavish and powerful playing of Romantic cello musicMusicians: Robert deMaine (cello) Andrew Armstrong (piano) Works: FAURÉ Élégie in C minor op.24; GRIEG Cello Sonata in A minor op.36; RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata in G minor op.19 ...
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FocusIn residence: The Coull Quartet at the University Of Warwick, UK
This year the group marks its 40th anniversary at the English university – a place of stability that has allowed the players to experiment musically and to engage with all academic departments, finds Toby Deller
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FocusIn focus: the 1736 ‘Cessole’, ‘Teja-Ferni’ Guarneri ‘del Gesù’
Although Guarneri ‘del Gesù’ is best known for his wild, unruly later masterpieces, this 1736 violin reveals his softer side, as Carlo Chiesa explains in this focus on a Strad poster instrument first published in the July 2010 issue
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ReviewElinor Frey: Fiorè – Complete Cello Sonatas; and 17th-century Italian arias
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Exploring how the 17th-century cello found its individual voiceMusicians: Elinor Frey (Baroque cello) Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) Lorenzo Ghielmi (harpsichord) Esteban La Rotta (theorbo)Works: FIORÈ Complete cello sonatas; plus 17th-century arias for soprano, cello obbligato and basso continuo by ...
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ReviewQuatuor Zaïde: Franck – String Quartet in D major; Chausson – Chanson perpétuelle op.37
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: French-perfumed flair all round from young Gallic quartet Musicians: Quatuor Zaïde, Karine Deshayes (mezzo-soprano), Jonas Vitaud (piano)Works: FRANCK String Quartet in D major; CHAUSSON Chanson perpétuelle op.37Catalogue Number: NOMAD MUSIC NMM044 This is the first time the young French Quatuor Zaïde ...
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ReviewTrio Zimmermann: Hindemith & Schoenberg – String Trios
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: High-powered music from a suitably high-powered trio Musicians: Trio Zimmermann Works: HINDEMITH String Trio no.1 op.34 & no.2; SCHOENBERG String Trio op.45 Catalogue Number: BIS 2207 (HYBRID SACD) The string trio repertoire still suffers in terms of ...
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ReviewGunvor Sihm, Berit Johansen Tange: Rued Langgaard – Complete Works for Violin and Piano, vol.1
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Wondrously played experimental works from a unique Danish talent Musicians: Gunvor Sihm (violin), Berit Johansen Tange (piano) Works: LANGGAARD Écrasez l’infâme; Sonata (unfinished); Short Violin Sonata; Sonata no.4 ‘Parce nobis, Jesu!’ Catalogue Number: DACAPO 8226130 This is the first in a ...
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ReviewHebrides Ensemble: The Last Island – Chamber Music by Peter Maxwell Davies
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: Gripping performances that are truly taken to the Max Musicians: Hebrides Ensemble Works: MAXWELL DAVIES The Last Island; A Postcard from Sanday; String Trio; Two Nocturnes; Lullaby; Oboe Quartet; A Birthday Card for Jennifer; Violin Sonata; String Quartet ...
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ReviewElan Quintet: Georges Onslow – String Quintets no.10 and no.22
The Strad Issue: December 2017Description: A beguiling brace of quintets from the ‘French Beethoven’ Musicians: Elan Quintet Works: ONSLOW String Quintets: no.10 in F minor op.32, no.22 in E flat major op.57 Catalogue Number: NAXOS 8.573689 This second volume of the Anglo– French aristocrat George Onslow’s string quintets features ...
