All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 345
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VideoBach Double Violin Concerto - Yehudi Menuhin And David Oistrakh.
Legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and David Oistrakh perform Bach’s Double Concerto in 1958 at the Salle Pleyel with the Orchestre national de la Radio-télévision française (RTF)
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VideoDohnányi Serenade for String Trio – Janine Jansen, Maxim Rysanov, Torleif Thedéen
In this video from medici.tv filmed at the 2009 Verbier Festival, Janine Jansen (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola), and Torleif Thedéen (cello) play part of Dohnányi’s Serenade for String Trio.
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VideoO Magnum Mysterium by Tomás Luis de Victoria arranged for four cellos
This performance of Tomás Luis de Victoria’s O Magnum Mysterium arranged for four cellos was filmed at Alice Tully Hall in April 2017 in a Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concert. The cellists are David Finckel, Sarina Zhang, Dmitri Atapine, and Sumire Kudo.
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VideoThe Quatuor Ebène plays Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht
In this performance filmed live at the Wissembourg Festival in September 2014, the Quatuor Ebène play Arnold Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht. The quartet’s regular members, Pierre Colombet, Gabriel Le Magadure (violin), Mathieu Herzog (viola) and Raphaël Merlin (cello) are joined by Arnaud Thorette (viola) and Felix Drake (cello)
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FocusString courses checklist
Questions to help you find the right short course and arrive well prepared
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FocusHeinrich Schiff: A life on record
Tully Potter introduces his guide to the recorded legacy of Austrian cellist Heinrich Schiff from the January 2018 issue of The Strad and complements it with a sweep through live performances available on YouTube
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VideoMendelssohn Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
The Borodin Quartet and Fine Arts Quartet combine to perform Mendelssohn’s Octet. The performance was filmed live on 20 July 1990 at the Festival de St-Riquier, Baie de Somme, France, in the Saint Riquier Abbey.
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VideoNathan Milstein: Beethoven Violin Sonata no.9, 'Kreutzer'
Nathan Milstein plays Beethoven’s Violin Sonata no.9, op.47 (‘Kreutzer’) at the Berwerdhallen in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 1986. Filmed by documentary maker Christopher Nupen, this performance was the 82-year-old Milstein’s last public recital before a hand injury ended his long career. The pianist is Georges Pludermacher.
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FocusTechnique: Viola vibrato, and how flexible joints and a keen ear can enhance your expressive range
Roger Tapping, violist of the Juilliard Quartet, on the faculty of the Juilliard School, and formerly New England Conservatory, gives a lesson on improving vibrato, particularly for violists
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FocusWIN a box set of Debussy's complete works
Although Claude Debussy wrote only a handful of chamber works over the course of his career, they included some undisputed masterpieces of the genre. In the February 2018 issue of The Strad, James Ehnes, Renaud Capuçon, Nicolas Altstaedt and Raphaël Merlin each discuss the ins and outs ...
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NewsRobert Mann, founding member of the Juilliard Quartet, dies aged 97
Robert Mann, photographed for the documentary Speak the Music: Robert Mann and the Mysteries of Chamber Music US violinist Robert Mann, a founding member of the Juilliard Quartet, died on New Year’s Day at the age of 97. A teacher at both Juilliard and the Manhattan School ...
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VideoMendelssohn - String Symphony No. 10, Tabea Zimmermann, JSO
The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra strings, lead from the viola by Tabea Zimmermann, perform Mendelssohn’s String Symphony no.10. The String Symphonies (twelve in total) were composed when Mendelssohn was between twelve and 14 years old.
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Focus'If one can do something, I believe it’s important to try' – Hilary Hahn on Refugee Council concert in London
The violinist will perform the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at a Royal Festival Hall fundraising concert on 15 January conducted by Edward Gardner. Here she talks to The Strad about a cause close to her heart and a concerto which has become a constant companion
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FocusJan Vogler on performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations
For the German cellist, imagining how Tchaikovsky might have viewed the rococo period was key to reinterpreting his Rococo Variations
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NewsUnlucky violist has instrument stolen in Glasgow – six weeks after it was taken from a train and turned up in lost property
Violin and viola belonging to members of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra stolen from the RSNO Centre in Glasgow on 30 December – a £1000 reward per instrument has been offered for their return
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ReviewLeonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax: Brahms, the Piano Trios
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Gloriously warm and eloquent Brahms from a trio of masters Musicians: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) Works: BRAHMS Piano Trios: no.1 in B major op.8, no.2 in ...
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NewsViola da gamba travelling in the hold for Alitalia flight destroyed by baggage handlers
Instrument belonging to early music specialist Myrna Herzog could be beyond effective repair
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ReviewChristian Poltéra, Ronald Brautigam: Mendelssohn works for cello and piano
THE STRAD RECOMMENDS The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Strong, supple and virtuosic accounts of Mendelssohn Musicians: Christian Poltéra (cello) Ronald Brautigam (piano) Works: MENDELSSOHN Cello Sonatas: no.1 in B flat major op.45 and no.2 in D major op.58; Variations ...
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ReviewTamsin Waley-Cohen: Bohemia – works by Dvořák, Janáček and Suk
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Sounds of central Europe presented with improvisatory panache Musicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Huw Watkins (piano) Works: DVOŘÁK Violin Sonata in F major; Four Romantic Pieces. JANÁČEK Violin Sonata. SUK Four Pieces op.17 Catalogue Number: SIGNUM ...
