All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 359
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FocusChristian Tetzlaff on the personal resonances of Beethoven's seventh violin sonata
For the German violinist, op.30 no.2 evokes a cascade of memories as disparate as freshly baked cookies, Wild West writer Karl May, and a sense of security
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VideoAnastasia Kobekina plays prelude from Bach Cello Suite no.6
Russian cellist Anastasia Kobekina performs the prelude from Bach’s sixth cello suite. Kobekina is a Moscow Conservatory and Kronberg Academy graduate and currently studies with Jens Peter Maintz at the Berlin University of the Arts. Kobekina plays a 1743 G. B. Guadagnini cello, which is on loan to her as ...
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ReviewRagazze Quartet: Spiegel: Works by Mendelssohn and Beethoven
MENDELSSOHN String Quartet no.2 in A minor op.13; BEETHOVEN String Quartet no.15 in A minor op.132
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BlogsLife on the front desk: the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' concertmaster
On the day of the BBCNOW’s 90th anniversary, Lesley Hatfield offers some thoughts on leading and life in the orchestra
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NewsAlitalia foots the bill for smashed viola da gamba repairs
Airline has accepted responsibility for damage, says early music specialist Myrna Herzog
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FocusFrom the archive: kitchen stove-top experiments in Cremonese varnish
In the April 1938 issue, a hapless amateur maker relates his unfortunate experiences while attempting to find the ‘secret’ of Stradivari
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FocusWhy is the thickness of the front and back of Stradivari's instruments so unpredictable?
Although there is no record of how the Cremonese makers finished their instruments, Dirk Jacob Hamoen argues that the final scraping was done after they had been strung up and played in the white
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ReviewPatricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko: Deux – works by Poulenc, Bartók and Ravel
POULENC Violin Sonata; DELIBES/DOHNÁNYI Waltz from Coppélia; BARTÓK Violin Sonata no.2; RAVEL Tzigane
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ReviewRobert Kowalski: Strauss Violin Concerto
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana/Markus Poschner: STRAUSS Violin Concerto in D minor op.8; Aus Italien op.16
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ReviewMax Richter: Portrait – Angèle Dubeau, La Pietà
RICHTER Selected works including Memoryhouse; November; Sketchbook; Autumn Music II; The Journey, not the Destination; Dona Nobis Pacem 2; The Consolations of Philosophy
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FocusSession report: Gabriel Schwabe on recording the Schumann Cello Concerto
Until recently, Schumann’s works failed to connect with German cellist Gabriel Schwabe. But the opportunity to record them opened up a whole avenue of possibilities
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VideoJennifer Pike: Penderecki Capriccio
Filmed on 14 October 2017 during an all-day Polish music festival at the Wigmore Hall curated by violinist Jennifer Pike, this video features Pike herself performing the UK premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Capriccio for solo violin
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VideoPaganini Competition finals: Live Stream
Competition finals now streaming live from the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. The finals take place over two days on 13 and 14 April, starting each day at 3.30 local time. See below for the programme.
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FocusThe Strad Quiz: test your knowledge of all things strings
This week our questions take in The Carnival of the Animals, horse hair, a couple of very famous violins and more
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VideoMenuhin Competition: Senior first round (2nd part)
This is the archived live stream from the 2nd part of the senior first round of the Menuhin Competition 2018 which took place on 17 April. The programme for this video is below. To see all the competition performances, visit its YouTube channel. Eric Tsai– 10am - 10.25am J.S. ...
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NewsKevin Zhu wins 55th Paganini Competition
Seventeen-year-old American violinist, a former junior winner at the Menuhin Competition, takes €20,000 first prize
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NewsEsmé Quartet takes first place at Wigmore Hall competition
All-female Korean quartet based in Germany scoops £10,000 cash prize plus package of concerts and residencies
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ReviewIn Heavenly Harmony: Romantic Music for Violin and Organ
Daniel Auner (violin) Hannfried Lucke (organ)
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FocusFrom the archive: a c.1845 violin by Pressenda
Recent research shows that Giovanni Francesco Pressenda worked as a farmer before turning his hand to instrument making. In this article from the April 2005 issue, Alberto Giordano examines a late c.1845 violin
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NewsInstruments announced for Tokyo Stradivarius Festival 2018 exhibition
Eighteen Stradivari violins, a cello and a viola, plus an Andrea Amati will be featured
