All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 437
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Article‘It was a very different way to look at music’
Marking the twelve days of the festive season, The Strad presents memorable quotes from the archive. On day three, Truls Mørk recalls working with Lutoslawski on his Cello Concerto
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VideoQuatuor Ébène plays Ravel’s String Quartet
The French string quartet plays Ravel’s String Quartet in F major in la Salle Pleyel, Paris in 2010.
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Article‘The bow and the student’s arm are one; the student is the bass’
Marking the twelve days of the festive season, The Strad presents quotes from the archive. Here, double bassist François Rabbath gives advice on sound development
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VideoBorodin Quartet with Alexander Buzlov plays Schubert String Quintet
The Borodin Quartet with cellist Alexander Buzlov plays Schubert String Quintet in C major.
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Article‘There is an underlying sense of foreboding’
Marking the twelve days of the festive season, The Strad presents quotes from the archive. Today, the Carducci Quartet players discuss subtext in Shostakovich’s string quartets
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VideoJanine Jansen and friends play Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence
The list of musicians for this performance of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence comprises: violinists Janine Jansen and Vilde Frang, violists Julian Rachlin and Lawrence Power, and cellists Nicolas Altstaedt and Jens Peter Maintz.
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NewsSheku Kanneh-Mason appointed MBE for services to music
British musician, who performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, describes the news as ‘amazing’
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NewsPrizes awarded at Grażyna Bacewicz Violin Competition
Bulgarian violinist Martin Zayranov has won the 20,000 zl first prize
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Article‘One has to understand minimalism as a “plateau of sound”’
Continuing our series of quotes for the festive season, violinist Darragh Morgan examines the role of articulation in minimalism performance practice
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VideoHilary Hahn plays Brahms’s Violin Concerto
The violinist performs Brahms’s Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77, with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Paavo Järvi.
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Article‘Why play drunk people prettily?’
On day seven of our festive season of quotes from The Strad archive, violinist Pekka Kuusisto recalls a controversial performance he gave of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
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VideoChristian Tetzlaff and friends from the Berlin Philharmonic play Schubert’s Octet
The full concert can be seen here: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/concert/20466/?a=youtube&c=true
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VideoPacific Symphony Youth Octet plays Mendelssohn
On the 8th day of Christmas we bring to you: the Pacific Symphony Youth Octet performing Mendelssohn’s Octet in May 2020.
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Article‘He had the ability to touch the soul’
The writer, broadcaster and Menuhin biographer Humphrey Burton remembers meeting Yehudi for the first time in 1959
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VideoAnne-Sophie Mutter plays Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No 9, ‘Kreutzer’
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis perform Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No 9, ‘Kreutzer’ in this concert filmed at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris.
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VideoNine countries in lockdown
On the ninth day of Christmas we bring to you a reimagination of an ancient chant, Karpur Gauram, bringing together 17 musicians in lockdown from 9 countries, filmed in April 2020. Credits: Music Composed and Produced by Kartik Shah Vocals - Nirali Kartik @Nirali Kartik Vocals - Akshat Parikh ...
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NewsObituary: Michael Grebanier, San Francisco Symphony principal cellist
A student of Leonard Rose, Grebanier won the Naumburg Competition in 1957
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Article‘It is so unviolinistic’
Patricia Kopatchinskaja on the heartbreak and pain of Schumann’s Violin Concerto
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NewsBenedetti Foundation Orchestra releases debut single
Violinist Nicola Benedetti describes recording Mascagni’s Intermezzo as ‘a beautiful and hugely revelatory experience’
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VideoJupiter String Quartet plays Debussy’s String Quartet
In this video, the Jupiter String Quartet (violinists Nelson Lee and Meg Freivogel, violist Liz Freivogel and cellist Daniel McDonough) plays Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, Op 10, at the Bowdoin International Music Festival on July 30, 2018.
