All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 465
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VideoFrom My Room Orchestra: Philip Glass’s Company
Following their recording of Pachelbel’s Canon, From My Room Orchestra, an ensemble of Trinity Laban students, have turned their hand to Philip Glass’ quartet ‘Company’. This time they’re joined by contemporary music experts The Smith Quartet, and dancers from the conservatoire’s Faculty of Dance to create an artistic responses to ...
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NewsInternational Double Bass Quarantine Challenge comes to an end
170 videos were submitted in total to the Challenge, which replaced this year’s International Sperger Competition for Double Bass
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NewsDover Quartet joins Curtis Institute of Music Faculty as Ensemble in Residence
The residency takes effect on 31 August
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NewsPlayers from Academy of St Martin in the Fields to perform live on 23 August
The programme will include music by Mozart, Britten and Glazunov
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NewsThe violinist Erich Gruenberg has died
The former London Symphony Orchestra concertmaster was 95 years old
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VideoErich Gruenberg plays Bruch
In this short video from 1995, Erich Gruenberg, who has died aged 95, plays a section from the slow movement of Bruch’s Violin Concerto with the Bangkok Symphony conducted by John Georgiadis. Read: The violinist Erich Gruenberg has died
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NewsNorth York Moors Festival goes ahead with social distancing
The festival is taking place in a 5000 sq ft marquee
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VideoVadim Repin plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation
The Russian violinist plays Tchaikovsky’s Méditation in D minor from Souvenir d’un lieu cher (Memory of a Dear Place), Op. 42 (1878) with the Moscow Soloists Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yuri Bashmet. Read about Repin’s Sentimental Work in our August issue.
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VideoLockdown commissions 3: Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés
In the third of his ten ‘lockdown commissions’ performances, filmed in and on top of iconic empty venues, violist Lawrence Power plays Esa-Pekka Salonen’s objets trouvés for solo viola and drone, filmed in an empty Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh.
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NewsAwards for Young Musicians announces record number of award winners
189 young musicians have been welcomed onto the 2020 Awards programme
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VideoViolinist Nicola Benedetti performs Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs
British violinist Nicola Benedetti performs Jules Massenet’s Méditation from Thaïs with pianist Alison Rhind. Benedetti is The Strad’s September 2020 cover star. In the issue she speaks about launching the Benedetti Sessions, her mass education project for string players of all ages, in the time of Covid-19. Read: The ...
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VideoAn unusual piece for cello and organ by Saint-Saëns
Valentino Worlitzsch and Iveta Apkalna play Saint-Saëns’ ’Prière’
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FocusPosition and freedom: keeping the two in harmony
John Crawford, teacher of violin and Alexander Technique at Trinity Laban Conservatoire explains why a position-orientated approach to string playing may not serve us well
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NewsBenjamin Grosvenor, Hyeyoon Park and Raja Halder announce new classical music festival
The Bromley and Beckenham International Music Festival will take place in September
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NewsBournemouth Symphony Orchestra to return with 12 symphonic concerts this autumn
The concert series launches on 30 September and concludes on 16 December
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VideoTasmin Little plays Enescu
Tasmin Little plays Enescu’s Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 ‘in Romanian Folk Style’ (Arr. for Orchestra by Valentin Doni) with the Orchestre De Chambre Pelléas Enescu Festival, conducted by Benjamin Levy. Read about Little’s Sentimental Work in our September issue.
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NewsISM responds to government announcement for indoor performances
Despite welcoming the announcement, concerns remain about the future of freelance musicians in the UK
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Focus‘Ida Haendel was not a natural collaborator’
Tully Potter shares his insights into the late violinist’s distinctive personality
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Focus
The importance of unravelling towards our true height
In the second instalment of her 4-part article series about postural awareness, Gwendolyn Masin, concert violinist, author and educator, discusses how much easier playing can be if we allow our bodies to move freely
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NewsTwo musicians selected for newly named LA Phil Resident Fellows programme
The programme trains up musicians from underrepresented populations to create a pathway towards more diverse and inclusive orchestras
