All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 469
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NewsBBC Arts announces autumn schedule
Among the offerings is a series of live concerts on Radio 3 in the lead-up to Christmas
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NewsYouth orchestra awarded €15,000 Würth Prize
The North German Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was commended for its ’willingness to take risks’
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BlogsSelf-expression is the key to tension-free string playing
Too often string players are taught to follow their teachers’ instructions, rather than expressing their personal feelings about the music – and this leads to tension and self-doubt, writes Trinity Laban Conservatoire violin professor John Crawford
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NewsIndianapolis Symphony Orchestra agrees pandemic pay deal
Players will receive a third of their 2019–20 base salary from January 2021
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BlogsA break from string playing can be a constructive experience
With many musicians returning to the stage for the first time in months, violinist Cara Laskaris reflects on her own experiences to offer some words of advice
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NewsLondon Mozart Players launch ‘Classical Club’
This ticketed series of concerts filmed in unusual or iconic venues will take place between 24 September and 15 November
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VideoThe Strad Calendar 2021: Tommaso Balestrieri violin 1759
The Balestrieri has a fine and well-preserved covering of rich red-brown varnish, which has worn softly in the manner of Cremonese recipes
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VideoThree cellists test out a newly-made cello
In this video, Ian McWilliams, an instrument maker working just outside Berlin, asks three cellists (Rolando Fernandez, Martina Biondi, Mon-Puo Lee) to play a cello that he finished making in early 2020 to get a sense of its potential. They play three different pieces of music with three different bows. ...
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NewsCity of London Sinfonia returns to Southwark Cathedral for two performances
The concerts will be open to socially distanced audience members in groups of up to six
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NewsBBC Proms announces Last Night amendment
Nicola Benedetti will replace Lisa Batiashvili, who is withdrawing due to illness
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VideoDame Diana Rigg presents Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending
Paying tribute Dame Diana Rigg, who died yesterday aged 82, here is a video of the actress from 2012, presenting a performance of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending as it was originally heard in the composer’s time: in a version for violin and piano, and staged at Shirehampton Public Hall ...
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NewsGary Karr and François Rabbath donate treasured items to help bassists in need
Four of Karr’s bows and Ten of Rabbath’s paintings will be donated to raise funds for Project 80/90
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NewsNew York’s 92Y announces autumn season
The series of nine streamed concerts features violinists Midori and Tai Murray, double bassist Xavier Foley and the Emerson String Quartet
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NewsRapid Covid-19 test supports London Symphony Orchestra’s return to live performance
The new Covid-19 test delivers results in just over an hour
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VideoLast Night of Proms 2020 in an empty Royal Albert Hall
The finale of the 2020 Last Night of the Proms, conducted by Dalia Stasevska, performed without a live audience for the first time in the festival’s history Read: Rule, Britannia! will now be sung at BBC Proms 2020 Read: Dalia Stasevska wrongly blamed ro Rule, Britannia! decision, say sources close ...
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VideoIván Fischer on his new invention: an acoustic-enhancing mask
In this video, Iván Fischer, artistic director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, describes his new invention: a music-enhancing face mask. ‘One of Mozart’s favourite ideas was to turn necessity into a virtue,’ says the Hungarian conductor. ‘Now people are wearing masks and it’s a necessity but it’s also an ...
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NewsLive concerts to return to St John’s Smith Square
The remainder of the year brings a programme of 63 public concerts, as well as 50 digital events
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NewsJazz bassist Gary Peacock has died
The bassist, who played with musicians including Miles Davis, was 85 years old
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VideoThe oddities of a luthier’s workshop
As part of a ‘Students stuck at home’ series of videos, luthier Anna Huthmaker introduces us to some of the oddities in her workshop, including a 32nd size violin, the ‘clown’ violin and the ‘super-cool’ violin. For more in the series, click here. Read: 10 unusual violins Read: In Focus: ...
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VideoLigeti Quartet performs Christian Mason’s Dyngylday
The composition forms part of the ensemble’s forthcoming album of Mason’s works
