All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 51
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ArticleBeethoven: Complete Cello Works
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Laurence Lesser (cello) HaeSun Paik (piano)Composer: Beethoven Beethoven’s cello sonatas have not been especially lucky on disc. Some artists bring a furrowed-brow reverence to the table that leaves Beethoven’s exuberant Classical textures feeling overweight and overwrought. Others broadside all thoughts ...
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ArticleViolin with the Polish Soul. Works by Wieniawski, Chopin, Lipinski, Paderewski, Kreisler, Zar?bski, Zarzicki, Szymanowski, Rimsky-Korsakov & Rachmaninoff
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Krzysztof Jakowicz (violin) Robert Morawski (piano)Composer: Wieniawski, Chopin, Lipinski, Paderewski, Kreisler, Zar?bski, Zarzicki, Szymanowski, Rimsky-Korsakov & Rachmaninoff This CD enshrines an hour of deliciously old-fashioned violin playing by the Nestor of Polish violinists, Krzysztof Jakowicz (b.1939). In a recording that closely and ...
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ArticleThe Music of Eddie South
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Violinjazz, Harold Jones (percussion), Andrea Liguori (piano)Composer: Eddie South This tribute to American jazz violinist Eddie South (1904–62), by West Coast musician Jeremy Cohen, is no cloning job but a successful disc in its own right. From the opening fanfare to Black ...
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ArticleTristan und Isolde. Wagner: Transcriptions and paraphrases
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Hisaya Sato (violin) Toshiyuki Takeuchi (piano)Composer: Wagner Thirty-eight-year-old Japanese violinist Hisaya Sato is to be commended on his ambition to revive long-forgotten repertoire and the launch of his own record label to promote it – all but three of ...
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ArticleMiller: Walk
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Kristen Miller (cello, vocals)Composer: MillerKristen Miller is a folk–rock cellist/singer–songwriter who, with the help of a digital recorder, creates layered songs in real time. Walk is, in spirit, more folk than rock – acoustic and communicating an at times sepia-tinged introspection. But, ...
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ArticleWhite Nights
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Chris Stout (fiddle) Catriona McKay (Scottish harp)Composer: Various These longtime Fiddlers’ Bid bandmates improve upon their previous duo outing, 2005’s excellent Laebrack, with an album that’s both more adventurous and more refined. The mesmeric opening lament sets a formidable standard ...
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Visitor numbers at Mondomusica instrument fair beat all previous years
Newly released attendance figures for this year's Cremona Mondomusica trade fair offer encouraging signs for the health of the stringed instrument industry. The three-day fair, which closed on 3 October, received a record 11,624 visitors, up 4.5 per cent on last year. The event hosted 280 exhibitors, an increase of ...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra bassist retires after 49 years
Joseph Guastafeste has retired from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra after 49 years as principal bass. Hired in 1961 by the orchestra's then music director, Fritz Reiner, the Brooklyn-born Guastafeste had previously been principal in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. His retirement in Chicago will be marked by an onstage ceremony later ...
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ArticleHaydn: Cello Concertos in C major Hob.VIIb:1 & D major Hob.VIIb.2, Minuets nos.1, 6 & 11 Hob.IX:16
The Strad Issue: January 2010Musicians: Ivan Monighetti (cello/conductor) Polish Sinfonia Iuventus OrchestraComposer: Haydn As a former winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition, and Rostropovich’s last pupil, Ivan Monighetti has an unassailable cellistic provenance, and yet despite the diversity of his interests, which incorporate both period ...
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British bow maker Peter Oxley suffers major theft on train
A bow box containing eleven bows, including several examples by top-quality French makers, has been stolen from a train in southern England. Leading British bow maker Peter Oxley was travelling with the collection from London to Norwich when the theft occurred. Among the bows stolen were two nickel-mounted violin ...
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Hundreds of Dutch orchestral jobs at risk
The new Dutch government is proposing to scrap the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre. If the plans are passed by the Dutch parliament, the decision could bring the closure of three radio orchestras – the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic and the Metropole Orchestra. The Netherlands Radio Choir ...
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Violinist Sarah Chang pulls out of Detroit recital
Violinist Sarah Chang has cancelled a recital at Detroit's Orchestra Hall scheduled for tonight, citing intimidating emails she had received from supporters of striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) musicians.Chang had been due to perform as soloist with the orchestra in its season-opening concert. But after the players began strike action ...
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Auditions open for 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra in Sydney
YouTube has launched its second international orchestra project. Musicians have until 28 November to submit their audition videos for the chance to be part of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra performing in Sydney next March. The first YouTube Symphony Orchestra brought together more than 90 musicians from 30 countries for ...
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ArticleViolinist Anne Akiko Meyers acquires 1697 'Molitor' Stradivari in auction
The 'Molitor' Stradivari violin of 1697 (pictured) has been sold online by Tarisio for $3.6m, a world record price for a musical instrument sold at auction. It was bought by American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers, who currently performs on the 'Royal Spanish' Stradivari of 1730. The ...
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Londoner breaks violin speed record on live TV
A violinist from London has broken the record for the fastest performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee. Oliver Lewis played the piece live on BBC children's show Blue Peter in a time of 1 minute 3.35 seconds, knocking nearly a second off the previous record. A Guinness World Records ...
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Greyhound sniffs out stolen bows worth £110,000
A case of antique violin bows that was stolen from bow maker Peter Oxley has been found. A greyhound called Angel discovered the collection of French and English bows while being taken for a walk in a park in Ipswich. The eleven bows, including examples by Charles Peccatte and Etienne ...
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Joseph Lin replaces Nick Eanet as Juilliard Quartet first violinist
The Juilliard Quartet has appointed Joseph Lin as its new first violinist. He replaces Nick Eanet, who resigned due to health issues. The 32-year-old Lin will join the quartet next year, and will also become a member of the Juilliard School faculty, starting in the autumn of 2011. Lin ...
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Orchestra plays to crowds in railway station to protest against Dutch centre closure
Around 150 musicians put on an impromptu performance in The Hague's central station this morning. The flashmob orchestra played the Mambo from Bernstein's West Side Story (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8S-FqkI1o) on the day that the Dutch parliament begins its debate over plans to close the Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre. If the proposal ...
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Cleveland Orchestra receives $20m gift to increase access for younger audiences
The Cleveland Orchestra will put a gift of $20m towards the creation of a new Center for Future Audiences. The money has been pledged by the Maltz Family Foundation to support the orchestra's plans to increase accessibility for young people. The orchestra has set itself the goal of having the ...
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Irish violinist Emma Waldron's performance puts her into Miss World finals
Miss Ireland Emma Waldron secured her place in tomorrow's finals of Miss World 2010 after playing a medley on her violin. The 21-year-old's performance won her the Miss World Talent 2010 title at this year's contest in Sanya, China. Waldron has previously co-led the Dublin Youth Symphony Orchestra on a ...
