All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 55
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Violinist Julia Fischer up for a Grammy
Julia Fischer is one of the bigger string luminaries to feature in the nominations for the 53rd Grammy Awards, which will be presented in Los Angeles on 13 February. The violinist is nominated in the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without orchestra) category for her Decca recording of Paganini’s 24 Caprices. ...
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BBC Radio 3 to broadcast all of Mozart's works in first 12 days of 2011
Following on from previous intensive celebrations of Beethoven and Bach, BBC Radio 3 is to devote its entire schedule to Mozart for the first twelve days of January. Alongside special Mozart editions of regular programmes such as Private Passions and In Tune, live music highlights include a performance by the ...
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Min-Jin Kym's 1696 Stradivarius violin is taken from a sandwich bar
A £15,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the recovery of a Stradivarius violin stolen in London. The 1696 instrument, valued at around £1.2m, was stolen along with two bows from a branch of Pret a Manger outside Euston Station on 29 November. The victim of the theft ...
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Bassist organises flashmob-style performances to protest against UK cuts to music education
Pop-up orchestras are expected to give simultaneous renditions of Lalo Schifrin's Mission Impossible theme in cities across the UK today (Friday 10 December). The orchestras are due to take to the streets and shopping centres of London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff and Liverpool at 6pm for impromptu performances in protest ...
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Romanian-born American violinist Sergiu Luca dies
Sergiu Luca, the Romanian-born American violinist, has died of cancer at the age of 67. Since 1983, he had been professor of violin at Rice University in Houston, the city in which he was also director of the Da Camera concert series, and the founder, in 1995, of period instrument ...
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Honolulu Symphony Orchestra set for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
A US judge has given the go-ahead for the Honolulu Symphony's bankruptcy case to be moved from Chapter 11 reorganisation to Chapter 7 liquidation, reports the Honolulu Star Advertiser. The decision effectively silences the 110-year-old orchestra, the country's oldest symphonic ensemble west of the Rocky Mountains. The orchestra has been ...
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Coull Quartet plans work for 2012 Cultural Olympiad
Twenty 12-minute works have been commissioned for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad as part of the PRS for Music Foundation's New Music 20x12 project. Each commission will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and will tour the UK as part of the celebrations of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. ...
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BBC open to orchestra funding talks
The BBC has indicated it would join talks about the future funding of British orchestras, reports the Guardian. The corporation, which funds five orchestras across the UK, is facing budget cuts of its own. But director general Mark Thompson told MPs on the House of Commons culture, media and sports ...
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Viola pedagogue Karen Tuttle dies at 90
American violist and teacher Karen Tuttle has died at the age of 90. She famously developed the 'coordination' technique, which balances both the physical and the emotional approach to the instrument. Born in 1920, she was a successful young violinist before switching to viola in order to study with ...
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Birmingham Contemporary Music Group to lose local council funding
One of Britain's leading new music ensembles, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG), is one of the big-name casualties of local authority arts cuts that are hitting some parts of the country. From 2012 Birmingham City Council is withdrawing all the funding it provides to the ensemble, amounting to nearly £72,000 ...
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ArticleJános Négyesy and Paivikki Nykter perform Violins and Computers
János Négyesy and Paivikki Nykter, both of the University of California at San Diego (UCSD), present Violins and Computers, in which five premiere performances are combined with multimedia and sound imagery. Recorded at UCSD on 22 October 2004.Series: New Music from UCSD [10/2004] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: ...
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ArticleBrahms: Violin Sonatas no.1 in G major op.78, no.2 in A major op.100 & no.3 in D minor op.108
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Geneviève Laurenceau (violin) Johan Farjot (piano)Composer: BrahmsThe repertoire may be well trodden, but the young French violinist Geneviève Laurenceau here takes us on an unaffected traversal of the Brahms sonatas. Traditional but unmarked shifts of tempo appear in the G major’s opening ...
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ArticleSaint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33, Cello Sonata no.1 in C minor op.32*, Romance op.36† , Sérénade from Cello Suite op.16† , Carnaval des animaux*†
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Henri Demarquette (cello) Boris Berezovsky*, Brigitte Engerer† (piano) Ensemble Orchestral de Paris/Joseph SwensenComposer: Saint-SaënsAlthough Henri Demarquette has selected some well-worn Saint-Saëns ‘chestnuts’, they veritably sparkle on this excellent CD. The First Sonata often comes across as a brilliantly crafted work with ...
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ArticleSmetana: String Quartets no.1 in E minor ‘From My Life’ & no.2 in D minor
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Bennewitz QuartetComposer: Smetana Listeners may justly feel short-changed by this disc’s mere 46 minutes’ duration, but they will not grumble about the quality of these performances. The young, prize-winning Bennewitz Quartet interprets some of its native music with style and intensity, conveying ...
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ArticleMusic for My Cello. Meyer: Cello Sonata no.2 op.109. B. Hummel: Fantasias 1 & 2. Regner: Vier Abendlieder. Killmayer: Bayerischer Ländler, Kimbrisches Lied mit Tanz. Theodorakis: East of the Aegean
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Julius Berger (cello)Composer: Meyer, B. Hummel, Regner, Killmayer, TheodorakisSeasoned German cellist Julius Berger celebrates collaborations with five composers on this disc of works written for him during a varied career. It’s hardly surprising that Britten’s influence pervades many contemporary solo cello works, ...
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ArticleBeethoven: Cello Sonata in C major op.102 no.1. Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D821. Brahms: Cello Sonata no.1 in E minor op.38
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Enrico Mainardi (cello) Carlo Zecchi (piano)Composer: Beethoven, Schubert, BrahmsThe attraction of historic recordings is surely to catch a glimpse of legendary musicianship that is magnificent enough to overcome sonic shortcomings – a document that enriches our understanding of both the instrument and ...
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ArticleVieuxtemps: Fantasia appassionata op.35, Ballade et Polonaise op.38, Fantaisie caprice op.11, Greeting to America op.56
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Misha Keylin (violin) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra/Andrew MogreliaComposer: Vieuxtemps‘My admiration increased to the borders of the improbable,’ wrote the 14-year-old Henry Vieuxtemps, having heard Paganini in London in 1834, and that experience did much to shape his own career as player and ...
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ArticleViolino O Cornetto. 17th-century Italian solo sonatas
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Theresa Caudle (violin/cornett) CanzonaComposer: Various Theresa Caudle’s ‘musical journey through the 17th century’ charts the evolution and progress of the solo sonata in Italy and the development of idiomatic writing for the violin. During its course, she demonstrates the vocal and expressive ...
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ArticleKreutzer: Violin Concertos nos.17 in G major, 18 in E minor & 19 in D minor
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: Axel Strauss (violin) San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra/Andrew MogreliaComposer: KreutzerKreutzer’s place in violin pedagogy is well known, and listeners to these concertos can entertain themselves by spotting melodies from his famous 42 Etudes of 1802. Nonetheless, these are fully formed works in their ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartet in E flat op.74 ‘Harp’. Nordheim: String Quartet 1956. Bartók: String Quartet no.3
The Strad Issue: January 2011Musicians: EngegŠrd QuartetComposer: Beethoven, Nordheim, BartókThis CD’s booklet explains 2L’s philosophy of using spacious venues where the engineers can create the most intimate recordings free of the confines created by walls. It is indeed a tangible feature of these performances that they seem ...
