All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 73
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Investigators of violin dealer Dietmar Machold publish list of missing instruments and bows
Austrian authorities investigating the violin dealer Dietmar Machold have published a list of instruments and bows they want to trace in connection with the case. The instruments are believed to have been consigned to Machold for safekeeping, or used as collateral for bank loans. The list includes five violins by ...
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US violinist Sirena Huang wins Cooper Competition
Sirena Huang, from South Windsor, Connecticut, won first prize in the Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition for violinists, held in Cleveland, Ohio. The 17-year-old Huang, who studies with Stephen Clapp and Sylvia Rosenberg at the Juilliard School, received $10,000 and a full, four-year scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of ...
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Manchester International Violin Competition delays closing date for applications
The RNCM Manchester International Violin Competition has extended its deadline for applications from 1 September to 30 September. The competition will run at the Royal Northern College of Music from 26 November to 3 December 2011. Violinists aged between 20 and 30 will compete for a top prize of £12,000 ...
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Walken film A Late Quartet film to depict egos and lusts
The first pictures have emerged of A Late Quartet, an independent movie starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken and Mark Ivanir as members of a world-renowned quartet facing up to illness and inner tensions. The film was shot in New York earlier this year, and will likely be ...
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Russian violinist Marianna Vasilyeva wins Sion-Valais Competition
Russian violinist Marianna Vasilyeva has won first prize at the Sion-Valais International Violin Competition in Switzerland. The 24-year-old, a student of Zakhar Bron in Cologne, received $15,000. Second prize went to JiEun Anna Lee, 16, from South Korea. Mizuki Chiba, 15, from Japan, took third prize. Vasilyeva previously won ...
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BBC tells orchestras: use earplugs
The BBC has published a report warning the musicians in its five orchestras that they are at risk from damaging their hearing. The 48-page report, written by the BBC's safety manager, includes a number of recommendations for players who want to protect themselves against noise while rehearsing or performing. ...
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Hurricane Irene scuppers Tanglewood Festival's finale concert
The Tanglewood Music Festival cancelled the last concert of the season because of the approach of Hurricane Irene. Lorin Maazel had been due to conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. According to the orchestra, it was the first time a concert had had to be cancelled ...
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Violinist Giora Schmidt to take on Liszt B minor Piano Sonata transcription
Philadelphia-born violinist Giora Schmidt is set to give the first performance of a transcription for solo violin of Liszt's Piano Sonata in B minor. The sonata, one of Liszt's most famous and difficult works, was transcribed by Noam Sivan, a pianist and composer who teaches at the Curtis Institute of ...
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ArticleBritten: Cello Suites nos.1-3
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Dramatically etched performances of Britten’s three solo cello suitesMusicians: Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)Composer: BrittenEffecting a narrative is of the essence in performing unaccompanied works for cello, a feature that Daniel Müller-Schott strikingly achieves here, particularly in the First Suite. His realisation ...
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ArticleSonatas & Scenes. Nørgård: Sonatas nos.2 & 3 for solo cello. Fundal: Figure and Ground Study 1. Brødsgaard: Prelude T. Nielsen: Fantasy Piece. Helweg: Movements
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A rewarding disc of contemporary Danish music for solo celloMusicians: John Ehde (cello)Composer: Nørgård, Fundal, Brødsgaard, T. Nielsen, HelwegThe Swedish-born cellist and conductor John Ehde has long been a champion of contemporary music, and his experience shows across the broad range of ...
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ArticleWeinberg: Violin sonatas no.1 op.12 & no.4 op.39, Sonata no.1 for solo violin op.82, Sonatina op.46
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The rediscovery of Weinberg’s music continues with a convincing first volume of his violin sonatasMusicians: Yuri Kalnits (violin) Michael Csányi-Wills (piano)Composer: WeinbergMieczyslaw Weinberg’s music, although utterly distinct in itself, appears to draw upon the same well of social and political discontent that ...
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ArticleMathias: Violin Sonatas no.1 op.15 & no.2 op.94, Violin Sonata (1952)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: World premiere recordings of three sonatas by a leading Welsh composerMusicians: Sara Trickey (violin) Iwan Llewelyn-Jones (piano)Composer: MathiasNaxos continues its commendable exploration of British music with these premiere recordings of William Mathias’s violin sonatas. Given the quality of the music, it seems ...
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ArticlePijper: Violin sonatas nos.1 & 2, Sonata for solo violin ESCHER Violin Sonata. Voormolen: Pastorale. De Leeuw: Sonatina. Graffin/Blanken: Improvisation on ‘Midden in de winternacht’
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A rare outing on disc for 20th-century Dutch violin musicMusicians: Philippe Graffin (violin) Jelger Blanken (piano)Composer: Pijper, Escher, Voormolen, De Leeuw, Graffin/BlankenA whole disc of little-known Dutch music might seem an esoteric proposition, but French violinist Philippe Graffin’s sumptuous, committed performances make ...
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ArticleBeethoven: String Quartet in G major op.18 no.2. Schubert: String Quartet in C minor D703 ‘Quartettsatz’. Szymanowski: String Quartet no.1 in C major op.37. Webern: Langsamer Satz
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Szymanowski is successfully put in the context of music that inspired himMusicians: Szymanowski QuartetComposer: Beethoven, Schubert, Szymanowski, WebernI have never experienced in the concert hall or on disc such an elegant account of the second of Beethoven’s op.18 quartets as this. The ...
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ArticleDvorák: Capriccio: Rondo di concerto, Violin Sonata in F major op.57, Sonatina in G major op.100. Suk: Four pieces op.17, Balada op.3b
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Deeply thought readings of music violin by Dvorák and his son-in-law SukMusicians: Antje Weithaas (violin) Silke Avenhaus (piano)Composer: Dvorák, SukDvo?ák’s Capriccio hasn’t had a lot of luck. Although probably intended to become a concerto it got no further than this ...
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ArticleKodály: Duo for Cello and Violin op.7. Cirri: Duo in G major op.12. Halvorsen: Passacaglia after Handel’s Suite op.7. Glière: Eight Duos op.39
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A virtuoso exploration of music for violin and celloMusicians: Eight Strings: Valeria Nasushkina (violin) Mikael Samsonov (cello)Composer: Kodály, Cirri, Halvorsen, Glière Kodály’s Duo shows his fertile absorption of folk music into an often gritty and dramatically compelling style, a combination of qualities ...
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ArticleBlake: Spieltrieb op.594, A Month in the Country op.611, Leda and the Swan op.249a, String Trio op.199, Walking on Air from ‘The Snowman Suite’ op.615
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Concert works by a composer better known for his film and TV scoresMusicians: Edinburgh QuartetComposer: BlakeWhile the opus numbers in the list of works above point to Howard Blake as being a highly prolific composer, much of that work is music for ...
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ArticleAida Stucki vol.2. Works by Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Brahms/Schumann/Dietrich, Mozart, Beethoven and Dvorák
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A timely tribute to the artistry of the Swiss violinist and teacherMusicians: Aïda Stucki (violin) Stucki-Piraccini Quartet, Pina Pozzi, Walter Frey (piano) Hans Andreae (harpsichord) Zurich Radio Orchestra/Erich Schmid, Pro Musica Orchestra, Stuttgart/Rolf ReinhardtComposer: Brahms, Schumann, Haydn, Brahms/Schumann/Dietrich, Mozart, Beethoven and DvorákThis ...
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ArticleBacewicz: Violin Concertos nos.2, 4 & 5
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Alluring accounts of three concertos by a Polish composer–violinistMusicians: Joanna Kurkowicz (violin) Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Lukasz BorowiczComposer: BacewiczUntil her retirement from the concert stage in the early 1950s as the result of a serious car accident, Polish composer–violinist Gra?yna Bacewicz was her ...
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ArticleMozart: Divertimento in E flat major K563, String Trio in G major Kanh66 (K562e)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Mixed results from three star players in Mozart’s music for string trioMusicians: Henning Kraggerud (violin) Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Christoph Richter (cello) Composer: MozartMozart’s only large-scale work for string trio is here given a bold, characterful and polished reading of striking freshness ...
