All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 77
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Fiorini violin snatched as owner orders snack in Vienna
Police in Vienna have appealed for information on the whereabouts of a stolen Giuseppe Fiorini violin. The instrument, valued at up to €40,000, was snatched when its 32-year-old owner put it down as she ordered a bite to eat at a hotdog stand, according to reports in the Austrian media.
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Amphion Quartet and Sybarite5 win CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition
The Amphion Quartet and string quintet Sybarite5 have been named winners of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York. Both ensembles receive a management contract with the Concert Artists Guild and a New York recital.
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Hallé orchestra told it can't call itself the UK's oldest
The Hallé Orchestra has been told it can no longer promote itself as Britain's longest-established permanent professional orchestra. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) delivered the ruling after investigating a claim that the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) was older. The Hallé, which was formed in Manchester in 1858 by ...
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South Korean violinist wins Wieniawski Competition
South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon won first prize at the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Pozna?, Poland. The 26-year-old, who has studied with Nam Yun Kim and Zakhar Bron, received €30,000. Second prize went to Miki Kobayashi, 21, from Japan. German violinist Stefan Tarara, 25, took third prize.
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Violinist says stalker left her living in fear
Violinist Siân Philipps claims that a stalker stole her identity online, sent emails in her name and began squatting in a room under her flat. Philipps, who made her debut with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2004, said she was seeing an American man for five weeks before breaking off the ...
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Pittsburgh Symphony bassist Anthony Bianco dies aged 94
Bassist Anthony Bianco died on 24 October at the age of 94. He was a member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 55 years, 26 of those as principal. Bianco played the tuba at high school and only took up the double bass after graduating in 1935. From 1937 ...
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Luthier completes 'Sherlock' quartet of instruments
A violin maker has made four instruments using wood from a tree that Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle used to climb as a boy. The 200-year-old sycamore stood in the garden of Conan Doyle's childhood home in Liberton, Edinburgh. The tree was felled two years ago because part of ...
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Sally Beamish writes concerto for fiddler Chris Stout
Shetland fiddler Chris Stout and harpist Catriona McKay will give the premiere of a new concerto by composer Sally Beamish in January. The performance with the Scottish Ensemble is one of the highlights of Celtic Connections 2012, Glasgow's annual festival of traditional, folk and world music. Other fiddlers performing include ...
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DebateCareless talk costs lives
Nigel Kennedy used his recent BBC Prom to issue a condemnation of period performance. But, says Ariane Todes, he should get his facts right, and spare a thought for those colleagues whose reputations he's belittling
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Violinist Hilary Hahn launches competition for composers
Hilary Hahn has launched an online contest to choose the 27th piece for her new project, In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores. Twenty-six composers, including Krzysztof Penderecki, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Edgar Meyer and Nico Muhly, have already written encores for her. She will select the final work from blind submissions ...
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ArticleHolbrooke: Violin Sonata no.1 op.6a, Violin Concerto op.59 ‘Grasshopper’, Horn Trio in D major op.28, L’extase from Mezzo-Tints op.55
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: First-rate performances do little to pin down a little-known composer’s styleMusicians: Kerenza Peacock (violin) Mark Smith (horn) Robert Stevenson (piano)Composer: HolbrookeJoseph Holbrooke (1878–1958) is best remembered, if at all, for his Wagner-aping cycle of Celtic music dramas, but he was prolific in ...
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ArticlePizzetti: String Quartets nos.1 & 2
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A generally enjoyable introduction to the music of a neglected Italian composerMusicians: Lajtha QuartetComposer: PizzettiOn this showing, the Respighi contemporary Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968) has been unjustly ignored. The sunny String Quartet no.1 was written in 1906, when Pizzetti was in his mid-20s, ...
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ArticleBartók: Violin Concertos nos.1 & 2, Viola Concerto
THE STRAD RECOMMENDSThe Strad Issue: January 2011Description: A rare collection of all three Bartók string concertos from a single soloistMusicians: James Ehnes (violin/viola) BBC Philharmonic/Gianandrea NosedaComposer: BartókJames Ehnes takes a Romantic view of Bartók’s First Violin Concerto, with sensual phrasing and a rich, glowing tone. The first ...
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ArticleBach: Violin Sonatas in E major BWV1016 & G major BWV1021, Partita no.3 in E major BWV1006. Biber: Violin Sonatas no.4 in D major & no.8 in A major
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Invigorating performances of Baroque classicsMusicians: Evgeny Sviridov (violin) Zita Mikijanska (harpsichord)Composer: Bach, BiberThis debut recording from 2010 Leipzig Bach Competition winner Evgeny Sviridov admirably showcases his enviable technique, minute attention to detail, rhythmic vitality and subtle tonal colourings. He makes light of ...
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ArticleReich: WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Reich’s 9/11 commemoration seems less than the sum of its partsMusicians: Kronos Quartet, S? Percussion, James Preiss, Thad Wheeler (vibraphone) Frank Cassara, Garry Kvistad (xylophone) Edmund Niemann, Nurit Tilles (piano)Composer: ReichThis disc includes two of Reich’s percussion pieces, but it is dominated ...
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ArticleHuber: Violin Sonatas no.5 in E major op.112 & no.6 in D minor op.116 ‘Appassionata’, Phantasie in G minor op.17
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Swiss performers revel in the high Romanticism of a follower of Brahms and StraussMusicians: Gilles Colliard (violin) Timon Altwegg (piano)Composer: HuberGilles Colliard and Timon Altwegg’s performances radiate real empathy with the vintage Romantic idiom of these works by their compatriot, Swiss composer ...
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ArticleBrahms: Viola Sonatas op.120. Schumann: Märchenbilder op.113
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Welcome new versions of much-recorded repertoireMusicians: Rachel Roberts (viola) Lars Vogt (piano)Composer: Brahms, SchumannIt takes some courage to add yet another version of this over-recorded coupling to the lists, but from the first bars of the piano introduction, this recording commands attention: ...
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ArticleArnold: Cello Concerto op.136*, Symphony for Strings op.13† , Concertino for flute and strings op.19a (orch. Ellis)† , Fantasy for recorder and string quartet op.140† , Saxophone Concerto (arr. Ellis)
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: The concerto soloist does his best in the face of weak musical materialMusicians: Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Esther Ingram (flute) John Turner (recorder) Carl Raven (alto saxophone) Northern Chamber Orchestra/Nicholas Ward*, Manchester Sinfonia/Richard Howarth† Composer: ArnoldMalcolm Arnold has garnered many plaudits for his ...
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ArticleStanford: Cello Concerto in D minor, Rondo in F major, Ballata and Ballabile op.160, Irish Rhapsody no.3 op.137
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: Warm-hearted Stanford from a rising star of the celloMusicians: Gemma Rosefield (cello) BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Andrew ManzeComposer: Stanford Marking British cellist Gemma Rosefield’s Hyperion debut, this is a significant disc for her and she does not disappoint. Winner of the ...
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ArticleBeethoven by Arrangement. Beethoven: Viola Sonata fragment in A major, Horn Sonata op.17 (arr. Silverthorne), Notturno op.42 (arr. Kleinheinz), Grand Duo in E flat major op.20 (arr. Hermann/Silverthor
The Strad Issue: January 2011Description: An enjoyable collection that reminds us that Beethoven played the viola in his youthMusicians: Paul Silverthorne (viola) David Owen Norris (piano)Composer: BeethovenAlthough Beethoven, in his youth a violist in the Bonn orchestra, did begin to write a viola sonata, he unfortunately only ...
