All The Strad articles in Web Issue – Page 86
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ReviewTartini: Violin Sonata ‘Devil’s Trill’. Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante in D major op.4. Enescu: Violin Sonata no.3 in A minor op.25. Prokofiev: Violin Sonata no.2 in D major op.94b
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Promise aplenty from a young Polish violinistMusicians: Jaroslaw Nadrzycki (violin) Tadashi Imai (piano)Composer: Tartini, Wieniawski, Enescu, Prokofiev Polish player Jaroslaw Nadrzycki, 27, is relatively little known outside his homeland, but took first prizes at the Khachaturian violin competition in ...
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ReviewKreisler: String Quartet in A minor. Zimbalist: String Quartet in E minor. Ysaÿe: Harmonies du soir op.31
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Three major chamber works by composers who were also violin virtuososMusicians: Fine Arts Quartet, Philharmonic Orchestra of Europe/Otis KlöberComposer: Kreisler, Zimbalist, YsaÿeFritz Kreisler’s salon pieces are enshrined in the violin repertoire, but his more serious works have been largely ignored. His String ...
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ReviewMartynov: The Beatitudes, Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished), Der Abschied
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Moving performances of Russian music with a spiritual flavourMusicians: Kronos Quartet, Joan Jeanrenaud (cello)Composer: MartynovThe Kronos Quartet commissioned all these works from Russian composer Vladimir Martynov (b.1946), whose music is imbued with a deep spirituality. Like all these works The Beatitudes is ...
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ReviewCarte Postale. Music by BrandÁo, Annunziata, Evangelista, Del Aguila, Nicolau, D’Rivera & Ichmouratov
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Music for string quartet with a Latin flavourMusicians: Alcan QuartetComposer: BrandÁo, Annunziata, Evangelista, Del Aguila, Nicolau, D’Rivera & IchmouratovWhen playing contemporary music of strong character that lies outside the popular mainstream, it is easy to fall into the trap of over-earnestness or ...
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ReviewYou Ain’t Never
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Blues-style music-making from a violin-led jazz quartetMusicians: Andy Aitchison QuartetComposer: Andy Aitchison et alAlthough violinist Andy Aitchison has been around for a while, this is his first album as a leader, and from the off he puts a distinctive stamp on the music. ...
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ReviewModern American Bass. Works by Iadone, Stevens, Porter, Moross, Luening, Beyer, Childs, Perle, Sydeman, Cage, Tenney & Druckman
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A stunning exposition of mastery on the double bassMusicians: Robert Black (double bass) John McDonald (piano)Composer: Iadone, Stevens, Porter, Moross, Luening, Beyer, Childs, Perle, Sydeman, Cage, Tenney & DruckmanUS bassist Robert Black is a founder member of crack new-music group Bang on ...
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ReviewA. Benjamin: Violin Concerto; Romantic Fantasy; Elegy, Waltz and Toccata
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: An attractive disc of concertante works for violin and violaMusicians: Lorraine McAslan (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) Royal Scottish National Orchestra/John GibbonsComposer: A. BenjaminThe immense popularity of Arthur Benjamin’s Jamaican Rumba has proved a bar to establishing its composer’s credentials as a serious ...
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ReviewNuevo Chamber
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A blend of world and chamber music from a promising new ensembleMusicians: Musical Art QuintetComposer: VariousThe Musical Art Quintet (MAQ) grew out of a San Francisco jam night in 2008 and, now as then, performs new Latin-influenced pieces written or arranged by ...
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ReviewMurmurs and Drones
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: A potentially involving Celtic travelogue that is let down by its presentationMusicians: Jamie Laval (violin) Ashley Broder (violin/mandolin) Robin Bullock, Zac Leger, Owen Morrison (guitar) Stuart Kenney (double bass) Kevin Krantz (cello) Rod Weeks (Scottish smallpipes) Ben Mawhorter (tablas)Composer: Trad.American fiddler Jamie ...
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ReviewGaluppi: Trio Sonatas
The Strad Issue: January 2012Description: Sympathetic performances of chamber music by a neglected Baroque composerMusicians: Accademia Dei Solinghi: Claudio Andriani Rauler, Abramo Raule (violin) Alessandro Peiretti (cello) Rita Peiretti (harpsichord)Composer: GaluppiThe verdict of history is inevitably selective, and this may explain the obscurity of Baldassare Galuppi (1706–85), ...
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Stolen $40,000 cello taken from car in Minneapolis found in a garden
A $40,000 cello stolen from a musician's car in uptown Minneapolis turned up two weeks later in a local community garden, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Cellist Scott Lykins, a 26-year-old Eastman graduate and artistic director of the Lakes Area Chamber Music Festival, said he may have left the car ...
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14-year-old Chinese violist among first-prize recipients at Johansen Competition
The prize winners of the Johansen International Competition for young string players have been announced. The event for students aged 13 to 17 was held in Washington DC from 22 to 24 March. US players won all three of the top prizes in the violin division. Gallia Kastner, 15, ...
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Busch Ensemble wins Royal Over-Seas League Competition
The Busch Ensemble has won first prize in the ensemble division of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition in London. The UK-based chamber group, founded in November 2010 by violinist Mathieu van Bellen and cellist Jonathan Bloxham, received £10,000. First prize in the solo strings division went to violinist Ben ...
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Violinist Amyn Merchant named Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra concertmaster
London-born violinist Amyn Merchant has been named the new concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The 34-year-old makes his debut as leader at the orchestra's concert tonight (Wednesday 28 March) in Poole. He joins the BSO from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, where he was principal second violinist.
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Leonidas Kavakos's premiere of Golijov violin concerto is shiftedto November
Anyone waiting to hear Osvaldo Golijov's already delayed Violin Concerto will have to wait another nine months. The concerto was originally due to be given its world premiere by Leonidas Kavakos and the Los Angeles Philharmonic last May. But when the Argentine composer didn't finish the piece on time, the ...
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London Music Masters violinists named
Music charity London Music Masters has named the three violinists receiving its 2012–15 career development awards. American Benjamin Beilman, 22, South Korean Hyeyoon Park, 20, and 22-year-old Alexandra Soumm from France were each awarded a package including £10,000 to support their career development, and performances at the Wigmore Hall and ...
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Queen Elisabeth violin competition selects 88 competitors from 29 countries
The Queen Elisabeth Competition has chosen the 45 female and 43 male violinists who will compete in Brussels for a first prize of €25,000. Twenty-nine nationalities will be represented at the competition, which starts on 30 April and runs until 14 June. South Korea tops the table of countries when ...
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Putin among those remembering cellist Rostropovich at unveiling of new monument
A monument to Mstislav Rostropovich has been unveiled in the centre of Moscow, reports the Voice of Russia. The bronze and granite statue of Rostropovich with a cello in his hands took sculptor Alexander Rukavishikov two years to complete. It was unveiled in the week of what would have been ...
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Arcadia Quartet wins at Wigmore Hall string quartet competition
The Arcadia Quartet has won first prize at the Wigmore Hall London International String Quartet Competition. The Romanian group was awarded £10,000 plus a UK tour, a Wigmore Hall recital and a two-week residency at the Banff Centre in Canada. Second prize went to the Meccorre Quartet from Poland. The ...
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Thousands protest German plans to merge two symphony orchestras
Supporters of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg have reacted angrily to a proposal that the two ensembles should be merged to save money. German broadcaster SWR has drawn up plans to merge the two ensembles from 2016 as part of a major cost-cutting ...
