All baroque articles
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ReviewBook review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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Blogs‘Trad meets Baroque’ - how violinist and violist Ciara Sudlow landed her first concert engagements
Irish-Australian violinist and violist Ciara Sudlow speaks about creating and developing her first shows exploring the crossover between Irish traditional and European baroque music, ahead of appearances at Dublin HandelFest
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NewsBenedetti Foundation announces winners for Rachel Podger Baroque violin masterclasses
Six violinists have been selected to partake in masterclasses with Baroque violinist Rachel Podger as part of the Benedetti Foundation’s 2023 Baroque Virtual Sessions
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NewsBaroque violinist and conductor Florence Malgoire has died
The French early music specialist was 63 years old
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NewsEnsemble Augelletti named as 2023-25 New Generation Baroque Ensemble
The five-piece UK group becomes only the second ensemble to benefit from the scheme in its history
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BlogsHow I play both baroque and modern violin: Anna Urpina
Focus, preparation and a willingness to adapt are keys to performing on two different instruments
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ReviewBook review: Music, Dance and Franco-Italian Cultural Exchange c.1700
Robin Stowell reviews Dona Fader’s latest publication, on the life and career of French Baroque composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
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Premium ❘ FeatureLong read: Playing Baroque and Classical
Current trends encourage stylistically informed performances of Baroque and Classical music, but how does an uninitiated player get started? Pauline Nobes offers some advice in this feature from September 2003
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FocusGut reaction: the worst job in history?
How to make gut strings the 18th-century way. From February 2011
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Premium ❘ FeatureGut strings: A strong stomach for strings
As gut becomes increasingly popular among players, Jenny Nex uncovers documents revealing the pioneers of the string making trade of 18th-century London, and the secrets behind the messy job of processing intestines. From February 2011
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FocusThe rhetorical nature of Baroque music: learning to speak with the bow
Walter Reiter discusses how the rhetorical narrative in Baroque music must be reflected in how players use the bow, illustrating the parallels between spoken word and string playing
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NewsViolinist Elizabeth Wallfisch to receive 2021 Telemann Prize
The Baroque specialist has been recognised by the German town for her achievements as a musician and pedagogue
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ReviewBook review: The Baroque Violin & Viola: A Fifty-Lesson Course
Simon Standage reviews Walter S. Reiter’s two-volume work on learning to play the period instruments
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NewsFrom Baroque violist to CEO
To mark the release of The English Concert’s new Handel recording, the group’s chief executive tells us how playing the viola has shaped his management style
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Focus‘Balancing violin and harpsichord requires a stretch of the imagination’ - Simon Standage
Early music expert Simon Standage discusses historically informed performance, interpretation and balancing violin and harpsichord in Bach’s Violin Sonata in E major
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NewsUS Baroque violinist Karen Marie Marmer has died
The New York-based musician was active with several Baroque ensembles and was formerly co-concertmaster of the Stuttgart Baroque Orchestra’s
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NewsDutch violinist and musicologist Jaap Schröder dies aged 94
Schröder was a key figure in the revival of Baroque, Classical and early Romantic string playing
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Focus8 ways to improve Baroque performance
Tips from The Strad’s archive on the use of vibrato, bow strokes and rhythmic hierarchy
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DebateBows of the 18th century have been ignored by string players for too long
Long neglected by the majority of string players, the bows of the 18th century make a huge difference to the way the music from that period is played, argues Jérôme Akoka
