All Editorial articles – Page 2
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ReviewBennewitz Quartet: An Evening in Vienna 1784
A mythical Viennese meeting inspires a fascinating programme
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ReviewBozzini Quartet, JunctQín Keyboard Collective: Bruton, Doell
A new label offers a compelling debut release
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1689 ‘Baumgartner’ Antonio Stradivari violin
Marking the end of Stradivari’s early ’Amatisé’ period, it is named for the Swiss violin dealer Fritz Baumgartner
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Lawrence Power: Lindberg
A richly rewarding performance of a major new viola concerto
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Vilde Frang: Elgar
Profundity and spiritedness go hand in hand in this Romantic masterpiece
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ReviewThe Strad Recommends: Emmanuelle Bertrand: Cello Dreams
A charm of lullabies that avoids the saccharine
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ReviewConcert review: Lark, Roman and Meyer Trio
Thomas May attends their concert of Bach and music by Meyer himself at the University of Washington’s Meany Center for the Arts in Seattle on 16 October 2024
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1871 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin
An exact copy of Stradivari’s ‘Messiah’, it remained in a vault in Paris for more than 70 years
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ReviewFestival round-up: Edinburgh International Festival 2024
David Kettle reports from the Edinburgh International Festival, where string works were much in evidence
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ReviewConcert review: Bozzini Quartet
Bruce Hodges takes in the performance of Bekah Simms, Klaus Lang, James Tenney at Jürg Frey at Mary Flagler Cary Hall in New York’s Dimenna Center on 16 and 17 August 2024
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ReviewConcert review: Longleash
Bruce Hodges takes a trip down to Mary Flagler Cary Hall in New York’s Dimenna Center on 13 August 2024 for the performance of Jonah Haven, Katherine Balch and Igor Santos
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ReviewFestival round-up: BBC Proms 2024
Peter Quantrill takes in some of the string highlights at the Royal Albert Hall from this year’s BBC Proms
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: c.1700 ‘Bell’ Giovanni Tononi violin
With a reddish-brown varnish over a golden ground, this violin shows the influence of Nicolò Amati
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ReviewIsolde Menges: works by Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Schubert, Vaughan Williams et al
A great British violinist is celebrated in fitting style
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ReviewRaphaela Gromes: Dvořák, Charnetskyi, Havrylets, Shevchenko, Silvestrov
A classic concerto is heard a fresh setting to moving effect
