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ArticleViolinist Joshua Bell performs Summer from Vivaldi's Four Seasons
Violinist Joshua Bell performs the Summer Presto from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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BlogsArranging Debussy’s La Mer for piano trio by Sally Beamish
The arrangement has been recorded by Trio Apaches for Orchard Classics
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ArticleMischa Maisky performs Haydn's Cello Concerto no.1
Mischa Maisky performs the third movement Finale from Haydn's Cello Concerto no.1 in C with Kremerata Baltica in November 2006.Watch Maisky in a less conventional performance of AC/DC's Thunderstruck with 2Cellos.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase ...
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ArticleSamba violins rehearse for the League of X-traordinary Musicians
Violinists rehearsing for Igudesman & Joo's 'League of X-traordinary Musicians' at the Vienna Konzerthaus on 31 December 2014 demonstrate impressive dance moves.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click here.
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BlogsWas violinist Kyung Wha Chung right to berate a coughing child during her recital?
The artist was reportedly unimpressed at the amount of audience noise during her London comeback this week, writes Charlotte Smith
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FocusHow to master staccato bowing, by cellist Xavier Phillips
The French cello soloist and chamber musician explains how, with practice and patience, the challenges of staccato playing can be overcome
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ArticleSydney Symphony viola masterclass † Brahms Symphony no.4
We are looking for strengths in three key areas † intonation, sound production and the use of appropriate bowing strokes. But on a deeper level we are looking at your understanding of the music's sound world'Roger Benedict, principal viola of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition ...
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ArticleCellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto
London Symphony Orchestra principal cellist Tim Hugh performs Tishchenko's First Cello Concerto with the LSO conducted by Valery Gergiev.Hugh has written a Practice Diary for The Strad's December 2014 issue, out now.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To ...
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ArticleViolinist Stéphane Grappelli performs As Time Goes By
This week the famous piano on which Sam plays 'As Time Goes By' in the 1942 film Casablanca was sold for $3.4m. In this clip French jazz violinist Stéphane Grappelli puts his own stylish take on the classic song.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleHilary Hahn discusses and performs Korngold's Violin Concerto
It's kind of rock and roll!' Violinist Hilary Hahn, who this month returned to performing following a four-month absence due to injury, talks about the third movement of Korngold's Violin Concerto. She is currently performing the work with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jaap van Zweden. ...
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung is interviewed aged 22
All of my siblings started on piano † but I didn't take to the instrument very well...'A young Kyung Wha Chung, The Strad's December 2014 issue cover star, is interviewed about her background and musical interests prior to a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony ...
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BlogsDespite its growing reputation, we must still do more to promote the viola
British violist Rosalind Ventris looks at the instrument’s history and asks how we can develop a wider appreciation in the future
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ArticleKlengel's twelve-part Hymnus † performed by twelve Johannes Mosers
German cellist Johannes Moser performs all twelve parts of Julius Klengel's Hymnus for 12 Cellos, op.57 † cleverly edited together to produce a sumptuous sound in a recording and accompanying video by BR Klassik.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free ...
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ArticleRussell Crowe plays the violin in Master and Commander
Russell Crowe as Captain Jack Aubrey plays the violin in the film Master and Commander, with the benefit of three months of lessons from Australian Chamber Orchestra leader Richard Tognetti. Crowe was keen to learn the instrument enough to look convincing in his movements, though of course the recording heard ...
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DebateHow much is an orchestral player worth?
In the face of constant salary reductions and economic gloom, do orchestral musicians have the right to say ‘enough is enough’, asks Charlotte Smith
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ArticleJanine Jansen and Julian Rachlin perform Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante
Janine Jansen and Julain Rachlin perform the solo violin and viola parts of the Presto from Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante, K364 with the Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia conducted by Victor Pablo Perez. Rachlin was this week named principal guest conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia.Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleSydney Symphony cello masterclass † Beethoven Symphony no.5
Imagine instead of playing a closed vowel - like 'ee' - playing an open vowel like 'ah'. We don't want to have the feeling in an orchestra that someone is playing an electric guitar'Umberto Clerici, principal cello of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, gives an orchestral audition masterclass on ...
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ArticleViolinist Nicola Benedetti's bow goes flying
As violinist Nicola Benedetti rehearsed for a performance of Shostakovich's First Violin Concerto with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Edinburgh's Usher Hall last week, her bow went flying in a particularly vigorous passage. Thankfully, no damage was done to the bow. Subscribe to The Strad or ...
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ArticleAn inside view of the Czech Philharmonic with 24 GoPro cameras
The Czech Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honeck performs Richard Strauss's Tod und Verklärung in Dvorák Hall, Prague filmed with 24 GoPro cameras mounted on instruments, musicians and conductor.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues click ...
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ArticleViolinist James Ehnes performs Elgar's La Capricieuse
Violinist James Ehnes, who is featured in The Strad's November 2014 issue, out now, demonstrates impressive bow control in Elgar's La Capricieuse, played on Pietro Guarneri 'Shapiro' violin, 1698.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase single issues ...
