All Improve your playing articles – Page 60
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BlogsViolinist Jack Liebeck on weaving a story in Kreisler encores
Liebeck has teamed with pianist Katya Apekisheva to release an album of Kreisler compositions and arrangements on Hyperion. Here he describes the selection and recording process.
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ArticleJack Liebeck performs Brahms's Third Violin Sonata
Jack Liebeck, who has written a blog for The Strad on recording a disc of Kreisler encores on Hyperion, performs the Presto agitato from Brahms's Third Violin Sonata with pianist Katya Apekisheva. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day ...
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BlogsRussian violin teacher Yuri Yankelevich on how to achieve quick reflexes in your playing
Yankelevich believed that violin playing is based on key physiological principles. In preparing the English translation of his works, Masha Lankovsky takes a look at some of his suggestions
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BlogsClass and race should not be barriers to a classical music education
American violinist Tai Murray introduces some of the themes of her talk on ‘Class, Race and Classical Music' with political activist Candace Allen at the English Speaking Union next week
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ArticleItzhak Perlman performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman, who this week was mistreated at Toronto airport, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, conducted by James Levine.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleJános Starker performs Bach's Cello Suite No 3
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3 in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleJános Starker performs Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata
János Starker, who appears on the cover of The Strad's April 2014 issue, performs the First Movement of Kodály's Solo Cello Sonata in Tokyo in 1988.Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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BlogsAstrig Siranossian, 25, on obtaining her Francesco Ruggieri cello
The French cellist features as a 'Fresh Face' in The Strad's April 2014 issue
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FocusTackling the difficult topic of student-teacher relationships
Learning a stringed instrument requires an emotional and mental bond between student and teacher, but what happens when the boundaries blur? Hazel Davis investigates
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BlogsTravelling with cellos on trains and planes is never easy
Cello octet Cellophony have encountered various difficulties when touring, but charm and optimism go a long way, writes ensemble member Richard Birchall
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ArticleCellophony performs the Prelude to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Cello octet Cellophony perform the Prelude from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, arranged by Richard Birchall, who has written a blog on travelling with cellos for The Strad. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
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BlogsA Brief Survey of Summer Festivals Without All the Bother of Joining a String Quartet – Part Seven
American String Quartet violist Daniel Avshalomov visits Cremona, home of Stradivari, to meet current Cremonese luthiers, Eva and Hristo Marino
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ArticleIvry Gitlis performs Paganini's Caprice no.24
Ivry Gitlis, who has contributed 8 opinions on performance and career, performs Paganini's Caprice no.24 with pianist Tasso Janopoulo in 1967. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleBerlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs Nimrod from Elgar's Enigma Variations
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs 'Nimrod' from Elgar's Enigma Variations conducted by Sir Simon Rattle in February 2012. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleValentino Worlitzsch performs Debussy's Cello Sonata
Cellist Valentino Worlitzsch, winner of the 2014 Pacem in Terris International Music Competition in Bayreuth, performs Debussy's Cello Sonata with pianist Maria Guignard at a concert in Hamburg in 2011. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. ...
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ArticleIda Haendel performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen
Ida Haendel, who features in The Strad's gallery in honour of International Women's Day on 8 March 2014, performs Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, op.20 in 2006. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back issues click here.
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ArticleMenuhin Competition winner Stephen Waarts performs Haydn, Grantham and Szymanowski
Menuhin Competition 2014 Senior Division winner Stephen Waarts performs the first and fourth movements from Haydn's String Quartet op.76, no. 2, 'Quinten', Donald Grantham's Black-Eyed Suzy and Szymanowski's Nocturne and Tarantella, op.28 in the competition semi-final. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureYour desk or mine? The pleasures and pitfalls of having an orchestral desk-partner
Classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh offers some tips for a harmonious relationship
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ArticleJan Vogler performs Bach's Cello Suite no.3
Jan Vogler, who has described his life as a musician in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall for The Strad's March 2014 German special, performs the Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite no.3. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as ...
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ArticleRennosuke Fukuda performs Beethoven and Handel-Halvorsen
2014 Menuhin Competition Junior Division winner Rennosuke Fukuda performs the Allegro con brio from Beethoven's Violin Sonata no.1 and Handel-Halvorsen's Passacaglia in G minor in the Junior Finals. Subscribe to The Strad or download our digital edition as part of a 30-day free trial. To purchase back ...
