All Magazine articles – Page 58
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Premium ❘ FeatureTracing the truth: Stradivari’s early cellos
What cello moulds were used in the Stradivari workshop? The question has long gone unanswered, despite the number of artefacts – and even intact moulds – that survive. Philip Ihle examines 17 of the cellos made before 1700 to find out how many moulds may have been used before the ...
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Premium ❘ FeatureSong of the gut string makers
In 1877, Markneukirchen in Germany was at the heart of the world’s string making industry. The townsfolk were so proud, they even composed a drinking song all about it. Kai Köpp explains what the lyrics (translated into English for the first time) reveal about this convoluted process
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Premium ❘ FeatureStrings and Piano: a sound balance
Producing a nuanced, well-balanced and blended combination of piano and strings can be a difficult performance feat to achieve. Pauline Harding talks to chamber musicians, soloists and teachers to discover some of their secrets
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NewsThe Strad April 2021 issue is out now
Crossover superstar David Garrett tell us he has no intention of abandoning his classical roots
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ReviewSingende Saiten: Die schönsten Solostücke für Violine oder Bratsche
Celia Cobb examines an unusual method for practising with different clefs and key signatures
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ReviewBook review: The Viola d’Amore: Its History and Development
Carlos Maria Solare examines Rachael Durkin’s scholarly work about the early stringed instrument
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ReviewBook review: Once Upon a String: Fiddle Method - Vol.1
Alex Laing reviews the first volume of Shamma Sabir’s innovative fiddle playing method
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ReviewConcert review: Leonidas Kavakos (violin) London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle
Tim Homfray hears a live-streamed performance from London’s LSO St Luke’s on 7 January 2021
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Concert review: Wigmore Soloists
Tim Homfray watches a live stream from London’s Wigmore Hall on 8 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective: Matthew Hunt (clarinet) Elena Urioste (violin) Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello) Tom Poster (piano)
Peter Quantrill hears a live stream from Wigmore Hall, London, on 11 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Apartment House
David Kettle watches a live stream of the performance from London’s Wigmore Hall on 9 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Emma Bell (soprano) David Butt Philip (tenor) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mark Elder
Edward Bhesania hears a live stream from the Glyndebourne Theatre on 11 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Kristin Lee (violin) Orion Weiss (piano)
Leah Hollingsworth watches a live stream from Music@Menlo, California, on 17 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Pinchas Zukerman (violin) Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz
Dennis Rooney attends a live performance at the Kravis Center, West Palm Beach, on 24 January 2021
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Concert review: Zuill Bailey (cello) Michael Butterman (piano) Members of the Boulder Philharmonic
Leah Hollingsworth watches a live stream from Boulder Municipal Airport, Colorado, on 23 January 2021
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ReviewConcert review: Seth Parker Woods (cello) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Emelyanychev
Bruce Hodges watches a live stream from Symphony Hall, Atlanta, on 14 January 2021
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ReviewLena Neudauer: Rosetti
Graceful performances of concertos from a Czech contemporary of Mozart
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ReviewGidon Kremer, Madara Pētersone: Weinberg
Expert interpreter captures all the music’s complex, shadowy atmosphere
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ReviewRenaud Capuçon, Edgar Moreau: Saint-Saëns
Three Frenchmen play music by their countryman with charm and brilliance
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ReviewZEN Trio: Burning through the Cold
Young trio unearths a musical nugget of gold with Armenian rarity
