All Magazine articles – Page 68
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Session Report: Final Frontier
The Jerusalem Quartet’s second instalment of Bartók string quartets brings a new delicacy and clarity to these works, which are so often portrayed as brutal. Violinist Alexander Pavlovsky and violist Ori Kam discuss their approach with Tom Stewart
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Heart of the matter: Schumann’s Cello Concerto
Schumann’s Cello Concerto is often seen as dark and troubled, and its advocates have struggled to bring it the recognition it deserves. Now, Josephine Knight’s discoveries have led to a new edition and recording which shed a fresh light on this work, writes Peter Quantrill
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Pride of Norway: The Strad calendar 2021
The Strad’s 2021 Calendar celebrates 15 years since the start of the Dextra Musica foundation, whose instrument collection has swiftly become one of the finest in the world. Unlike many other valuable collections, these instruments are in daily use. John Dilworth highlights some of the treasures
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Concert review: Bang on a Can Marathon 2020
Bruce Hodges reviews the online extravaganza held at various locations on 14 June 2020
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Concert review: Wigmore Hall, 8-24 June 2020
Tim Homfray reviews performances held at the London venue for an online-only audience
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Book review: Piano Trios on Stage: Violin/Flute, Cello and Piano
Anne Inglis reviews a publication by David Brooker designed to interest young players in piano trios
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Book review: The Sound of Life’s Unspeakable Beauty
Julian Haylock reviews Martin Schleske’s book relating the art of violin making to a profound belief in God
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Book review: The German Bow: A study exhibit of German bow making
Bow maker Matt Wehling reviews the latest publication from the Violin Society of America
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Yo-Yo Ma et al: Not Our First Goat Rodeo
Cellist and folk-music friends in a delightful, genre-bending second album
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Lisa Batiashvili: City Lights
Lights, camera, action: a violinist’s evocative movie-musical travels
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Arabella Steinbacher: Four Seasons
A popular seasonal pairing full of requisite energy and drama
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Peter Sheppard Skærved: Schubert
A light but not lightweight approach imbues this with a sense of wonder
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Aviv Quartet, Amit Peled: Schubert
A light but not lightweight approach imbues this with a sense of wonder
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Camille Thomas: Voice of Hope
Expansive and expressive playing in a musical journey towards hope
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Hee-Young Lim: Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev
A sensitive and poetic approach to Russian cello sonatas
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Lawrence Power: MacMillan
Viola concerto is a 21st-century classic in the hands of a passionate advocate
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Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin: Russian Colours
A revelatory viola arrangement of a saxophone concerto
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Inbal Segev: Clyne, Elgar
Well-pitched and assertive playing in cello concertos both old and new