All Regulars articles – Page 25
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Premium ❘ ArticleMarch 2023: Editor’s welcome and contents
The Strad’s editor Emma Baker introduces the March 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ Article‘I spilt olive oil on my bow’ - Letters to the editor: March 2023
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: March 2023 issue
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Premium ❘ ArticleProducts March 2023: Jargar Evoke violin strings
A high-end string set for an alternative sound
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Premium ❘ NewsCompetitions, Awards and Appointments: March 2023
This month’s competition results, appointments and forthcoming contests
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Julia Fischer on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, Third Movement
Conversations between instruments, harmony and articulation all form part of Julia Fischer’s discussion of this joyous third movement
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Premium ❘ News‘Lava fields covered in blankets of moss’ - Premiere of the Month: Slow growth
What would moss sound like as music?
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Premium ❘ FocusSentimental Work: Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies
Recording Schubert’s Eighth and Ninth symphonies after a lifetime of earlier works was an intriguing challenge for veteran Catalan–Spanish gambist and conductor Jordi Savall
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Premium ❘ FeatureMaking Matters: A new take on an old classic
To combat the tedium of the Covid-19 lockdowns, Andrea Schudtz embarked on a project to copy a decorated Andrea Amati violin – but with a modern twist
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Augustin Hadelich on Beethoven’s Violin Concerto first movement - part 1
In the first of two articles, Augustin Hadelich looks at direction and flow in the first movement of this notoriously simple and yet deceptively difficult work
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Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1679 violin by Hendrick Aerninck
Michel Samson presents the 17th-century Dutch instrument
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Premium ❘ FeatureTrade Secrets: Cleaning and repairing surfaces before closing an instrument top
An essential procedure for repair work on older instruments
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Premium ❘ Feature‘I’m happy to show them around’ - My Space: David Ayache
Visit a 13th-century workshop in the heart of Montpellier, France
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Beethoven Grosse Fuge op.133 (part two)
In the second of two articles, Belcea Quartet violist Krzysztof Chorzelski paints a vivid picture of the dissolution and resolution in the second half of this great work
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Premium ❘ FeatureTechnique: Finding your voice on the viola
Susie Mészáros’s thoughts on shifting and articulation
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Premium ❘ Focus‘The violin concerto lives again’ - Opinion
Are we witnessing a golden age for new violin concertos, or simply too much of a good thing?
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Premium ❘ Article‘No way fit to express an opinion’: From the archive: February 1933
Author and luthier Robert Alton rails against ‘The Amateur Violin Expert’ – even reserving a few harsh words for the professional expert as well
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Premium ❘ FeatureMasterclass: Tai Murray on Beethoven’s ‘Triple’ Concerto Part 1
In the first of two articles, violinist Tai Murray discusses individuality, balance and tempo in the lengthy first movement of the op.56 concerto for piano, cello and violin
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Premium ❘ FocusSomething to smile about: Postcard from Poznań
Tim Homfray attended the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznań, and discovered an impressive collection of competitors
