All Tamsin-Waley-Cohen articles
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News
Two Moors Festival to take place with social distancing this autumn
The festival will take place over two weekends on Dartmoor and Exmoor
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Focus
Top 11 places to find string music concerts online
With multiple venues embracing live-streaming and making past concerts available online, we present a round-up of the best sources for string music
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News
Tamsin Waley-Cohen has co-founded Living Room Live
The violinist has co-founded a website streaming live concerts from musicians’ homes
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News
Tamsin Waley-Cohen appointed Artistic Director of Two Moors Festival
The violinist has been appointed Artistic Director for the festival’s 20th anniversary season
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Review
Tamsin Waley-Cohen: CPE Bach: Complete Works for Violin and Keyboard
Deft and mellow-toned readings of late Baroque duos by Bach junior
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Video
Tamsin Waley-Cohen plays CPE Bach
Violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen and pianist James Ballieu perform the allegretto from CPE Bach’s Violin Sonata in C major (Wq. 73) in a Scala Session recorded on Wednesday 6 November 2019.
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Gallery
Ryedale Festival 'Triple Concert' - gallery
These photographs were taking at the Ryedale Festival as part of the ‘Triple Concert’ at Castle Howard, which features three different groups performing contrasting concerts in different parts of the building. Castle Howard, in North Yorkshire, England, was designed by John Vanbrugh and is one of the country’s most spectacular ...
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Review
Tamsin Waley-Cohen: Bohemia – works by Dvořák, Janáček and Suk
The Strad Issue: January 2018 Description: Sounds of central Europe presented with improvisatory panache Musicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Huw Watkins (piano) Works: DVOŘÁK Violin Sonata in F major; Four Romantic Pieces. JANÁČEK Violin Sonata. SUK Four Pieces op.17 Catalogue Number: SIGNUM ...
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News
‘A huge waste of time and money’ for violinist travelling with Stradivarius turned away by British Airways over supposed rule change
BA Heathrow check-in staff said that violins are no longer accepted as cabin luggage under any circumstances, claims Tamsin Waley-Cohen
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Blogs
Tamsin Waley-Cohen: 7 tips for making a successful recording
Making a recording comes with its own special set of pressures, and moving from the stage to the studio isn’t the easiest transition for a musician to make. Here violinist Tamsin Waley-Cohen sets out her advice earned through experience
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Review
Hahn: Violin Sonata in C major; Romance in A major; Nocturne in E flat major. Szymanowski: Violin Sonata in D minor; Nocturne and Tarantella
The Strad Issue: December 2015Description: An ‘odd couple’ of composers receive warm-hearted performances Musicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Huw Watkins (piano)Composer: Hahn, SzymanowskiTamsin Waley-Cohen launches into Szymanowski’s Sonata with gusto, her bow rasping on the string in the composer’s passionate flights, her sound meltingly beautiful and fragile in ...
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Review
Soli. Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin. G. Benjamin: Three Miniatures. Carter: Four Lauds – nos.1 & 3. Kurtág: Six Miniatures. Penderecki: Cadenza
The Strad Issue: August 2015Description: Tamsin Waley-Cohen alone in a sequence of solo worksMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin)Composer: Bartók, G. Benjamin, Carter, Kurtág, PendereckiThe opening Chaconne of Bartók’s adieu to music is spaciously conceived by Tamsin Waley-Cohen (taking 14 minutes to the 9 of its dedicatee Menuhin), without ...
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Review
Vaughan Williams: Violin Concerto, The Lark Ascending. Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings
The Strad Issue: February 2015Description: A disappointing revival of a little-known concertoMusicians: Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin) Orchestra of the Swan/David CurtisComposer: Vaughan Williams, ElgarWritten for Jelly d’Arányi (who, the composer thought, took scant advantage of her six-month exclusive performing period), Vaughan Williams’s Violin Concerto has few champions even ...