Christophe Coin, who is interviewed in The Strad's February 2017 issue, performs Vivaldi's Cello Concerto RV 414 in G on a five-string violoncello piccolo with Il Giardino Armonico.
Read: Ask the Experts - obtaining a five-string cello
Read: Violoncello da spalla – story of a rediscovery
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Fiddler of the Scottish folk band the Kinnaris Quintet shares how her unique instrument lends itself perfectly to her way of music making (even if it made her teeth hurt at first)
Persuasive readings of a Baroque master, with colour to the fore
For Christophe Coin, the French cellist, gambist and musical time-traveller, historically informed performance practice involves a combination of forensic-level investigation and leap-of-faith creativity. In conversation with Helen Wallace, he describes the instruments and scholarship behind his work as an interpreter
The cellist appears alongside the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra and its music director Stuart Malina
Philharmonia musicians perform one of Finland’s most popular Christmas carols, Jean Sibelius’s Julvisa
Double bassist Théotime Voisin and pianist Maurice van Schoonhoven perform an arrangement of the popular opera overture in a tribute to the bel canto tradition
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