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editor's note
Mar 01, 2009; ... "EVER SINCE I BEGAN TO COMPOSE," Felix Mendelssohn once explained, "I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me ...
GET STRAD SAVVY
Mar 01, 2009; ... Most of us will never seriously contemplate buy- ing a Stradivari, but there's a great deal to be learned from "Some Things You Should Know Before Purchasinga Cremonese ViOUn," the first article in the collected writings of leading violin maker, writer, and lecturer Roger Hargrave. Har- grave ...
Tube Tops
Mar 01, 2009; ... Getting to Carnegie Hall may still require practice, prac- tice, practice, but nabbing a seat on the YOUTUBE SYM- PHONY ORCHESTRA is another way to fast-track yourself to the world-renowned concert hall. The first-ever online collaborative orchestra, developed by Michael Tilson Thomas, the ...
CULTURE KING
Mar 01, 2009; ... LEV "L)OVA" ZHURBIN is a violist and film composer- he's also a collector. For his 2006 debut album, Vjola: World on Four Strings (Kapustnik), Ljova collected ambient sounds on his MlniDisc recorder and wove them together with compositions for viola and percussion. For his new release, Mnemosyne ...
Passings
Mar 01, 2009; ... British conductor RICHARD HICKOX, founder and music director of the City of London Sinfonia, has died of a heart attack. He was 60. Hickox, an early music specialist, had served as music director of Opera Australia, associate guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, co-director of ...
Speaking Out
Mar 01, 2009; ... Cellist ALISA WEILERSTEIN is a steadily rising soloist and recitalist on the classical-music circuit, as well as a member of the acclaimed Weilerstein Trio, with her father (violinist DONALD WEILERSTEIN) and mother (pianist Vivian Hornik Weilerstein). An EMI recording artist and a recipient of ...
A World of Discovery
Mar 01, 2009; ... Innovative ASTA music-appreciation program is starting to catch on A QUICK-IMPACT MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM is bringing the string bass to Brownie troops and getting youth groups into the concert hall for the first time. ASTA's Discovering Strings and Orchestra program-launched in 2007 ...
The Quebec Fiddle Tradition
Mar 01, 2009; ... Louis Boudreault had a big impact on the fiddle music of Quebec ANYONE WHO HAS HEARD THE ENSEMBLES La Bottine Souriante, Genticorum, or Le Vent du Nord knows that fiddling is alive and well in Quebec. Indeed, Quebecois fiddlers have enlivened the daily life and festive occasions of their ...
Distilling the Dream
Mar 01, 2009; ... German violinist Arabella Steinbacher samples the ethereal essence of French chamber music DURING THE FIRST TWO-THIRDS OF THE 19TH CENTURY, the French low d opera and art song, and would tolerate orchestral music if it supported a ballet, but they snubbed chamber music as if it were ...
One Size Does Not Fit All
Mar 01, 2009; ... The importance of matching a student to the appropriate method books THE PAST FEW YEARS have seen a renaissance of new method books for the beginning violinist (and other members of the string family). Before this deluge, a teacher seemingly had an easier time setting up a curriculum ...
Master of the Musical Palette
Mar 01, 2009; ... Though short, Mendelssohn's life exerted a powerful influence on his society Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg in 1809 into a remarkable Jewish family. His grandfather Moses Mendelssohn rose from an impoverished childhood to become an eminent philosopher and writer through sheer ...
TWO VIEWS ON A VIOLIN MASTERWORK
Mar 01, 2009; ... Daniel Hope and Nicola Benedetti perform two different versions of Mendelssohn's iconic Violin Concerto, and each is keeping it fresh Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor is inescapable. It's often the first "real" concerto young violinists learn and often constitutes the debut ...
They Say It's Your Birthday
Mar 01, 2009; ... Five players on the enduring joys of Mendelssohn's chamber music, 200 years after his birth In the decade leading up to the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth, more chamber ensembles than ever have embraced his music. Concert performances abound, as do record- ...
SWEET SUMMERTIME
Mar 01, 2009; ... 4 TIPS FOR YOUNG PLAYERS SEEKING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF A SUMMER-STUDY EXPERIENCE 1. REMEMBER THAT YOU'RE THERE TO LEARN. Yes, it's summer, and everyone wants to be outside enjoying the beautiful weather, swimming, and playing frisbee. But don't forget that your first priority as ...
APPLE OF YOUR EYE
Mar 01, 2009; ... A SUMMER MUSIC CAMP THAT CELEBRATES STUDENT CONNECTIONS The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music is unique in bringing together amateur, student, and professional musicians, ages 12 to 90 from the world over, to share in one or more Intensive ten-day sessions during the summer on a beau- ...
More Music from Menlo
Mar 01, 2009; ... More Music from Menlo California chamber-music academy spawns an impressive era-spanning box set Music@Menlo Uve: The Unfolding of Music II, 1-5. Various artists, inel.: Escher String Quartet; Jorja Fleezanis, Ian Swensen, violin; Paul Neubauer, Angela Choong, Youming Chen, ...
Maxim Rysanov: Brahms Viola
Mar 01, 2009; ... Maxim Rysanov: Brahms Viola. Maxim Rysanov, viola; Boris Brovtsyn, violin; Kristine Blaumane, cello; Katya Apekisheva and Jacob Katsnelson, piano. (Onyx Classics 4033) In the late 1800s, Brahms seemed to be growing tired of composing. He had built a reputation as a serious ...
FROM THE ARCHIVES OF ALLTHINGSSTRINGS.COM
Mar 01, 2009; ... FROM THE ARCHIVES OF ALLTHINGSSTRINGS.COM The Voices That Are Gone: The Music of Stephen Foster. Matt Turner, cello; Bill Carrothers, piano; Peg Carrothers, voice. (Ill 313003; cdbaby.com) One of the best chamber-jazz CDs in recent months is a heartfelt and imagi- native ...
Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 6
Mar 01, 2009; ... Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 6. Sonatas K. 376, 296, 27, 377. Rachel Podger, violin; Gary Cooper, fortepiano. (Channel Classics CCS SA 26208) In their ongoing Mozart sonata series, Gary Cooper and Rachel Podger have arranged their programs for utmost contrast ...
Duos for Violin and Viola
Mar 01, 2009; ... Duos for Violin and Viola. Victor Romanul, violin; Michael Zaretsky, viola. (Artona 454523) Though the violin-viola repertoire is comparatively limited, enterprising players, in addition to finding hidden treasures, can add to it by commissioning new works. Romanul and Zaretsky have done ...