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Editor’s letter
To evolve as an artist requires courage and openness.
Contributors
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Letters, emails, online comments
FRONT
OBITUARIES
Violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger died on 23 October
New tricks
A fresh look at what the violin and cello can do
COMPETITIONS
1 The Simply Quartet has won first prize at the Carl
Top lots from the London sales
Old Italians and a modern bow proved popular at this ! autumn’s auctions,as
Sticky situation
‘During the 30 years I spent working as a violinist
Life lessons
The American violinist recalls the path that led him to found the genre-defying Kronos Quartet
BREAKING POINTS
Athough Kafka may have once opined, ‘Better to have
The heart of Amadeus
What is it about Mozart’s music that responds to young
FEATURES
EXPANDING THE LIMITS
The vintage cars have been wheeled out of the Audi
SEEING RED
Madder root has been used since ancient times to provide a deep red pigment - but the process of making it remains mysterious. For the past three years Hugh Withycombe and Guy Harrison have tested different methods to get the recipe just right - and can now reveal their findings
Growingpains
Violinist and Ohio State University professor of music education Bob Gillespie has taught countless teenage string players. Here he explores adolescent character traits, and shares with teachers his valuable guide to dealing with adolescent moods and logic
ON THE BORDERS OF GREATNESS
Giuseppe Sgarbi’s instruments have a unique vibrancy and individuality, while still respecting the traditional Cremonese forms. Lorenzo Frignani examines his career, as well as that of his son Antonio, to suggest why his work deserves more recognition than it has in the past
THE SCORE: FRIEND OR FOE?
The multiple editions of a piece can confuse a musician. Should we always work from an urtext edition in an attempt to access the composer’s most authentic voice? Or can edited versions with interpretative markings be helpful? Cellist Pedro de Alcantara guides us through this minefield
REGULARS
ANSALDO POGGI
Ansaldo Poggi’s fame and reputation have had an incredible
A peninsular bench extension
Ideas for a workplace addition that is completely accessible from all three of its sides
STEPHEN QUINNEY
LOCATION Toronto, Canada
The DNA of design
David Beard argues that the old Cremonese makers had a geometric system of design ‘recipes’ to create the vast number of different instrument patterns we see today
BERG VIOLIN CONCERTO
In the second of two articles, Leila Josefowicz discusses the Adagio of the second movement, in the context of the Viennese School and the Neue Sachlichkeit era
Sound and phrase
The importance of developing a refined, balanced technique to communicate a nuanced musical line on the double bass
Reviews
Mathis Mayr in groundbreaking Feldman PAGE 95
From the ARCHIVE
An unsolved mystery from 1869: T.L. Phipson relates how a c.1709 Stradivari violin vanished without trace – and as far as we know, remains missing to this day
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON
For the British cellist, Elgar’s Cello Concerto brings back a wealth of memories from his earliest years studying the instrument - and of trying to play like Jacqueline du Pre
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