Contents:
- ARABELLA STEINBACHER The German violinist’s latest album pairs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with a new work written for her by Georges Lentz. Pauline Harding finds out more
- FRANZ GEISSENHOF Rudolf Hopfner examines a typical violin by the Austrian luthier to ascertain how much his instruments were indebted to the work of Antonio Stradivari
- CONCERT WORKS BY SCREEN COMPOSERS From Erich Wolfgang Korngold to Hildur Guðnadóttir, Rita Fernandes looks at the concert pieces by composers better known for their work writing for the movies
- MAKERS OF MARKNEUKIRCHEN Although the German town is best known for its production-line instruments, much of its output leaned towards the high-end market, as Bruce Babbitt explains
- SESSION REPORT Adrian Butterfield and Gavin Kibble of the London Handel Players talk to Robin Stowell about the group’s latest album of quartets by Telemann
- ADVICE FROM PEERS String players’ musical education lasts long after their time at conservatoire. Charlotte Gardner discovers the best tips they’ve had from their contemporaries
Regulars:
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IN FOCUS A 1923 Guarneri copy made by the Berlin-based luthier Michael Dötsch
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TRADE SECRETS Sharon Que demonstrates her method of wing crack repair using silk
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MY SPACE Bernhard Ritschard of Lübeck
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MAKING MATTERS The use of tulipwood
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MASTERCLASS Benjamin Beilman gives his thoughts on performing the first movement of Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto no.3
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TECHNIQUE Double bassist Susan Hagen with tips on how to find one’s individual technique
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LIFE LESSONS The memories and opinions of German cellist Maximilian Hornung
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OPINION Suzuki teacher Helen Brunner reflects on the ‘beauty of earnest repetition’
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POSTCARD FROM HEIDELBERG The 20th anniversary of the city’s String Quartet Festival
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FROM THE ARCHIVE From April 1925
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SENTIMENTAL WORK Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann on Schumann’s Violin Concerto
