Features:
- ‘WILLEMOTTE’ STRADIVARI VIOLIN 1734 Sam Zygmuntowicz examines a masterpiece from Stradivari’s late period, comparing it with other instruments such as the ‘Huberman’ and ‘Titian’ (POSTER NOT INCLUDED IN THE ISSUE)
- VIEUXTEMPS CADENZAS A hitherto unknown manuscript cadenza to Beethoven’s Violin Concerto has recently been unearthed in Vienna. Martin Wulfhorst evaluates the discovery
- COACHING CHAMBER MUSIC Graham Oppenheimer details some of the teaching strategies that have proved successful for players aged 8 to 18 at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester
- SESSION REPORT Charlotte Gardner attends the recording of C.P.E. Bach’s string symphonies by Gli Incogniti, and speaks to the ensemble’s founder Amandine Beyer
- THE VIOLA D’AMORE The ‘viola of love’ is undergoing a resurgence in popularity within the period-performance movement. Rachael Durkin traces its enigmatic history
- EVOLVING INTERPRETATIONS Nathaniel Vallois examines the recordings of some of the 20th century’s greatest players to find out how their style and technique developed as they matured
