Features:
- JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER – The British cellist, now making his mark as a conductor, celebrates his 70th birthday with a retrospective of his life and career, in conversation with Julian Haylock
- STRADIVARI’S EARLY CELLOS – Before the mighty ‘B form’, the master luthier’s cellos had larger proportions and a variety of outlines. Philip Ihle attempts to determine how many moulds he used
- YSAŸE STRING TRIO NO.2 – Violinist Nandor Szederkényi explains how he came to produce a new performing edition of the work, based on a manuscript he found on his computer
- SESSION REPORT – Tom Stewart speaks to violinist Boris Begelman and Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor of Concerto Italiano, about the latest CD in Naïve’s Vivaldi Edition
- AZZO ROVESCALLI – The Italian luthier was a well-known figure in the city of Crema, although real success eluded him. Lorenzo Frignani and Vittorio Formaggia tell his story
- VIOLIN ENCORES -Soloists including Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn and Pekka Kuusisto tell Charlotte Gardner how they choose and prepare their encores
Regulars:
- IN FOCUS – Paolo Sorgentone examines a cello from the late 1770s by Antonio Gragnani
- TRADE SECRETS – A method for gluing linings using springs and counterforms
- MY SPACE – Paris-based luthier Johan Collard
- MAKING MATTERS – Restoring a cello’s varnish after a disastrous accident with hand sanitiser
- MASTERCLASS – Cellist Alisa Weilerstein discusses the first movement of the Chopin Cello Sonata
- TECHNIQUE – Ariadne Daskalakis on early bowing techniques for modern violinists
- LIFE LESSONS – Norwegian violinist Henning Kragerrud looks back over his career so far
- OPINION – Music of the 17th century must be given proper treatment in the conservatoire
- FROM THE ARCHIVE – A letter from May 1901
- SENTIMENTAL WORK – Legendary bassist François Rabbath recalls performing all Bach’s Cello Suites on the double bass for the first time
