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
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
