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Bach\u2019s sonatas for violin and keyboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>PLATE ARCHINGS AND TONE &#8211;<\/strong> The first of two articles in which luthier Nigel Harris presents his findings on the relationship between the plates, bass-bar, soundpost and a violin\u2019s sound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Regulars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IN FOCUS<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; A look at an 1894 violin by the Milan-based luthier Gaetano Antoniazzi<\/li>\n<li><strong>TRADE SECRETS &#8211;<\/strong> Erich Perrotta gives his method for restoring a bow octagon<\/li>\n<li><strong>MY SPACE &#8211;<\/strong> Cyprus-based Michalis Pantelides<\/li>\n<li><strong>MAKING MATTERS &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Examining the tonal qualities and resonance of great instruments<\/li>\n<li><strong>MASTERCLASS &#8211;<\/strong> Violist Paul Laraia discusses Glazunov\u2019s Elegy for viola and piano op.44<\/li>\n<li><strong>TECHNIQUE &#8211;<\/strong> Israeli violinist Itzhak Rashkovsky passes on hints on playing with sostenuto<\/li>\n<li><strong>LIFE LESSONS &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>With cellist Catherine Hewgill<\/li>\n<li><strong>OPINION &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Deputising for another musician in an orchestra requires its own set of skills<\/li>\n<li><strong>POSTCARD FROM OSLO &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>A report from the \u2018Master to Master\u2019 violin symposium<\/li>\n<li><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>An interview with Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate, from May 1893<\/li>\n<li><strong>SENTIMENTAL WORK &#8211;<\/strong> Violist Antoine Tamestit talks about Mozart\u2019s Sinfonia concertante<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alina Ibragimova talks about her latest projects and we take a look at the work of Luthiers sans Fronti\u00e8res. 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