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Amanda Holloway meets the foursome<\/li>\n<li><strong>BACH CELLO SUITES &#8211; <\/strong>Jeffrey Solow looks at the several sources for the composer\u2019s famed solo works, to advance a new theory as to the genesis of his compositional process<\/li>\n<li><strong>SESSION REPORT &#8211; <\/strong>The members of the Heath Quartet talk to Toby Deller about their recording of works by Berg, Schoenberg and Webern, all part of the Second Viennese School<\/li>\n<li><strong>LOST ARTS OF STRING PLAYING<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; Some of today\u2019s top players tell Charlotte Gardner how they incorporate the stylistic techniques of the 20th century\u2019s greatest soloists into their own playing<\/li>\n<li><strong>FRAN\u00c7OIS-NICOLAS VOIRIN &#8211; <\/strong>Matt Wehling presents the first of two articles about the French bow maker, whose work had an enormous influence on the bows of the 20th century<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IN FOCUS &#8211; <\/strong>A 1762 Gennaro Gagliano violin<\/li>\n<li><strong>TRADE SECRETS &#8211; <\/strong>Bow maker \u00c9ric Gagn\u00e9 on\u00a0designing and making a ferrule<\/li>\n<li><strong>MY SPACE &#8211; <\/strong>Elisa Scrollavezza and Andrea Zanr\u00e8<\/li>\n<li><strong>MAKING MATTERS &#8211; <\/strong>Rainer Beilharz presents his data sheets for recording acoustical observations<\/li>\n<li><strong>MASTERCLASS<\/strong> &#8211; Cellist Antonio Meneses discusses the fourth movement of the Franck Sonata<\/li>\n<li><strong>TECHNIQUE &#8211; <\/strong>Violinist David Gillham give hints and tips on achieving perfect string-crossings<\/li>\n<li><strong>LIFE LESSONS &#8211; <\/strong>The memories and opinions of\u00a0Taiwanese violist Hsin-Yun Huang<\/li>\n<li><strong>OPINION &#8211; <\/strong>\u00a0Why tutors should look beyond the standard grading system in their teaching<\/li>\n<li><strong>POSTCARD FROM CORNWALL &#8211; <\/strong>Report from the\u00a050th anniversary of IMS Prussia Cove<\/li>\n<li><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVE &#8211; <\/strong>From July 1932<\/li>\n<li><strong>SENTIMENTAL WORK<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; Violinist Kenneth Sillito on the first string quartet Britten ever wrote<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We examine a 1671 violin by Girolamo Amati II and the members of the Brodsky Quartet discuss their 50th anniversary. 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