{"id":28289,"date":"2023-05-17T12:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T10:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=184754"},"modified":"2023-05-23T08:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:49:41","slug":"violinist-plays-on-serenely-after-bow-snaps","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/violinist-plays-on-serenely-after-bow-snaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Violinist plays on serenely after bow snaps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The violinist Stefan Jackiw suffered a snapped bow during a UK premiere – but reached for a new bow and played on while barely missing a beat <\/p>

By Steve Wright\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 17 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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A snapped string is a not unheard-of occurrence during a violin performance. A broken bow, though, is something a little more out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n

That was the situation, however, that faced the American violinist Stefan Jackiw, during his performance with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra<\/strong><\/a> on 10 May.<\/p>\n

Jackiw was around a third of the way through a UK premiere performance of the Violin Concerto by Ukrainian composer Reinhold Gli\u00e8re<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 when his bow suddenly snapped.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\""ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper\" ep2nwvo0=\"\" data-component=\""text-block"\">\n<div class=\""ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer\" e5tfeyi1=\"\">\n<div class=\""ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper\" ep2nwvo0=\"\" data-component=\""text-block"\">\n<div class=\""ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer\" e5tfeyi1=\"\">\n<p class=\""ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph\" eq5iqo00=\"\">The violinist had been using the bow, made in Paris in the 19th century, for some 20 years \u2013 during which time it had seen him through thousands of concerts.<\/p>\n<p>On this particular night, though, the bow gave into the tension. 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