Jane Jones explores the drama that reveals the piano as the poet. If your picture of Beethoven is, like mine, of a dramatic, dark personality whose tragic life events shaped him and his music, then ...
Once you've got a grip on scales, it's time to start stacking notes on top of each other When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Once you ...
Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...
Today's composers would love to discover the elusive formula for artistic permanence. But it was probably always so. Even German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) did not instantly achieve the ...
Mitsuko Uchida joins Fred Child in Salzburg's Leopoldskron Palace to talk about her deep respect for the depth and maturity in Mozart's music. She then joins members of the Hagen Quartet to play the ...
The combination of Schumann and Grieg’s A minor piano concertos is favoured by many pianists on disc. Classic FM reflects on some of the best recordings and pick one for you to add to your essential ...
Clara Schumann, the wife of the great composer Robert Schumann, wrote in her diary on May 25, 1854: Liszt sent Robert today a sonata dedicated to him and several other things with a friendly letter to ...
St. John’s College’s Great Hall will be echoing with the sounds of great music in the coming weeks when the faculty and guest artists of the Heifetz Institute turn Annapolis into a summer music ...
Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit Alicia Keys’ outstanding 2001 debut, a ...
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