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Beethoven's "Pathetique" Sonata is one of the pillars of Beethoven's piano music. It's also part of the famous trifecta of Piano Sonatas that incl...
- Added: Feb 29, 2008
- Length: :22
You may know Leopold Stokowski as a conductor and for his role in the Disney classic, Fantasia. He was also an organist on a mission to bring grea...
- Added: Feb 27, 2008
- Length: :21
It's a long road to establish a career in music, much less going on to become a major player. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma offers these guidelines for what mu...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :27
If there were a "supporting musician" category in Mozart's Piano Concertos, it would probably be the wind section, especially the clarinets. When ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :15
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Performing music is probably one of the only professions where the longer you play, the better you get - the harder it gets. It's a phenomenon tha...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :18
Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops recorded the Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. Although it's a staple of the holiday season, conductor Erich Kunzel ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2007
- Length: :18
The clarinet was most likely invented by Johann Christoph Denner in 1690. While Denner may have been the inventor, David Shifrin says it was Mozar...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :26
With Peer Gynt, composer Edvard Grieg did not write in the big orchestral setting that made Beethoven's symphonies so popular. Conductor Herbert B...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :24
Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :41
"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :29
Anton Bruckner's most popular work is his Symphony No.4, but conductor Bernard Haitink says he's under the spell of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Use...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :19
Anton Bruckner's music is out of place, and maybe out of sync in our current fast-paced world. Conductor Bernard Haitink says Bruckner's luxurious...
- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :24
Composer Franz Liszt is best known as a composer, virtuoso performer and ladies' man. Pianist Stephen Hough says you could also call him an innova...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :26
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Chopin's Ballades for piano scale some of the hefty dramatic and emotional heights that personify the "romantic" era of composition from the late 1...
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- Added: Jul 31, 2007
- Length: :31
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If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...
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- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: :30
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You don't need to be Russian to play Rachmaninoff, although some well-meaning Russians have been known to make that nationalistic claim. Still, pi...
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- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: :32
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Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 is very well known, primarily because of its Second Movement. Besides the concert hall and CD, you're also likely to...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: :26
- Purchases: 2
Two of the most frequently used key strokes on the computer are "copy" and "paste." It probably saves us hours of time each week. Pianist Maurizi...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: :23
- Purchases: 2
Mozart originally conceived many of his Piano Concertos as works he would both play and conduct. Occasionally, pianist Maurizio Pollini performs t...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: :33
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If you're a conductor, it's helpful to have a living composer at your side to answer questions about their music that may come up during rehearsals...
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- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: :28
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Before Pope John Paul II, Poland's most celebrated national hero was Frederic Chopin. His music was a source of inspiration and comfort for a coun...
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- Added: Jun 25, 2007
- Length: :27
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While Alan Hovhaness' music has a distinct and recognizable sound and texture, it's the sum of many different cultures and nationalities. Harpist ...
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- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: :35
- Purchases: 2
The idea of a keyboard instrument being a soloist in a concerto is obvious to us today, but in Bach's time, the keyboard usually played politely in...
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- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: :20
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Sergie Rachmaninoff's music has been called everything from sappy and sentimental to over-done romantic gush. Pianist Stephen Hough strongly disag...
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- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: :29
- Purchases: 2
Recycling one's own music was a common practice in Handel's day. Interestingly, or strangely, one of the best known choruses from Handel's Messiah...
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- Added: Nov 29, 2006
- Length: :29
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