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With Concertos – who’s in charge... the soloist or the conductor? Violinist Janine Jansen prefers it when both she and the conductor avoid taking ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
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Composer Benjamin Britten is known for his operas and symphonic works like the “Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” You may not know he also w...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
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When pianist Rafal Blechacz was making his recording of piano sonatas by Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven, the piano was the farthest thing from his min...
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Pianist Rafal Blechacz is from Poland, so it’s perhaps natural he would play a lot of Chopin, Poland’s most famous composer. But there are other r...
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Who owns the music – the performer or the composer? When it comes to interpretation, pianist Rafal Blechacz has his priorities and knows who come...
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On a warm New York night in August, 2007, an unknown pianist went to bed not knowing that she was about to become an overnight sensation. Her name...
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Bach’s music often incorporated steps and rhythms from the dance music of his day. And often he was writing actual dance music, like a gavotte or ...
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Do you remember the Sam Cooke song from the 50s about not knowing music much about history, biology and trigonometry? Like many performers, pianis...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
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George Gershwin could be called a "What If" composer. "What if" he had lived longer than just 39 years, what more would he have written? And, "Wh...
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Opera singers today are being asked to do more, and are expected to do more on the operatic stage – especially when it comes to showing their actin...
- Added: Mar 31, 2010
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Beethoven was one of the first composers to demonstrate the cello's wide range of expressive capabilities. But there was one characteristic Beetho...
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In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The traditional view is that the s...
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Claude Debussy's music helped define the impressionist movement in music. The fuzzy borders and pastel swashes of color that Monet and Cezanne bro...
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One thing you might notice in conductor Mark Elder’s recordings of British music is his choice of tempo. By British and recording standards, they ...
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Where will we find the next generation of classical music listeners and classical music fans? Conductor Mark Elder says they're in school right no...
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When British conductor Mark Elder wants to give his orchestra some directions for tempo and inflection, his native language falls short... especial...
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How do you keep the music you’ve played hundreds of times fresh for the next audience? That's the age old question for all musicians. Pianist Men...
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Pianist Menahem Pressler spent 53 years as the pianist of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio. He could easily have taken the soloist route, giving reci...
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The Beaux Arts Trio was widely recognized for consistently reaching and upholding the highest musical standards. But there were times when they di...
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Small or "soft" are not concepts we normally associate with Beethoven's music, and especially the Beethoven Piano Concertos. Pianist Till Fellner ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
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If you ever played piano, chances are you played at least one of the Two or Three-Part Inventions by Bach. Pianist Till Fellner says part of their...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
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It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one comp...
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Bach's short keyboard works are just that: short. You have to find the musical character quickly, otherwise the piece is over. When pianist Till...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
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The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
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Pianist Yuja Wang plays the monumental – some might even call it “larger than life" – Piano Sonata by Liszt on her debut CD. Historically, the Son...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
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