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Monday, March 1, 2021
Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
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Paul Hindemith was a prolific composer, teacher, conductor and violist. Hindemith had played 2nd violin in other quartets until after World...
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Röntgen - Cello Concerto No. 2 In G Minor
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Although not a cellist, Julius Röntgen, had a love affair with the instrument that lasted over 60 years of his life. He wrote 14 sonatas fo...
Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Major, Opus 102
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By the time Dmitri Shostakovich began writing his 2nd Piano Concerto in 1957 he had lived an artistic life full of official censure and cri...
Friday, February 26, 2021
Handel - Organ Concerto In B-flat Major, Opus 7, No. 1
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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a German composer who spent time in Italy before finally settling in England. He was a virtuoso pe...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 59 In E-flat Major Hob. XVI/49
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Unlike Mozart and Beethoven , Haydn was not a virtuoso pianist. He could get around on the keyboard well enough, but most of his playing w...
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Monday, February 22, 2021
Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 27 In E Minor, Opus 90
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Beethoven's career took a different turn after the occupation of Vienna by Napoleon in 1805 and 1809. The stress caused by the occupati...
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Shostakovich - Concerto For Piano, Trumpet, And Strings In C Minor, Opus 35
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Shostakovich was the soloist at the premiere of this 1st Piano Concerto, also known as Concerto For Piano And Trumpet because of the promine...
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