Continuing the Tradition: Lera Auerbach’s Images from Childhood, Op. 52
Robert Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood (Kinderszenen), Op. 15 is one of those rare piano works that is both...
Know Your Composer
Thérèse Brenet: Music of the Earth and the Cosmos
When I was a young man, just out of my initial degree in the US and suddenly accepted...
The Schooling of Johann Sebastian Bach
The ubiquitous portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach, painted by court portraitist Elias Haussmann, adorns book covers, music school...
The Court Battle Over the Royalties to Ravel’s Boléro
It has been said that a performance of Ravel’s Boléro begins every 10 minutes somewhere in the world. The Russian dancer...
Mapping the Musical Genome: The Stamitz Family
When families migrate across linguistic borders, their names frequently undergo a number of significant changes. Just take the...
The Ferment of Life: Schubert’s Last Piano Sonatas II
Alfred Brendel describes Schubert as “a sleepwalker”, yet in his final three sonatas, we see Schubert’s innate sense...
The Ferment of Life: Schubert’s Last Piano Sonatas
Ignored for years, their composer regarded as Beethoven‘s poor relation, Schubert‘s last three piano sonatas now enjoy a...
Great Music Is Gender-blind
Historically, the works of many women composers did not quite make it into the canon. It is perhaps...
