The UK-based Doric String Quartet has big plans for the 2027 Beethoven Year. They will bring Beethoven’s string quartets across Europe, including the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The third volume of their Beethoven album is out this September. In the past,
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Aldo Forte created Impressionist Prints: Six Masters in Two Galleries, using artworks by 6 of the greatest impressionists. Each painting captures a particular idea within Impressionism. He opens with Monet’s work in London. Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise, was the
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Howells' Sea Urchins takes listeners to the seaside in ten songs — pails, spades, cliff-top views, and moonlit beach dances included. It's part of a charming new SOMM release by The Mira Ensemble, dedicated to his rarely heard partsongs. Have a listen!
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Ten decades, ten concertos – and one long argument about what a violin concerto should be. Today we’re looking back at the musical history of the nineteenth century and deciding which Romantic-era violin concertos best represent their respective decades. In
