Piano concerto in E flat major – Allegretto giocoso John Lenehan, piano Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra John Wilson, conductor From John Ireland: Piano Concerto (2011) Released by Naxos John Ireland: Piano concerto in E flat major – Allegretto giocoso John

And it has been two wonderful and exciting years for me. Through Interlude, I have met outstanding musicians, learned the fascinating history of talented composers and discovered inspiring new pieces. My knowledge and appreciation not just for music, but for

El Fandango de candil Luis Fernandos Pérez, piano From Granados Goyescas Valses Poéticos (2011) Released by Harmonia Mundi Granados: El Fandango de candil The Goyescas of Enrique Granados, inspired by the Madrid of Goya’s time which the painter immortalised with

Future projects of young Italian tenor Antonio Poli include 2012 concerts with operatic arias in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Zurich, as well as Mozart’s “Requiem” conducted by Antonio Pappano in Rome, Mercadante’s “I due Figaro” at Teatro Real in Madrid conducted

Johann Strauss II Abschied von St. Petersburg (1858) An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Beautiful Blue Danube), Op. 314 (1867) Die Fledermaus (1874) I am not entirely sure who coined the saying “like father, like son”, but they certainly could

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Non-musicians (civilians we call them) like to get behind the scenes. Sometimes they ask questions that surprise us, such as: “You play for a living — do they pay you for that?” or “What’s your day job?” or one I