The solo violin has long been acknowledged as the perfect instrument to express emotions like love, longing, heartbreak, rapture, and romance. The Romantic era lasted from the early nineteenth century to the early twentieth century and produced numerous works that
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Living with the Mozarts! February 12th, 2014 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453, “Allegretto” The Mozart household in Vienna was frequently described as a place of controlled chaos. Joachim Daniel Preiser, an actor from the Royal Theater of Copenhagen, described an afternoon with Mozart -
After Kissing….. the Passionate Embrace ! February 11th, 2014 When thoughts and actions turn to romance and passion, the only thing you really need is music! Why don’t you wrap yourself in the sensuous and seductive beauty of Mozart’s piano concerto; trust me, you will not be disappointed. Of -
The Showstopper–Classical Style February 11th, 2014 When you go to the opera, it’s for the spectacle, the vision, the sound, and the light. But it’s the music that’s the central part. In many operas, there’s the one aria or the one chorus that has to be -
The Urgency of the Toccata February 10th, 2014 The young Sergei Prokofiev made his mark on the piano world with a brilliant showcase piece, written when he was 23. The Toccata, Op.11, was cleverly designed to display the composer’s brilliance not only as a composer but also as -
A Marriage of Convention
C.P.E. Bach and Johanna Maria Danneman II February 9th, 2014Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Morning Song on the Day of Creation, Wq. 239 In the spring of 1768, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and his family relocated to the city of Hamburg. C.P.E. had been appointed Kantor at the Johanneum and -
Immortalized Beloveds February 8th, 2014 The fact that the names of the pitches of the scales are both consonants and vowels opens up a great deal of possibility in terms of hiding words in music. The alphabet that can be hidden is larger than you -
The Goth String Quartet February 7th, 2014 Eklipse, a German-based string quartet, is turning the traditional look of the string quartet upside down. No more conservative clothes and demure attitude, this group takes the string quartet into the realm of heavy metal styling: eye patches and leather -
Youthful Poetry
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 February 6th, 2014Philadelphia OrchestraEugene OrmandyArthur Rubinstein The Polish-Russian War of 1830/31 was essentially an armed rebellion of a politically partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. Although the Polish resistance was able to achieve some minor victories, the Imperial Russian Army quickly crushed