From freezing snow-covered landscapes, blizzards and snowstorms to delicate dancing snowflakes, Winter offers plenty of inspiration to composers of piano music. Here are five atmospheric pieces which evoke the winter season: Pēteris Vasks: Balta ainava/White Scenery (Winter from The Seasons)

I have always loved the key of A minor. Maybe it’s because it is supposed to represent “pious womanliness,” whatever that means, and “tenderness of character.” I am personally very much comfortable with the description of tenderness of character. Schumann:

I have a huge list of favorite songs. Actually, there are so many different kinds of songs in my list that I get easily confused. So I was thinking of organizing them somehow, but that’s still not so easy. If

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The turning of the season sees some composers of piano music in reflective mood, while others portray meteorological conditions – misty mornings and autumn gales which blow the gold and red leaves from the trees and toss them around in

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