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Today I wanted to share with you “Violin Concerto No. 1” by the German composer Max Bruch. It is one of my favorite violin concertos. It starts out a bit slowly, but in a few short minutes it turns into a brilliant ..
I am writing this in October. Summer is behind us. The trees that turned yellow will soon turn grey. It is cold, wet, and snowing outside. It seems very appropriate that the music I will share with you today is “October,” ..
Today I wanted to share with you Brahms’ Piano Concerto Number 2, performed by Sviatoslav Richter.
I would like to share with you the “Prelude in B Minor” by J.S. Bach. My almost-10-year-old daughter, Hannah, calls it “our [her and my] song”. This piece is simple yet so beautiful. Hannah and I sampled a lot of performances, ..
Before I get to my musical note, I want to share with you an incredible TED talk by Benjamin Zander, “The Transformative Power of Classical Music” (watch it here). Mr. Zander makes the point that “Everyone loves classical ..
Today I want to share with you Ich ruf’ zu dir, BWV 177 by Johan Sebastian Bach, composed in 1732. As I listen to this cantata, I catch myself expecting a dramatic change, bursting with emotion, at every change in tempo; ..
When we look at famous composers, we often assume that they were always famous and everything they composed was loved by the public. The reality is anything but. Take Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet overture, ..