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“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”― Sergei Rachmaninoff The first time I heard Sergey Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 I was twenty-two years old. I grew up listening to his second ..
Today I’d like share with you Serenade for Strings by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky. This piece was written for a strings-only orchestra in 1880. Tchaikovsky noted in in the score, “The larger number of players in the string ..
Today I’d love to share with you Johanna d’Arc, a symphony in four movements that has smitten me over the last few months. It was written by German composer Moritz Moszcowski, who was of Jewish-Polish descent (1854-1925). ..
Everyone knows that Beethoven wrote five piano concertos. Okay, not everyone. But if you are a Ludwig Von Beethoven junkie, you know that. Well, and everyone is wrong, kind of. Though officially Beethoven wrote five piano ..
Today I’d like to share with you Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 4. After he finished it, he gave it the title “Tragic.” Schubert became one of my favorite composers later in my life. ..
As I sat down to write about Frederic Chopin’s Étude Opus 25, No. 11, called “Winter Wind,” suddenly, out of nowhere, I was overwhelmed with childhood memories. See, the word étude in French means study. When ..
Today I’d like to share with you Piano Concerto in A minor by German composer Robert Schumann (1810–1856). Robert wanted to become a great pianist, and his teacher, Friedrich Wieck, assured him that he could, but a hand ..
My family recently watched the documentary Pavarotti, directed by Ron Howard. We loved it. I think this is the first time my five-year-old Mia Sarah was glued to the TV when it wasn’t showing cartoons. I highly recommend ..
Lately I’ve been completely consumed by the music of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. I recently shared his New World Symphony and Cello Concerto. The piece that has gripped my soul and won’t let go is called ..
Today I’d like to share with you Cello Concerto in B Minor, by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). As I was listening to this piece, I was amazed at how American parts of it sounded. I could suddenly see a home on the prairie, ..