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We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 2. #PianoAdagios In 1837, Felix Mendelssohn, now a seasoned 28-year-old, composed his Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1. #PianoAdagios In 1831, Felix Mendelssohn, a 22-year-old prodigy brimming with Romantic fervor, composed ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci. Here’s “No! Pagliaccio non son!” (“No! I’m not a clown!”). During the play-within-a-play, Canio breaks character, declaring ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci. Here’s “Vesti la Giubba” (“Put on the Costume”). This aria is very dear to me. Canio, the circus owner, has just discovered that ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci. “Un tal gioco, credetemi” (“Such a game, believe me”) is sung by Canio, a circus owner. Canio warns villagers not to joke about his honor ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera Pagliacci. There are many ways to look at this opera: It is an opera about love, about infidelity, and about actors being real people with real emotions. ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2. #PianoAdagios Frédéric Chopin composed his Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, before his Piano ..
We are continuing our exploration of 2nd movements of romantic piano concertos with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1. #PianoAdagios In 1830, a 20-year-old Frédéric Chopin, burning with youthful passion and Polish spirit, ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata. I love this duet, as it goes through incredible emotional highs and lows. Germont, Alfredo’s father, confronts Violetta, thinking she’s ..
We are exploring timeless arias from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La Traviata. Here’s “Di Provenza il mar, il suol” (“The sea and soil of Provence”) While listening to this aria, I realized that opera – and art in general ..