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Program Notes: Benjamin Grosvenor J. S. Bach: Five transcriptions Benjamin Grosvenor opens his program with a series of piano transcriptions, a genre that was wildly popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, then went out of fashion, and … Continue reading
Program Notes: Ning Feng Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin sonata no. 1 in D major, Op. 12, no. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his first violin sonatas, a set of three (Op. 12) in 1797-98. Six more sonatas appeared by early … Continue reading
Program Notes: Augustin Hadelich Robert Schumann: Violin sonata no. 1 in A minor, Op. 105 Schumann wrote both of his completed sonatas for violin and piano in 1851. His wife Clara played the piano parts at their public premieres … Continue reading
Program Notes: Miloš Karadaglić Bach: Suite in C minor, BWV 997, for lute In most catalogues of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), one learns that the composer wrote four suites for the lute, all dating from … Continue reading
Program Notes: Narek Hakhnazaryan César Franck: Sonata in A major For most of his life, Franck led a relatively quiet existence as an organist and pedagogue, emerging from obscurity as a composer only near the end of his life. … Continue reading
An in-depth, personal account on Miloš Karadaglić – spanning his journey from an eight year old learning guitar in Montenegro to how he has become “the hottest property in classical music today.” (West Australian) If you were asked to … Continue reading
Program Notes: A letter from Anthony Roth Costanzo As I enter my 20th year of professional performance, I have been reflecting on the most resonant musical moments throughout my development as a singer. From my beginning as a Broadway … Continue reading
PROGRAM NOTES: ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO Henri Duparc was, with Berlioz and Fauré, among the pioneers of la mélodie (the French art song, as distinguished from folk song). His career was remarkable in that although he lived for 85 … Continue reading
Stephen Says: “There’s an app for that too!” Read the Stephen Hough’s full blog for the Telegraph here. English pianist Stephen Hough is a true Renaissance man; he is a critically acclaimed musician, composer, journalist, painter and blogger! As … Continue reading
Stephen Says: “Insanity and insomnia, the brightness of a nighttime city, the mysticism and the magic.” (Program notes on Stephen’s original composition Piano sonata no. 2 (notturno luminoso), which he will play this Sunday at the Chan Centre.) Read the … Continue reading
