We begin in sunlit open air — Doppler’s Fantasie pastorale hongroise conjures a carefree folk world, full of vitality and colour. From there we slip into reverie: Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune suspends time in a dreamer’s hazy afternoon, hovering between sleep and waking.
Duo for flûte and piano: Aaron Copeland 6 Piano pieces Op 118: Johannes Brahms Sonata for flute & piano; Paul Hindemith Sonatine Op76: Darius Milhaud 6 Piano pieces Op 118: Brahms La Merle Noir: Olivier Messiaen Program NotesHausMusik: flute & piano Duo for flûte and piano: Aaron Copeland ( 1900-
The Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue is an extravagant work of virtuosity and bold harmonic structure. It is an extraordinary piece - large, sprawling, emotional, and unique in its character compared to the rest of Bach's music. The title of the piece comes from either the fugue’s chromatic melody,
Playing Ravel requires virtuosity, gossamer light virtuosity, transparent virtuosity. Ravel isn’t interested in difficultly qua difficulty, only the sheer sound a piano can generate. If you take the difficulty too seriously; if you play with too much effort you lose the painstaking perfectionism and precision of Ravel. And if
Op 111 A project for the Lincoln Arts Discussion group. I decided to tackle the final Beethoven sonata this week. I'm a wee bit apprehensive because it's a big ask in four weeks, but it's my turn for our monthly arts appreciation group and
A project developed with the photographer Mike Colechin. Franz Schubert’s Winterreise (Winter Journey), D. 911, composed in 1827, is arguably the most profound and influential song cycle in the Western canon. Setting 24 poems by Wilhelm Müller, it depicts the physical and psychological descent of a lone wanderer who,