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British musician Benjamin Britten composed his Piano Concerto in 1938, and then revised it in 1945. Britten’s first work for piano and orchestra was written for himself to play at a Promenade Concert. In 1945 …

The Arpeggione Sonata was written in 1824, soon after Schubert’s Schöne Müllerin song cycle and shortly before the Great C major Symphony of 1825-28 and the C major String Quintet of 1827, perhaps his finest instrumental …

I have previously given you the opportunity to listen to pianist Yeol Eum Son; but you might have missed connecting with MCN on that day. So… I want to tell you about her again, and …

Johann Nicolaus Forkel, Sebastian’s first biographer, wrote about the “six great suites” that they “are known by the name of English Suites because the composer composed them for an Englishman of rank. They have all …

Pianists Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya make their recording debut with a program of works for piano four-hands by Schubert. Aside from being very enjoyable this repertoire features some of Schubert’s finest piano writing. It …