Julia Fischer Plays Grieg’s Violin Sonata #3
Grieg composed his Third Violin Sonata in 1887, a time when he was on the threshold of his largest fame, a circumstance that may explain his view of the Sonata as representing a wider horizon. …
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Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto
Edward Elgar was at the height of his creative powers when this concerto was composed. At that time, in 1910, he was riding high on the successes of his “The Dream of Gerontius”, the Enigma …
Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations”
The work’s origins were described by Elgar in a letter to his friend: “I have sketched a set of Variations on an original theme…The Variations have amused me because I’ve labelled ’em with the nicknames …
Sir Roger Norrington Conducts Beethoven
Beethoven composed his piano concerto #5 at about 1799 to 1800. The opening movement has an aggressive cast, its C minor outbursts prefiguring in some sense the more thunderous C minor emotions of the Fifth …
Karl Goldmark’s Violin Concerto
Karl Goldmark composed his violin concerto in 1877, The premiere of the Violin Concerto was certainly held in Vienna on 10 November 1878, after the manuscript had been completed. The soloist, Johann Christoph Lauterbach, was …