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Mozart’s A-major Piano Concerto replaces the bright-toned oboes usually found in Mozart’s concertos with clarinets, for darker coloration, particularly in the passionate, richly chromatic slow movement in the rare key of F-sharp minor. But unlike …

I began to study the violin at age 7 when I was living in Jerusalem. I later also studied in Vienna, Austria, and at the Manhattan School of Music in NYC. One of my favorite …

Scriabin’s Etude Op. 2, No. 1, in C-sharp minor, composed in 1887, was written in a highly lyrical tonal language inspired by the music of Chopin. Alexander Scriabin (1871- 1915) was a Russian composer and …

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his String Quintet No. 5 in 1790, only a year before the composer’s death. Mozart composed six string quintets during his lifetime, all of which are considered “viola quintets”. Viola quintets …

The first movement of this 3-piano concerto by Mozart combines a march-like opening, a lyrical second subject, and elegantly flowing episodes of runs and passages. After a brief but dramatic development section, the lighter mood …