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Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904) composed the Cello Concerto in his East 17th Street apartment in New York from November 1894 to February 1895, near the end of his American residency of 1892 to 1895. His psychological …

Beethoven completed his A-flat Sonata opus 110 in 1821. Yet the moderate tempo and profound lyrical style of the first movement takes us back to such earlier piano sonatas as the “Moonlight” (Op. 21, no. …

In the midst of our turbulent times, there is an unrelated ray of sunshine: Pianist Elena Fischer—Dieskau will give a concert in Essen, Germany. She will perform the following music: Johannes Brahms: Seven Fantasies op. …

Composer Maurice Ravel wrote: ”The G-major Concerto took two years of work. The opening theme came to me on a train between Oxford and London. But the initial idea is nothing. The work of chiseling …

A very long time ago I participated in a three person group who got together to make music. I played the violin and two friends played the piano part and the cello part. While we …