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The only time in Beethoven’s symphonic career that he wrote any “program notes” occurred at the premiere of his Sixth Symphony on December 22, 1808, at the Theater an der Wien. In the printed program …

The Mozart Sonata KV 454 is clearly geared for virtuosos of both the piano and the violin. The violin part is on the same level of importance as the piano and not merely an accessory …

Composed in 1888, the Brahms Third Violin Sonata, Op. 108 in D minor, is the most serious of his three sonatas. In the first movement there are several concentrated motifs, so mysterious in their first …

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 …