Composers Archive

The Piano Concerto no. 19, KV 459 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was written in 1784. It is occasionally known as the “second coronation concerto” because Mozart played it on the occasion of the coronation of …

The amazing variety that Mozart compressed into the ten minutes of this work is remarkable even by his standards. The piece opens with a recitative for voice and strings, the winds and piano not making …

In his position as Kapellmeister to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, Joseph Haydn was both an employee and, in a sense, the employer of the fine musicians who comprised the resident house band. In 1772, in what …

When we look at Beethoven’s piano music and focus on the Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, op. 31/2, “Tempest”, we find a work that reflects Beethoven’s 1802 feelings. Its title, “Der Sturm”(The Tempest), …

The Lark Ascending, a tone poem by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, was first performed in London on June 14, 1921. The piece was scored for solo violin and piano in 1914 and revised by …