Composers Archive

Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35, was written in 1945. In style it is thoroughly romantic, even in its opening hinting at the melodic contours of a Rachmaninov symphony, and,rightly or wrongly, it …

Schubert’s original song, “Die Forelle,” was so popular that it was published several times within Schubert’s lifetime – once in 1820, again in 1825, and again in 1827, when it was assigned Opus 32. In …

I watched and listened to violinist Kerson Leong perform the second movement of the Beethoven Violin concerto on Saturday, April 2, 2022. What a deep feeling this young man has for the music! And the …

In 1850 Robert Schumann collected some of his discarded music and rearranged some of it to come up with the compositions titled “Bunte Blätter”and the Albumblatter. Although fine works, they don’t and will never attain …

Beethoven composed his Sonata no. 12, Op. 26, in 1800–1, at the same time as he completed his first symphony. Dedicated to Prince Karl von Lichnowsky, his patron since 1792, the work consists of 4 …