The Adagietto from Mahler’s Symphony #5
The third movement of the Symphony #5 by Gustav Mahler has the power to transport me to another place. In this third movement of the symphony, Mahler tells the conductor three times and in two …
Yuja Wang Plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto #2!
Always self-critical, Johannes Brahms worked on his Second Piano Concerto for three years. He wrote to Clara Schumann: “I want to tell you that I have written a very small piano concerto with a very …
Joshua Bell Performs the Sibelius Concerto
Violinist and conductor, Joshua Bell, was born in Bloomington, Indiana. His mother, Shirley, was a therapist. His father, Alan P. Bell, was a psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Indiana University, in Bloomington. His father is of …
Grigory Sokolov Plays Rameau’s “Les Sauvages”
Today, so many years after being composed, we are still struck with the astonishing beauty and dramatic power of so much of Rameau’s music. The heart-stopping vocal quartet in the third entrée can still bring …
Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder Plays Mozart’s Piano. Concerto KV482
Mozart completed the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major on December 16, 1785 as he was approaching the height of his popularity in Vienna. Almost simultaneously, he had been working on the score to …