Born in the Baroque and carried into the Classical era, the concerto bridges two period. The Sebastians, a period-instrument ...
Performed by soloist Sandy Cameron conducted by John Mauceri, Elfman's album opens with his violin concerto in four movements: Grave – Animato, Spietato, Fratasma, and Giocoso – Lacrimae. The album ...
A one page word document revision sheet with ten questions based on The concerto through time area of study for OCR GCSE Music - The Classical Concerto. One copy is a question sheet, 2nd is an answer ...
A ready-to-use retrieval practice worksheet covering key knowledge of Classical concertos for OCR GCSE Music. Includes questions on Classical concertos, the three-movement structure, sonata form, ...
The latest instalment of Hyperion's series The Romantic Piano Concerto turns its attention to Eyvind Alnaes (1872-1932) and Christian Sinding (1856-1941), two Norwegian composers whose reputations ...
This relatively new musical tradition of turntablism has a fascinating and rich history which is only about 40 years old. To my mind it’s one of the most unique and interesting instruments to emerge ...
Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...
They may have sensed, as well, that acoustical challenges are not the only difficulty rock-fusion works pose. Rock fans often hear the results as watered down, while classical listeners hear them as ...
In Tempus Praesens is Sofia Gubaidulina's second violin concerto, composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter and premiered by her last year. Although a number of Gubaidulina's recent works seemed to have been ...
An arresting, decisive call to action from Zurich’s Tonhalle Orchestra launches a powerful performance of Dvoˇrák’s Violin Concerto, in which Julia Fischer is a soloist with a mix of strong projection ...
From principal oboist Mary Lynch’s reedy mastery to the politely timed coughing of its die-hard patrons (a mini-explosion between movements), the Seattle Symphony holds an eternal soft spot in my ...
In this age of Twitter and Snapchat, we boil essays down to 140 characters, and videos can be no more than a handful of seconds. But what about a classical concerto? Can it be boiled down? Keep it ...