One of the most vigorously flagged and most eagerly anticipated features of this year’s BBC Proms is that Paul Lewis will be playing all five of Beethoven’s piano concertos, starting next Wednesday ...
You’re one of the greatest guitarists of all time. You want a song that really shows what you can do. You want a tune that demonstrates why you’re considered a Rock God. You want a song like “Voodoo ...
The piano was Beethoven’s own instrument, and the concertos were written for him to play, until he could no longer hear well enough to perform in public. The Concerto No. 2, which has Mozart still ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s never been a better time to buy a couple of extra tickets to The Cleveland Orchestra. Not one but four stellar soloists took the stage at Severance Music Center on Wednesday, ...
Stormy, emotionally charged harmonic shifts. Flowing classical lyricism interrupted by lightning bolt chords. Propulsive rhythmic themes swept along by avalanches of rapid scales and arpeggios.
These two concerts by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Kristian Bezuidenhout were magnificent, even revelatory. The packed hall heard music’s Romantic era being invented and developed across five ...