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.

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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 ...

Jane Jones explores the drama that reveals the piano as the poet. If your picture of Beethoven is, like mine, of a dramatic, dark personality whose tragic life events shaped him and his music, then ...

Beethoven completed five Piano Concertos in under 20 years, but from the age of 38 he would never finish one again as his deafness stopped him from performing, writes John Suchet. Five completed Piano ...

What’s a little less Lang Lang and a little less Haydn in the over-the-top final weeks of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s exceedingly generous centennial season? Gustavo Dudamel had planned a ...

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This past April, the Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra embarked on its survey of Beethoven’s five piano concertos by playing the composer’s Concertos Nos. 2, 3, and 4 with soloist Anne-Marie McDermott.

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Beethoven completed five piano concertos in under 20 years, earning considerable amounts of money by performing them himself in concert. Celebrated Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes has performed the ...