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 ...

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.

2 OH, MARY! to Launch U.S. Tour in Fall 2026 Composed in 1809, Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto is described by Mr. Hough as one of the greatest in its genre. He characterizes the piece as ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. An upstart composer from a small town, ready to make his mark on the world... Beethoven moved ...

Two triumphant piano concertos, straddling the Classical and Romantic periods. Grandeur, excitement, and beauty from Beethoven and his contemporary, Kuhlau. Album of the Week, 1 October 2012. If you ...

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.

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 ...

From time to time, the Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes decides to orientate his professional life towards certain specific projects. Back in 2008 he revisited and reassessed the music of his fellow ...

After completing this concerto in 1806, the composer struggled to find anyone to perform it. So the work sat on a shelf, gathering dust, until its public premiere on 22 December 1808. Just imagine ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "He's struggling with this idea of his own voice, but also trying to do what he thinks people want to ...