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Claude Debussy ‘Arabesque No.2’: A Peppy Partner
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.2 Context Composed between 1888-1891, Claude Debussy’s set of two arabesques were some of the composer’s earlier works. The first in particular Read more…
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ‘Piano Concerto No.22’: An Expansive Statement
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 Context Composed in Vienna in December 1785, Mozart’s 22nd piano concerto is part of his more sophisticated collection Read more…
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George Enescu ‘Serenade Lointaine’: Distant Serenade
George Enescu: Serenade Lointaine Context George Enescu composed his beautiful Serenade Lointaine for piano trio when he was only 21 years old. Although composed in Read more…
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Emma Lou Diemer ‘Santa Barbara Overture’: The Golden State
Emma Lou Diemer: Santa Barbara Overture Context Emma Lou Diemer (1927-) composed her popular Santa Barbara Overture in 1995 for Gisèle Ben-Dor and the Santa Read more…
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Jacques Offenbach ‘La Vie Parisienne Overture’:
Jacques Offenbach: La Vie Parisienne Overture Context Jacques Offenbach’s famous comic operetta La Vie Parisienne was premiered initially as a five-act production at the Théâtre Read more…
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Sergei Prokofiev ‘Violin Concerto No. 2’: The Future of Music
Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 Context Around the time of the Russian Revolution in 1917, Sergei Prokofiev left the Soviet Union and lived abroad Read more…
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Nathan Jones ‘I Would Live in Your Love’: Surrounded by Love
Nathan Jones: I Would Live in Your Love Context The lyrics from Nathan Jones’ choral work I Would Live in Your Love are taken from Read more…
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Claude Debussy ‘Arabesque No.1’: Perfect Relaxation
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No.1 Context Composed between 1888-1891, Claude Debussy’s set of two arabesques were some of the composer’s earlier works. The first in particular Read more…
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Johannes Brahms ‘Symphony No.1’: Practise Makes Perfect
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 Context Few popular large scale works have taken longer to compose than Johannes Brahms’ First Symphony. The German composer spent just Read more…
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Lera Auerbach ‘Icarus’: Scintillating Mythology
Lera Auerbach: Icarus Context Lera Auerbach was born in 1973 in Chelyabinsk – a city that borders Siberia. Her mother was a piano teacher, so Read more…