Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord & Strings Context After receiving tutelage from Harold Darke and Paul Hindemith during his time in education, Walter Leigh (1905-1942) Read more…
Tania León: Batá Context Born in Havana, Cuba in 1943, Tania León began learning the piano at the young age of four years old. Twenty years Read more…
Leonard Bernstein: On the Town – Three Dance Episodes Context This suite of three dances is taken from the 1944 Broadway music, On the Town, Read more…
Olivier Messiaen: Le merle noir Context Olivier Messiaen wrote a collection of significant works in the 20th century. His music often explored the uses of Read more…
Herbert Howells: Pageantry Context Herbert Howells was a well-established composer by the time his invitation to compose a work for the British Open Brass Band Read more…
Edward Elgar: Salut d’Amour Context Composed in 1888 as an engagement present to his then fiancé Caroline Alice Roberts, Salut d’Amour is composed for solo Read more…
Alla Pavlova: Elegy for Piano and String Orchestra Context Ukrainian composer Alla Pavlova has studied at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Music Institute and the Gnesin Academy of Read more…
Joaquín Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre Context Composed in 1954 for guitarist Andrés Segovia, Fantasía para un gentilhombre (Fantasia for a Gentleman) was premiered by Read more…
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) Context Composed in 1801, Beethoven’s fourteenth piano sonata is perhaps his most famous. Now known as Read more…
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Context Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on August 25th, 1918. The son of Ukrainian Jewish Read more…