Tag: Classical Music

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Wagner

In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall…

Review: Upended by Global Conflict, the Vienna Philharmonic Plays On

A week ago, the Vienna Philharmonic’s three-night stop at Carnegie Hall, which began Friday, was remarkable mostly for…

A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s

Not long before his death in 1917, Scott Joplin predicted that he would become a fixture of the…

John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. — At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, when film production came to a halt…

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Music for Dance

In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall…

‘There’s Nothing Quite as Distressing as This Piece’

I’ve asked myself, what was my Brahms problem? It sounds terrible, but it’s pieces like the fourth piece…

5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

‘Blueprint’: Piano Music by Nikolai Kapustin for Jazz TrioFrank Dupree, piano; Jakob Krupp, bass; Obi Jenne, drums (Capriccio)When…