Beethoven is lionized as a composer and artist. His music is treated with a reverence that can sometimes hide the intellect and passion he intended to convey to the audiences of his era. The first ...

As in so many other aspects of his output, Brahms was intensely self-critical about his violin sonatas. He composed his first as early as 1853, when he was just 20, which he probably played privately ...

Simon Rattle takes the concerto back to the 19th century and Renaud Capuçon’s partnership with Stephen Hough for the sonata is a meeting of equals The Violin Concerto is not only one of Elgar’s ...

Violinists: how many of these have you attempted? This list will take you through the very best pieces ever written for the violin. From concertos to sonatas, composers throughout the centuries have ...

Two technical mishaps punctuate the evening, but Hilary Hahn maintains poise throughout a French programme crowned by a ...

Sonata for Violin and Piano No 5 Ivan Donchev, Piano Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, Violin Grazyna Bacewicz, Composer Sonata for Violin and Piano No 3 Annabelle Berthomé-Reynolds, Violin Ivan Donchev, ...

We simply add our annotations, thoughts, questions, consternation, astonishment and regret." And, after Haydn from the Chaos ...

Swann, one of the main characters in the novel, is a rich young man living in Paris who is connected with the highest Parisian aristocracy. At a musical soirée one evening he hears a sonata played by ...

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Oliver Bostian, a fifth-year violin performance major, performed a Senior Recital on Sunday, May 3 in the Voxman Music ...

Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Isabelle Faust, Violin Alexander Melnikov, Piano Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Isabelle Faust, ...