Tag Archives: W.A. Mozart

Chiming in the New Year with my favorite piano performance picks!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by

Grigory Sokolov grabs a deserved spotlight in this bedazzling performance of Schubert’s Klavierstucke No. 1 Bruno Sainmangeon, producer and documentarian captured Sokolov in the same acoustically favorable Berlin space that Murray Perahia chose to deliver the memorable Bach Partita in … Continue reading →

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Mac, me and Mozart: a continuing 4-hand journey

Posted on November 23, 2014 by

I haven’t mastered the split screen on iMovie 11, but I decided to aim my camcorder at Mac and Steinway to get the same effect. Basically I recorded Primo first and on playback added Secondo to Mozart’s final 4-hand movement, … Continue reading →

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When two hands play a 4-hand Mozart Sonata

Posted on November 19, 2014 by

Last night, I challenged myself to have a double duo identity. I separately recorded the bass and treble parts of Mozart’s Sonata No. 1, K. 318, scored for 4-hands at one piano. Logistics-wise, I had to decide which part to … Continue reading →

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Shame on WQXR F.M. for shining a spotlight on Kids’ dislike of Bach’s music

Posted on November 12, 2014 by

I can’t fathom why a historically great NYC-based Classical music station like WQXR F.M. would choose to feature a big-splash juvenile ONLINE thumbs down to a J.S. Bach masterwork! http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/three-nyc-kids-give-bach-big-thumbs-down/ My published comment criticized the posting: “This is a waste … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Mozart’s Birthday with his music

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

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Practicing a Mozart Andante movement, using a “singing pulse”

Posted on August 3, 2013 by

Murray Perahia clarified the “singing pulse” when he discussed a form of rubato, or flexible time that he believed could apply to Classical era repertoire. In an interview conducted by Sir Dennis Forman in the 1980s, the pianist, known as … Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction, Mozart Sonata in Bb, K. 281 (first movement)

Posted on July 27, 2013 by

I explore the Exposition, movement 1, Allegro, and ways to practice within a slow tempo frame: Play Through: LINK: The Most Reviled Scale https://arioso7.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-most-reviled-scale-for-piano-players/

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