Intensity and Drama
"Some of my very favorite music is the kind which makes me sit up straight and pay close attention, because it is either so beautiful, so riveting, or so full of surprises," Chamber Music Society...
View ArticleTop Five Comeback Stories in Classical Music
The return of JamesLevine to the Metropolitan Opera orchestra podium last month, and news of a young opera singer’s success after undergoing a pair of double lung transplants, have reminded us of other...
View ArticleThe Fortepiano was Mozart's Forte
On this episode of Reflections from the Keyboard, David Dubal highlights Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s solo piano works, some of which were composed when he was just 5 years old. We hear moments from the...
View ArticleA Mozart Piano Mix
On this edition of Reflections, David Dubal highlights a combination of Mozart’s solo piano music and concertos. Listen for the Sonata for two pianos, the Allegretto from his radiant Piano Concerto No....
View ArticleRavel's Fruitful, Fraught Late Years
“I have so much music in my head,” Maurice Ravel told a friend at the end of his life, “I have said nothing. I have so much more to say.”On this episode of the Piano in France, David Dubal considers...
View ArticleLessons I've Learned from My Dad, Leon Fleisher
This month, my dad turns 90. And he’ll do so by playing concerts at such stalwart summer music festivals as Ravinia, Marlboro and Tanglewood. My dad is a badass. I can say this because I’ve known him...
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