• “Endings” – Piano Trios by Shostakovich and Schubert

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    How to end and exit a musical composition—with a bang or a whimper? Will there be the thunderous affirmation of a Beethoven symphony or a whispered adieu à la Mahler’s […]

  • Mostly Amadeus—Meet the Mozarts!

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    That the supernatural perfection of Mozart’s music was created by an imperfect child-like person has led many to believe he was a “quill in divine hands.” And the two of […]

  • “On the Wings of Song”—Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Mendelssohn Piano Trio

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    Robert Schumann’s setting of Heinrich Heine’s song cycle, Dichterlibe—A Poet’s Love—is, in a word, spellbinding.  The rendering of the age-old theme of love and betrayal is personal and intimate, with […]