Music
Given that these two virtuoso pianists were in a jubilant, hometown mood, this was a concert that could hardly fail to please.
Read MoreNo Pier Pressure is Brian Wilson’s 11th solo album and it shows little diminution of his still-prodigious talents.
Read MoreMore composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
Read MoreSaturday’s was the most electrifying, exciting, spontaneous-sounding, inevitable performance of this warhorse (Beethoven’s Violin Concerto) I’ve heard.
Read MoreMore composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
Read MoreThe pop magic that Belle and Sebastian excels at struggles to survive on the band’s new album because its dance-heavy vibe plays against their strengths.
Woods Hill Table is the 153-seat culmination of a vision that encompasses the locavore movement in impressive fashion.
Read MoreWhen no-one was looking, Ian MacKaye and a group of young people like him created one of American alternative music’s most important and unique scenes.
Read MoreAscending Light is, by far, the most serious orchestral score of Gandolfi’s I’ve heard and it succeeds to a considerable extent thanks to its expressive honesty.
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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto –Revisiting the Jazz Side
What I’ve learned from three years of research and listening is that the piano concerto is an ideal vehicle with which individual composers can experiment
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