Rosalyn Tureck, the pianist and celebrated Bach specialist who helped feed the revival of his music in the 1930s and ‘40s, died Thursday at her home in New York City. She was 88. No cause of death was ...
Tom Service explores fugues, trying his hand at Bach's Fugue in C minor from Book 1 of The Well-Tempered Clavier and getting tips from harpsichord player Mahan Esfahani. Show more Tom Service looks at ...
Lowell Lieberman took a Bach Fugue as a starting point when he wrote his "Fantasy on a Fugue by Bach." It's music for piano and winds, played by an ensemble called Les Vents D'Orford (lay VAW ...
The 'Bach for Two and Three Pianos' concert makes for one helluva evening’s entertainment, but Shapira takes the presentation offering and listening experience a step or two further.
Many people, if they wonder how music is made up, suppose that it consists of a tune and an accompaniment. The paradigmatic guitarist in front of a campfire croons the melody, while his hands create ...
When he was a boy, Andras Schiff labored over the tedious, repetitive finger studies that are universally loathed by aspiring pianists. He thought they were like spinach: yucky, but good for you if ...