Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Op. 18 in C Minor
When listening to the beautiful music that the composer Rachmaninov has written it is difficult perhaps to imagine the suffering that surrounded many of his … Read more
Dr Justin Wildridge
The Best of Mozart (7 Beautiful Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
In this day and age of top ten, best one hundred, and all-time greatest, it’s challenging to be asked to write an article on the … Read more
Albert Einstein: His Musical Life
Many of us are very familiar with the equation E=MC2 and the many pictures of the wild-haired scientist who created it, but what do you know … Read more
15 of the Best Clarinet Concerti
One of my favorite instruments has always been that most flexible member of the woodwind family; the clarinet. It’s equally at home playing Classical music, … Read more
Composer Comparison: A Survey of the Achievements of my top 10 Composers
As I look through articles on the Great Baroque, Classical and Romantic composers on the world wide web, there are increasingly more questions and queries … Read more
Clara Schumann: Behind every great man
If you speak the name of Schumann it is almost one hundred percent certain that the conversation will swerve towards Robert Schumann; that troubled musical … Read more
Gerald Finzi: a man and his music
Music can mean many different things to many different people. Sometimes we have music quietly on in the background to fill in the silence or … Read more
Joseph Haydn’s Last Symphony
It might at first seem odd to begin to review Haydn’s impressive symphonic oeuvre beginning with his final work, but starting at the end of … Read more