E-flat major, D. 568; C major, ‘Relique’, D.840; A minor, D. 845“Liu is a musical visionary with unusual insights … a pianist whose playing sounded as natural as breathing,†declared The Toronto Star in extolling the virtuosity of Meng-Chieh Liu, which had been evident to critics and observers since he began advanced piano studies at […]
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3 Intermezzi, Op. 117 by Johannes Brahms; 5 Klavierstücke, Op. 23 by Arnold Schoenberg; Piano Study 3 by Hyo-shin Na; Toccata by Ferruccio Busoni; Les Jeux d’eau a la Villa d’este by Franz Liszt; Sonata in C minor, Op. 111 by Ludwig van BeethovenPianist Thomas Schultz enjoys an international reputation both as an interpreter of […]
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Trio for ‘cello, bassoon and piano by J. P. Schiffelholz; Arabesque for bassoon and piano by J. Ibert; Trio Pathétique by M. Glinka; Sonata in E-minor, Op. 38 by Johannes Brahms; Sonata Op. 37 by Robert Kahn; and a selection of Japanese songs arranged for ‘cello and piano‘Cellist Rebecca Rust’s artistic dedication has been to […]
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The Choir of Gonville & Caius College of Cambridge is one of Britain’s premiere collegiate choirs, its 22 vocalists and two organ scholars, under director Geoffrey Webber, performing in scores of major cities on several continents a repertoire of sacred and secular choral pieces which range in time from the 14th century to the present […]
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Selections by Chopin, Liszt/Verdi, Paganini, Schumann, Balakirev, Ravel, Godowsky, Piazzolla, Hough/Hammerstein, and GershwinSujeeva Hapugalle studied at London’s Royal College of Music, where she was a major prizewinner and was praised by London’s musical press for demonstrating “the incredible range of colours the piano can produce in the hands of a skilled player whose imagination brought […]
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