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Exquisite setting by Vaughan Williams of poetry about music from
Exquisite setting by Vaughan Williams of poetry about music from Shakespeares Merchant of Venice. Conducted by Bernstein. How sweet the moonlight s...

Grow Old With Me is one of John Lennons final songs. It was left
Grow Old With Me is one of John Lennons final songs. It was left in rough demo form due to Johns death and later orchestrated by George Martin, the Be...

Beethovens Hammerklavier Sonata is on of his late period
Beethovens Hammerklavier Sonata is on of his late period masterpieces. Its about 45 minutes long, unusually expansive for a piano sonata. The followin...

When I was in my early composition studies in the 1970s at
When I was in my early composition studies in the 1970s at Juilliard the Beethoven string quartets were an important inspiration to me. His very fine ...

Two great settings of Sure On This Shining Night. I have long felt
Two great settings of Sure On This Shining Night. I have long felt that the Barber was the greatest vocal work by an American classical composer. Laur...

One of my favorite pieces by Brahms. Passionate and dramatic, but
One of my favorite pieces by Brahms. Passionate and dramatic, but with a heavenly middle section, one of his most beautiful passages to my musical ear...

For me composing is primarily a search to find melodies and
For me composing is primarily a search to find melodies and harmonies that lift the human spirit into alignment with the divine. I think that basing m...