The Solo Piano Works of Georges Bizet
On this day exactly 150 years ago, the French composer Georges Bizet died from a heart attack. He was 36 years old. He never saw… Read More »The Solo Piano Works of Georges Bizet
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A Pianist’s Guide to the Solo Works of Maurice Ravel
On this day 150 years ago, Maurice Ravel, one of my absolute favourite composers, was born in Ciboure, a Basque town some ten miles from… Read More »A Pianist’s Guide to the Solo Works of Maurice Ravel
My top ten Grieg Lyric Pieces
The ten sets of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces encapsulate the composer’s entire creative development. The pieces collectively summarise many of the typical concerns of the later… Read More »My top ten Grieg Lyric Pieces
Featured composer: Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
The French composer Cécile Chaminade features in both LCM and TCL diploma syllabuses, appearing in the repertoire lists for DipLCM, ALCM, LLCM, and ATCL. This… Read More »Featured composer: Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
