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Alexander Malofeev Plays Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor February 20, 2026

The opening of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 breaks all the rules. Heralded by four mighty descending notes, stated three times by the horns, the majestic and expansive theme sets up the wrong key—not the home key of B-flat minor, but its relative major, D-flat. Even more strangely, the iconic theme never return […]

Bach’s Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041: Hilary Hahn and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen February 18, 2026

“Bach has played a long part in my musical life,” said violinist Hilary Hahn in a 2018 interview. “I started playing the solo Bach Sonatas and Partitas when I was nine in preparation for a couple of movements that I played on my first full recital when I was ten, and shortly after that I started at Curtis…” While Bach’s six groundbreaking S […]

Gabriella Smith’s “Tumblebird Contrails”: Ecstatic Wings February 16, 2026

A vivid experience in nature formed the inspiration for Tumblebird Contrails, a work for orchestra composed in 2014 by American composer Gabriella Smith (b. 1991). In her program note, Smith writes, Tumblebird Contrails is inspired by a single moment I experienced while backpacking in Point Reyes, sitting in the sand at the edge of the ocea […]

Remembering Helmuth Rilling February 13, 2026

Helmuth Rilling, an acclaimed German choral conductor and influential interpreter of Bach, passed away last Wednesday, February 11. He was 92. Rilling founded numerous ensembles including the Gächinger Kantorei (1954), the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart (1965), the Oregon Bach Festival (1970), and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart (1981). […]

Debussy’s “Hommage á Rameau”: A Dreamy Remembrance of the Baroque Sarabande February 11, 2026

For Claude Debussy, the ghost of French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764) loomed large. An innovative composer of opera and harpsichord music, Rameau’s influential 1722 Treatise on Harmony earned him the nickname, the “Isaac Newton of Music.” In 1903, Rameau’s 1737 opera, Castor et Pollux, was performed in Paris. Debussy, in […]

Rameau’s “Zaïs” Overture: Creation Develops out of Chaos February 9, 2026

Creation develops out of primordial chaos in the Overture to the 1748 opera, Zaïs, by French Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764). The shocking and innovative music predates Haydn’s similar depiction in the opening of his oratorio, The Creation, by half a century. The Zaïs Overture begins with muted drumbeats, followed by detac […]

Handel’s Minuet in G, HWV 434/4: Alexander Malofeev February 6, 2026

Handel’s haunting and melancholy Minuet in G, HWV 434/4 is a frequent encore of Russian pianist Alexander Malofeev. Following a virtuosic tour de force such as Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto, the simple, sensuous melodic lines of the Minuet pull listeners into a magical space. This music originated as the fourth movement of Handel’s Key […]