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Thu 09 Mar, 2017:
Beach: Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 45; Chaminade: Concertstück in C sharp minor, Op 40; Howell: Piano Concerto in D minor

A formidably talented performer as well as gifted composer, Amy Beach was the soloist in the April 1900 Boston world premiere of her expansive and...

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Wed 30 Dec, 2015:
Fitzenhagen: Cello Concertos – No 1 in B minor, Op 2; No 2 in A minor, Op 4 (Fantastique); Ballade (Concertstück), Op 10; Resignation (Ein geistliches Lied ohne Worte), Op 14; Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33 (arr Fitzenhagen)

If the name Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848-1890) rings a bell, it's most likely for his revision of Tchaikovsky's enchanting Rococo Variations. Initially...

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