A Young Dancer Joins The Buskers, Stopping Traffic On The Street
A little girl has wowed the crowd on Grafton Street in Dublin with her amazing dancing. Irish band Stray Melody are no strangers to Grafton Street, busking there regularly for…
Older Woman Joins Busker, Blocking The Street With Her Dancing
Dancing Older Lady Showcases Her Awesome Moves Sometimes you just feel the beat and the rhythm takes over. This is exactly what happened to this lovely lady in the center…
Bach’s ‘St John Passion’: A Guide To The Sacred Masterpiece
The St John Passion (Johannes-Passion in German), BWV 245, is a setting of the Passion story as related in St John’s Gospel. It was first performed on Good Friday, April 7, 1724, in…
Discover The Story Behind One Of The Greatest And Most Successful Of All Stage Musicals – Leonard Bernstein’S ‘West Side Story.’
West Side Story, one of the greatest and most successful of all stage musicals, tells the classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City. Steven…
Restless And Resourceful, George Frideric Handel Was A Workaholic Musician Of Great Charisma With A Genius For Invention
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was one of the all-time great composers. Restless and resourceful, Handel was a workaholic musician of great charisma with a genius for invention. For most of…
Mozart’s Musical Journey 29 March 1783: Piano Concerto in C major No. 13, K. 415
As always, Mozart provides his father Leopold with a detailed report of his concert activities at the Vienna Augarten. He writes on 29 March 1783: “I need not tell…
Mozart’s Musical Journey 14 April 1770: Contredance in B-flat major, K. 123
Leopold Mozart writes to his wife from Rome, “We arrive here safely on the 11th at noon. I could have been more easily persuaded to return to Salzburg than…
It Was A Century Ago! Written For Piano In 1923
The year 1923 was characterized by economic prosperity and a world population that had topped 2 billion. Time Magazine published its first issue, and Adolf Hitler led the Nazi Party…
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Leschetizky Legacy, Career As A Pedagogue Spanned The Better Part Of 75 Years
Theodor Leschetizky, 1911 Theodor Leschetizky’s career as a pedagogue spanned the better part of 75 years. In all, in excess of 1,200 students are known to have studied with him.…
Listen Collection of 22 Nocturnes for Chopin By Women Composers
22 Nocturnes for Chopin by Women Composers Launch at Steinway Hall London This new anthology is a result of EVC Music’s #CallToWomenComposers worldwide search for talented but not yet…