Sometimes composers just make stuff up. That is the lesson that Grammy-winning, super duper famous violinist Joshua Bell teaches in this episode of Classical Classroom. He also talks about how this is ...
You have to feel sorry for Max Bruch. He was born in Cologne in 1838, and in spite of some notable successes would spend his life in the shadow of another German composer, the great Johannes Brahms, ...
He may have been less adventurous than Brahms but Bruch had a remarkable ear for melody, and in his late works he captured a profound level of expression, writes Andrew Mellor as we approach the ...
Max Bruch resented that his First Violin Concerto (of three) achieved widespread fame while the rest of his output was largely neglected. But with its brooding melodies, unusual form, and joyous ...
You would think, listening to the world’s most popular violin concerto, that it had been written in a white-hot spurt of inspiration. Well, think again! Max Bruch’s beloved First Violin Concerto had a ...
The prayer of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, is Kol Nidre. The hauntingly beautiful melody of this prayer for forgiveness inspired Max Bruch to write his version for cello ...
Randall Goosby, the fast-rising 25-year-old star violinist, joins the Baltimore Symphony on Sept. 25 and 26 to play one of the Big Romantic Concertos: Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Op.
Bruch’s First Violin Concerto is a former No.1 in our FM Hall of Fame, and it remains a firm favourite on Classic FM. This new CD gives us the opportunity to hear Bruch ’s other - relatively unknown - ...
To most people the name Bruch means just one work, his Violin Concerto No 1. There's a little more to him than that. He wrote symphonies (his first at the age of 14), operas and oratorios. By his ...
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