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Tag: Classical Music
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George Nevada – Ninette’s Musette (from Romantic Impressions)
Ninette’s Musette is a beautiful romantic miniature by German composer George Nevada. It is one of a number of pieces in the collection titled from Romantic Impressions. Ninette’s Musette featured in ABRSM’s […]
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Bach – Prelude in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (BWV 846)
This is my interpretation of Bach’s Prelude in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846. I remember this being a “must play” piece at school, among those of us […]
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Christian Sinding – Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauschen), Op. 32 No. 3
Mr Sinding, this piece is a bit more than a mere rustle! But, I think, a perfect match for the spring we’ve been enduring (I mean, enjoying) here in tumultuous Wellington, New […]
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Caroline Tyler – Little Whale Explores The Calm Sea
This piece is very special indeed. It accomplishes so much as a Grade 1 piano exam piece (ABRSM 2023/24). Using so few notes, and in the space of so few bars, Tyler […]
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Brahms – Intermezzo in B Minor, Op. 119 No. 1
A recording of Brahms’ Intermezzo in B Minor, Op. 119 No. 1. This piece takes me back to the late 1990s when I was a student at Victoria University (Wellington, New Zealand). […]
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Pescetti – Presto from Keyboard Sonata No. 6 in C Minor
This is Presto, the third movement from Keyboard Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, by Italian composer Giovanni Battista Pescetti (1704–1766). Presto was in ABRSM’s 2023–24 repertoire list for Grade 4 Piano, […]
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Schumann – “Chopin” from Carnaval, Op. 9 No. 12
I was very fortunate this year to hear Daniil Trifonov perform Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, in Wellington, New Zealand. After the thrilling performance, Trifonov treated us […]