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From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

Treat yourself and your loved ones to an exceptional concert in the beautiful candlelit setting of St Mary le Strand. The outstanding musicians of The Piccadilly Sinfonietta, along with renowned ...

Though there has been something refreshingly unfashionable about the series of Bach recordings from Riccardo Chailly and his superb Leipzig orchestra that refuse to pay any heed to modern ideas of how ...

Piano Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: I. Piano Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: II. Adagio e piano sempre Piano Concerto in D major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro Piano Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058: I. Piano ...

Bach with pianist Andras Schiff directing the Philharmonia Orchestra from the keyboard. That potential, you might argue, has been realised. The late-night shows have been going on for years, and ...

Virtuosic, dynamic and overflowing with richly imaginative music, Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos still sound as fresh and exciting today as they must have when audiences first heard these works ...

Les Violons make an interesting contrastto Alexandre Tharaud’s 1980s grand piano in this hybrid reading of Bach’s keyboard concertos. Bernard Labadie’sgut strings are all sharp exhalations,while ...

Vanessa Latarche, professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music and chair of Hastings’ jury, talks about what makes the ...

The exceptional musicians of the Piccadilly Sinfonietta and renowned pianist Warren Mailley-Smith perform a selection of Bach's magnificent piano concertos by candlelight in the beautiful setting of ...