In common musical forms of the Classical period, such as sonata form, modulations to the dominant, subdominant and relative minor keys are all fairly common in the development section, ie the ...

Beethoven's second compositional phase, often known as his heroic period, is most obviously exemplified in the Eroica Symphony of 1803-4. But, as the slow movement of his Op. 26 Piano Sonata shows ...

Two-dimensional and daunting on the printed page, Schoenberg’s atonal music developed depth and character through Uchida’s artful voicing of its singing theme and flickering fantasms. The second piece ...

After intermission, came a previously unannounced addition, Clara Schumann’s Three Romances, Op. 22. Stepping away from the chasing and competing in the sonatas, her fresh voice added a calm ...