Music Of The Week Archives an exclusive Classical Music e-Magazine Thu, 15 Jan 2026 01:29:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 The Art of Three by the Corda Piano Trio https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/ https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/#respond Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:03:50 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142369 The piano trio is one of those basic good ideas: a violin and cello filled out with a piano creates a musical sound that covers a range of music that’s proved to be immensely satisfying. It’s one of the most

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]]> https://interlude.hk/the-art-of-three-by-the-corda-piano-trio/feed/ 0 New English Orchestral Music: David Matthews https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/ https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/#respond Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:26:24 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142379 The new recording on SOMM of two selections from David Matthews’ opera Anna is a welcome addition to modern symphonic repertoire. The opera, which was given in a concert performance at The Grange Hampshire, in July 2023, would have only

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]]> https://interlude.hk/new-english-orchestral-music-david-matthews/feed/ 0 Reflections: Music by Lars A. Bisgaard https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/ https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/#respond Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:44:50 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142388 This set of world premiere recordings of music by the Danish composer Lars A. Bisgaard brings together his works for solo piano, guitar and piano, and piano and string orchestra. The recording opens with his Triptych for piano and string

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]]> https://interlude.hk/reflections-music-by-lars-a-bisgaard/feed/ 0 Singing A New Song with a Message: Chopin’s Ballades https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/ https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:53:33 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142324 Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) took the Ballade from being a favourite kind of German poem to something much more eloquent. In the pens of Goethe and Schiller, it was a narrative poem, and the most familiar we know in music includes

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]]> https://interlude.hk/singing-a-new-song-with-a-message-chopins-ballades/feed/ 0 For The Patron: The Jour de Fête Quartet https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/ https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/#respond Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:04:00 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142352 On Fridays, the publisher Mitrofan Petrovich Belaieff had his musical gatherings, bringing together the cream of the St Petersburg composers. The earlier group, who came together around Mily Balakirev, known as the Mighty Handful, or just The Five (Balakirev, Alexander

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]]> https://interlude.hk/for-the-patron-the-jour-de-fete-quartet/feed/ 0 Philosopher and Composer: Gurdjieff Played by Hayk Melikyan https://interlude.hk/philosopher-and-composer-gurdjieff-played-by-hayk-melikyan/ https://interlude.hk/philosopher-and-composer-gurdjieff-played-by-hayk-melikyan/#respond Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:26:46 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142314 George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866-1949) was more than a composer. His life as a philosopher, mystic, spiritual teacher, and movement teacher was an important part of early 20th-century philosophical inspiration. He taught that people are not conscious of themselves and

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]]> https://interlude.hk/philosopher-and-composer-gurdjieff-played-by-hayk-melikyan/feed/ 0 Two Pianos as a Home Orchestra https://interlude.hk/two-pianos-as-a-home-orchestra/ https://interlude.hk/two-pianos-as-a-home-orchestra/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:56:56 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142305 With the normalising of a piano at home in the 19th century, music opened up to the masses in a way never anticipated in the 18th century. One of the results of this was music that would have normally been

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]]> https://interlude.hk/two-pianos-as-a-home-orchestra/feed/ 0 Dreaming of Sax (and Piano): Duo HaLo’s Imaginary Folksongs https://interlude.hk/dreaming-of-sax-and-piano-duo-halos-imaginary-folksongs/ https://interlude.hk/dreaming-of-sax-and-piano-duo-halos-imaginary-folksongs/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:55:18 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=142292 Taking Stephen Lias’s set of six pieces, Imaginary Folksongs, as the title for their new recording, saxophone and piano Duo HaLo, with Andrew Harrison on sax and Jason Lo, play music that places equal emphasis on both sides of the

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]]> https://interlude.hk/dreaming-of-sax-and-piano-duo-halos-imaginary-folksongs/feed/ 0 Falling in the Abyss: Clément Lefebvre’s Scriabin https://interlude.hk/falling-in-the-abyss-clement-lefebvres-scriabin/ https://interlude.hk/falling-in-the-abyss-clement-lefebvres-scriabin/#respond Sun, 23 Nov 2025 16:30:42 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=141558 In his exploration of the early piano works of Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), French pianist Clément Lefebvre speaks of coming to the edge of the abyss when he plays the finale of the Russian composer’s Piano Sonata No. 3. This is

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]]> https://interlude.hk/falling-in-the-abyss-clement-lefebvres-scriabin/feed/ 0 The New Solo Instrument: Bach’s Brandenburg No. 5 https://interlude.hk/the-new-solo-instrument-bachs-brandenburg-no-5/ https://interlude.hk/the-new-solo-instrument-bachs-brandenburg-no-5/#respond Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:45:46 +0000 https://interlude.hk/?p=141547 Rising in stately spirals, J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 opens in the strings and flute before the keyboard enters. One of the most noble of the Six Brandenburgs, it uses the basic chamber music ensemble of flute, violin, and

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