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In my last post, two weeks ago, we looked at the Violin Concerto in G minor, the work that made Bruch's name and then, to his considerable frustration, effectively became it. "Did I perhaps write just … read more

Most people know the Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor. Fewer know that the version they play is not quite the one Bruch wrote. By the time Joseph Joachim had finished with it, he had reworked the virt … read more

Finding music at the right level for a student is one of those tasks that sounds simple and usually isn't. You know roughly where you need to be (something around Grade 4, or a solid Grade 6 piece for … read more

It's one of the minor ironies of Sarasate's career that two of his most famous works have almost nothing to do with Spain. Zigeunerweisen draws on Hungarian and Roma folk idioms. The Carmen Fantasy ta … read more

Three composers, three masterpieces, one violinist. Édouard Lalo wrote the Symphonie espagnole for him. Saint-Saëns wrote the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for him. Bruch wrote the Sc … read more