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A few bars of orchestra, and the soloist is already playing. There is no introduction to speak of, no cadenza anywhere in the movement, and when the first movement runs out of things to say it does no … read more

Every piece in this blog series so far has been about music that got overshadowed by something more famous. Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor doesn't have that problem. It's often called the g … read more

Over the last two posts we've looked at the violin concerto that made Bruch's name, and then at the two viola works his final years produced almost as an afterthought. This one turns to the cello, and … read more

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