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Heather Wade
Feb 284 min read
the Romantics sound their Barbaric Yawp
In April Giocosa Chamber music will be presenting 2 Romantic era piano trios - the Piano Trio in b flat by Joaquin Malats , and...


Heather Wade
Jan 313 min read
Dvorak goes to the birds
How American influences and songbirds birds shaped an infamous string quartet Antonin Dvorak was a Czech composer who lived for a few...


Heather Wade
Jan 172 min read
Charles Griffes: 2 SKETCHES ON INDIAN THEMES
how an american impressionist looked beyond classical music's european roots AMERICAN COMPOSER Charles Griffes (1884-1920, AND...


Heather Wade
Sep 27, 20244 min read
The bridge builders
beethoven shows us his big feelings, chausson lightens the load: Piano trios that go from here to there. B e ethoven was the first...


Heather Wade
Apr 5, 20243 min read
Piazzolla fans the flames (almost literally)
Meet the composer who defied tradition to the point of inciting murderous rage.... If you have ever done some reading about the Argentine...


Heather Wade
Mar 18, 20243 min read
Johannes and the Big Shadow
In January of 1859, when Johannes Brahms was 20 years old, he completed his first Piano Trio. This piece is what people who are serious...


Heather Wade
Jan 23, 20242 min read
Arensky and Antarctica
program notes for our concerts on Feb 10 and 11 2024 Featuring Arensky's String Quartet #2. It would be totally understandable if one of...

Heather Wade
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Beethoven, Dvorak, and historical dictation
Program notes for our concerts "Dictator" Nov 4 and 5 2023 Beethoven Piano Trio Op 70 #1 "Ghost" Dvorak Piano Trio in #4 in E Minor...
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