Beethoven's Diabelli Variations is a monumental work that stands alongside Bach’s Goldberg Variations as one of the two greatest sets of variations for piano ever composed. In early 1819 the music ...

KALAMAZOO, MI —Serving as dominant concept behind the 2012 Gilmore Festival has been the use of theme and variations found in countless classical works. Many Gilmore events this year showcased the ...

(26) Bagatelles, Movements: No. 9 in A minor Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Mikhail Pletnev, Piano (26) Bagatelles, Movements: No. 10 in A Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Mikhail Pletnev, Piano (26) ...

Arena Stage opened this season with a play that riffs on an improbable work by Ludwig van Beethoven, the "Diabelli" Variations. Moisés Kaufman's "33 Variations," which runs through the end of this ...

Beethoven's Diabelli Variationsis a monster of a piece. The composer and publisher Anton Diabelli had asked the great and the good among composers of the time (1819) for a variation each on a simple ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Long before Beethoven’s “Diabelli” Variations became the springboard for Moisés Kaufman’s 2009 play, “33 Variations,” the ...

Sonata for Piano No. 8, 'Pathétique' Leon McCawley, Piano Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Sonata for Piano No. 26, 'Les adieux' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Leon McCawley, Piano Andante favori Ludwig ...

In a follow-up to his refreshing recordings of Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas and five piano concertos, the British pianist Paul Lewis has now turned to Beethoven’s other great piano score –- the 33 ...

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Beethoven VariationsWe hear the "Variations on a Theme of Beethoven" that Camille Saint-Saens wrote for two pianos. Our pianists Maxim Mogilevsky and Svetlana Smolina, in concert at the Lincoln ...