(Joachim considered the concerto not up to snuff ... Last April, German Music Publisher Wilhelm Strecker sent photostats of the original manuscript to Menuhin, asking his opinion of the work.

Ripieno - the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music. Concertino - small group of soloists. Ritornello - a common technique during the Baroque Period refers to ...

and the Times music critic H. C. Colles’s perception in it of ‘a mind that can think on a big scale, but loves to play with children far more’ could apply equally to the Concerto.

David Robertson, conducting the world premiere of John Adams’ piano concerto “After the Fall” in Davies Symphony Hall this ...