Today’s post is the fifth article in concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson’s insightful series highlighting Debussy’s two books of preludes in preparation for his concert at the 1901 Arts Club in London on June 6th. Read earlier posts in this series here. Preludes Book 2, Nos. 1 – 6 And so to the second…
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A Journey Through Debussy’s Preludes 4: Julian Jacobson
Concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson continues his Debussy journey in today’s blog post. This fourth article surveys the final six works of the French composer’s Preludes Book 1 (Preludes Nos. 7 – 12), in preparation for Julian’s concert on June 6th at the 1901 Arts Club in London, where he will play the…
A Journey Through Debussy’s Preludes 3: Julian Jacobson
In this series of articles, concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson throws light on his preparation process for a forthcoming recital at the 1901 Arts Club in London on June 6th, where he will play both books of Debussy’s deliciously enigmatic Preludes. This is the third article in the series. Read earlier posts here. Preludes…
A Journey Through Debussy’s Preludes 2: Julian Jacobson
Today’s post is the second in a series written by concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson, who is ‘journeying’ through Debussy’s two books of Preludes in preparation for his concert on Thursday June 6th, 7.30 pm, at the 1901 Arts Club in London (pictured in the featured image at the top of this post)….
A Journey Through Debussy’s Preludes: Julian Jacobson
I enjoy hosting articles written by friends and colleagues on this blog. Pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson is no stranger to my website. You can read the very popular 2022 series he wrote documenting his Beethoven sonata marathon, here. Today’s new series pays homage to Debussy; Julian will be performing the French composer’s complete…
On preparing for a Beethoven marathon – Finale: Julian Jacobson
As many will know, pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson has been writing a splendid and very popular guest post series for this blog, focusing on his recent Beethoven marathon where he performed all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas in one day – both in London and in Uruguay. This final article is the postlude….
On preparing a Beethoven marathon Part 8: Julian Jacobson
In today’s post, concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson discusses the importance of the Beethoven edition as he prepares for his marathon, which takes place on Novemebr 12th at St. John’s Church in Waterloo, London. Find out more about this concert, here. On Beethoven editions… This week’s blog is on the vexed topic…
On preparing for a Beethoven marathon Part 7: Julian Jacobson
Today’s post is Part 7 of concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson’s series chronicling preparations for his Beethoven sonata marathon on November 12th in London. Julian will undertake the mammoth task of performing all 32 sonatas in one day, and, here, he muses on the much-admired Appassionata sonata. You can read all the articles…
On preparing for a Beethoven marathon Part 6: Julian Jacobson
Concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson continues his series here on my blog. With his Beethoven marathon edging ever nearer, this week Julian lifts the lid on Beethoven’s Fantasy-sonatas Op. 27. Beethoven’s Fantasy-sonatas op 27, including ‘that one’….. Let’s start off by remembering that Beethoven was a phenomenal improviser at the keyboard, perhaps the…
On preparing for a Beethoven marathon Part 5: Julian Jacobson
Concert pianist and piano professor Julian Jacobson continues his series focusing on Beethoven sonatas. On Saturday November 12th 2022 Julian will perform all 32 sonatas in one day at St John’s Church Waterloo in London, and in this post he assesses Beethoven’s Opus 31 sonatas. You can read all Julian’s posts in this series by…
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