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Edvard GRIEG (1843-1907)
WATCH CHENYIN LI PLAY THIS AT WWW.PIANISTMAGAZINE.COM Grieg’s third volume of Lyric Pieces was written and published in 1886 and consists of six pieces, of which ‘To Spring’ – a fantastic showpiece for pianists to conquer – appears as the last. The O
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Macdowell In The Woods Op 28 No 1
ABILITY RATING INTERMEDIATE Key G major Tempo ‘Lightly, almost jauntily’ Style Romantic Will improve your ✓ Pedalling ✓ Voicing ✓ Phrasing It was MacDowell’s ‘exquisite harmonies’ that Massenet rated particularly highly. ‘In the Woods’ offers a glimp
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Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Tchaikovsky was in the midst of writing Swan Lake in 1875 when the editor of the Russian music magazine Nouvellist commissioned him to write The Seasons – one solo piano piece for each month, appearing in the magazine in its respective month. The ‘So

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