July 2009

When Murray Perahia injured his finger in 1990, the great pianist sought solace in Bach. We meet him as he prepares at last to return to the Romantic repertoire. Plus pianist Olli Mustonen goes shopping for Steinways

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By BBC Music Magazine

Published: June 1, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Murray Perahia
When he injured his finger in 1990, the great pianist sought solace in Bach. We meet him as he prepares at last to return to the Romantic repertoire

A Grand Day out: Shopping for Steinways
Pianist Olli Mustonen heads to Hamburg to help choose dozens of Steinways for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Keyboard Catastrophes
The Two Moors disaster got us thinking: what's the worst to happen to a piano?

Thomas Tallis
Andrew Stewart on the most original English choral composer of the 16th century

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