Pianist
Street Pianos
What’s it really like to perform in public? To find out, we asked Warwick Thompson to play to the crowds on the newly installed Kawai at St Pancras station
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The Scores
From the Baroque to the Romantic, there are plenty of Italian delights to delve into inside this issue’s 40-page Scores section – plus works by Ravel, Scriabin and more
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MARGARET FINGERHUT
On facing one’s own struggles and reviving forgotten repertoire
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The Myra Myth
Myra Hess biographer Jessica Duchen reveals the many colourful sides to this remarkable British legend, possibly the greatest pianist ever to have emerged from the UK
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Bells, beautiful bells
Whether they’re pretty chimes or deep peals, the piano repertoire evoking bells is vast and varied: Matthew Mills takes us on a sonorous journey
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Album Reviews
Five stars for Anna Fedorova and Mishka Rushdie Momen – plus variations from Joanna Kacperek, duets from Trifonov and Babayan, dances from Alessio Bax and more
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Album Reviews
Praise for Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s Schubert and Peter Donohoe’s Granados – plus exciting collaborative music-making from Alexandre Tharaud (with friends) and the Kolesnikov/Tsoy duo
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