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February - March 2014 CONTENTS

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4 Editor’s Note 24 How to Play 2 Lucy Parham on 80 Subscribe today for just £4.50 an
Rachmaninov’s Etude-tableau op 33 no 8 issue by Direct Debit and receive a FREE
4 Competition Three lucky winners will (Scores page 61) CD box set of Martha Argerich or Aldo
each receive a copy of this issue’s Editor’s Ciccolini worth £15.00
Choice CD – American Piano Concertos 27 The Scores A pullout section of 40
pages of sheet music for all levels. Plus 82 Noises Off Neighbours complaining
Tim Stein on his ‘Basics of Learning the about your piano playing? Sound insulation
6 Readers’ Letters Piano’ video lessons and engineering can help keep the peace, as
Don’t miss Tim’s online lessons! Inge Kjemtrup has learned
8 News London’s weekend-long piano
festival at the Institut français, our new 45 Beginner Keyboard Class 85 Sheet Music Review Approachable
Piano Techniques app, remembering Hans-Günter Heumann’s fourth lesson: Rachmaninov, eccentric Satie, Pictures from
Bernard Roberts and Stan Tracey, da Vinci The dotted quaver (dotted eighth note) Mussorgsky, duets and more
keyboard unveiled and more
67 Cole Porter A closer look at the 86 CD Review Powerhouse Rachmaninov
12 Expert Talk Artur Pizarro reveals sophisticated composer behind such witty from Alessio Bax, an elegant live recital
the techniques needed to play all the songs as ‘Anything Goes’ and ‘You’re The from Simon Trpčeski, but it’s Xiayin Wang’s
Rachmaninov oeuvre, Tim Stein gives Top’. Plus, learn his ‘Night and Day’ in this disc of American concertos that ends up
advice on counting out loud in his Q&A issue’s Scores (page 52) stealing the show in this issue’s reviews
column, and the PTA tells you where to
place your upright piano in your home 70 Sergei Rachmaninov Why do 88 Classifieds
people turn up their noses at this romantic
14 András Schiff talks to Jessica Duchen Russian, whose music is full of searing 90 Back Issues
and shares his views on classical music’s melodies and sumptuous chords? Harriet
robust health, Beethoven’s humanity and Smith explores the man and the music
the importance of good posture at the piano
74 The Voice of Vienna Bösendorfer
18 How to Play Masterclass 1 Mark celebrates its 185th birthday in its
Tanner on pedalling to perfection hometown and unveils its 50,000th piano
– the stunning, gold-decorated
20 How to Play Masterclass 2 Opus 50,000. Erica Worth sees it
Graham Fitch on exercises to warm up with
Don’t miss Graham’s online lessons! 76 Second-Hand Secrets Buying
second-hand has become the next best
22 How to Play 1 Janet Newman on the thing. There are auctions and dealers where
slow movement of Clementi’s Sonata op 25 you could find that vintage piano of your
no 5 (Scores page 49) dreams, says Gez Kahan VISIT THE PIANIST WEBSITE
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