Klaus Döring's Classical Music/Klaus Döring's Klassische Musik

 by Georg Predota   March 30th, 2026 Born on 30 March 1959 in the rolling hills of southern Germany, Sabine Meyer grew up in a family dedicated to the clarinet. Her grandfather, her father, and her older brother all played the clarinet, and by the age of eight, she made the instrument her own. As she later recalled, “The modulation of the sound, playing with your breath… right from the start I had the feeling: That’s my instrument.” And she was incredibly talented, making her professional debut at the age of sixteen and accepting an invitation from Herbert von Karajan to join the Berlin Philharmonic at twenty-three. Sabine Meyer The appointment caused a sensation and met with plenty of resistance from some colleagues, and after a brief period of orchestral playing, she embarked on a glittering international career as a soloist. On the occasion of Sabine Meyer’s birthday, let us explore her lifelong love affair with Mozart, and specifically with the...

 by Emily E. Hogstad  April 6th, 2026 Composers have been writing piano concertos since the second half of the eighteenth century. Over the next 250 years, composers have created thousands of piano concertos. Most have since fallen into obscurity…but a handful still dominate in concert halls, on recordings, and on our YouTube algorithms. There’s no such thing as an objective top ten, but here’s our subjective one: a list of the ten greatest piano concertos in classical music, a brief overview of what makes each one so appealing, and a link to the most popular YouTube performance of each concerto. 10. Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)    Bartók  wrote his Third Concerto while terminally ill, determined to leave behind a piece of music that could help support his wife, pianist Ditta Pásztory, after his death. The concerto is luminous while retaining folkish charm, and far less aurally thorny than his earlier concertos. Its slow movement, marked  Adagio rel...

by  Emily E. Hogstad    April 4th, 2026 The Baroque Era, lasting roughly from 1600 to 1750, was a golden age for classical music, yet the names most often celebrated today are almost entirely male. However, a remarkable group of women composers were writing music for royal courts, church services, and private salons across Europe. These women not only mastered composition but often had to fight to get anyone to take them seriously as artists. Here are twelve female composers of the Baroque and early Classical eras whose works deserve to be heard and celebrated once again. Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)    Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre  was born in Paris in 1665 to a musical family. She was a prodigy and performed for Louis XIV at the age of five. She ultimately joined the French court as a musician and continued dedicating works to the king for the rest of her life. Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre She published her first works – a book of harpsi...

  One of the best parts of teaching is seeing a student finally bring their own music to the stage. Carl Justin Go is having his graduation recital on the 21st, and he’s put some serious work into this program. Come through if you're around to support some new local compositions. Toi, toi, toi, CJ! Carl Justin  is with  Niño Cesar Borromeo Tiro  and  25 others . d o n S e t o s p r u f 1 0 c 0 m h g t f 5 m m 0 t 4 t t 4 l i 9 a h 9 7 h l 5 0 i 6 3 5 l t c h 4 g 2 c t 9 3 a 5 0 l   · It is with great pride and gratitude that I invite you to my Graduation Recital in Composition, an evening featuring the premiere of my original works and arrangements, performed by the Metropolitan Kagay-an Orchestra and Cyber Band 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐋 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍 𝐆𝐎 Senior Recital in Composition Under the tutelage of Mr. Niño Cesar Borromeo Tiro and Horst-Hans Bäcker [FREE ADMISSION] April 21, 2026 6:30 PM Rodelsa Hall, Liceo de Cagayan University Your presence would mean so much ...